Was Castillo finished when he fought Hatton ???

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Originally Posted by CutMeMick

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Originally Posted by leftylee

I've noticed people are talking about Hatton v Castillo and reading Malignaggi's comments and don't give Ricky credit for it by saying Castillo was awful, finished etc however I don't believe this is the case. Of course Castillo was past his prime but weren't Oscar when he fought PBF and weren't Wright when he fought Hopkins etc but nobody slates PBF or Bernard, but like Oscar and Winky, Castillo had something left to give and if anybody watched the fight most people including myself gave the 3RD round clearly to Castillo. Castillo was also coming off 3 victories and his previous from a light-welter bout against silky undefeated Herman Ngoudjo . JLC also had never been KO'd b4 and the way Ricky done it you have to give him credit. Also hu else was there out there for Ricky to fight at the time.

I personally feel JLC was past his prime but by no means out of it and statements that he looked horrible etc are false he still had something to offer which means that win should go down as a great victory for RH.

Whats your thoughts plz ;D

In short.
Yes, I do believe he was past it and if you look at my posts prior to the fight you can see where I said he was and people right away jumped all over me for saying that. People said I was begining to put excuses for JLC. I was just pointing out something I felt.
I mean the guy's been struggling with weight for what 2 going on 3 yrs. now he just can't find a division that suits him and had been fighting like shit since his fight with Reyes. I just didn't see anything from him that would lead me to think he had a chance in fact everything I saw led me to believe he was past it.

Don't worry about it sweetie :-* If the meanies jump on you and say you're making excuses before Hatton beats them it just means that they share your opinion too but aren't as brave to say it, so you said it first so they wanted to jump on you.

I think Castillo was past his prime. He had only fought twice in how many years? And even in the fight with Julio Diaz he didn't look too impressive and the fight he "lost" against Herman too. He didn't look too good so I expected Hatton to beat him.

Hatton and Mayweather are fighting next so lets focus on that.

Was Castillo finished when hatton fought him?

Yes sadly he was :'(

And no words or phrase would say anything different, it doesnt take the victory from Hatton, but lets see the victory as it was and not what we want it to be k? It was against a shot Castillo. It doesn't take credit that Hatton still beat Castillo, but it wasn't a prime Castillo. Hatton beat Castillo, thats true.

Castillo wasn't the same fighter he was that could challenge someone like Hatton and thats true too.