Talks Begin For Hatton-Castillo on HBO PPV

[Tong Po]

I am not too sure about who would win this fight. My head is telling me Castillo has all of the tools to beat Hatton. The chin, the boxing ability, the power, the ability to play Hatton at his own game and match him, but also, if this fight takes place at junior welterweight, it would be foolish to judge Hatton off of his last performance against a strong natural welterweight in a weightclass that meant his style wasn't as effective. I'd imagine in a division were Hatton is alot more comfortable he'd make one hell of a fight out of it. I can either see Castillo winning via a late KO, or the fight getting stopped inbetween rounds 5-8 due to the severity of the cuts sustained by Hatton. Either way, like someone already said, this would definately be an explosive FoTY candidate.

Who knows, maybe even Hatton would come out and grind Castillo down before knocking him out. If Hatton has a warm-up/title defense against Urkal while Castillo sits on the sidelines with a suspension for the stuff that happened in the Corrales rubbermatch, that would favour Hatton greatly so I don't know.

[monkeyboy]

Oh Baby! I'm starting to drool. About the fight , not Scap's wife. ;-)

[realboxingfan]

Hatton's resume is starting to look pretty good..he deserves credit for that. Floyd should take a page out of his book.

[amagnin]

Hatton's resume is starting to look pretty good..he deserves credit for that. Floyd should take a page out of his book.

Why exactly are you mentioning Floyd on a Hatton-Castillo thread? And I hope you mean Hatton's RECENT resume.

[TheGreat1]

The question here is; is Hatton-Castillo ppv material? I'm not sure I would buy it...

Maybe I would, if they put on a great undercard.

I'm sure it woul dbe a great fight, but i'd wait until th efollowing week to see it. It's crazy caus ei order just about every fight, to include th eRJJ last PPV, but i wouldn't pay for this. not sure why though?

[DiegoFuego]

I will never pay a dime to watch Castillo fight. I would never buy a ticket to a Castillo fight or a plane ticket to the city he's fighting in because the fact is, he is not a responsible fighter. He has no loyalty to his fans or responsibility towards his opponent. He will only make weight if he is sure he can win. By fight time, maybe he'll decide he can't beat Hatton and pull out.

[Bozo_no no]

I will never pay a dime to watch Castillo fight. I would never buy a ticket to a Castillo fight or a plane ticket to the city he's fighting in because the fact is, he is not a responsible fighter. He has no loyalty to his fans or responsibility towards his opponent. He will only make weight if he is sure he can win. By fight time, maybe he'll decide he can't beat Hatton and pull out.

Some cheese with that whine?

[amagnin]

I will never pay a dime to watch Castillo fight. I would never buy a ticket to a Castillo fight or a plane ticket to the city he's fighting in because the fact is, he is not a responsible fighter. He has no loyalty to his fans or responsibility towards his opponent. He will only make weight if he is sure he can win. By fight time, maybe he'll decide he can't beat Hatton and pull out.

Yeah this would be a great fight and I normally would not think twice before shelling out for the PPV, but as a fan of the sport Castillo should be punished. He made a mockery out of what could have been a FOTY and really screwed over fans that made the trip to Vegas to see the fight. In my opinion this should not be soon forgotten. I will watch the fight the next week for free as so Castillo doesn't directly get any money from my pocket. It especially pisses me off that this would be on PPV because Corrales-Castillo 3 was to be on regular Showtime

[Xcel]

Good fight. Would love to see this get done.

[PROD]

If this fight gets made, consider me drunk and stoned and in attendance!!!