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Originally Posted by tysonbruno
Depends on which version of Castillo shows up?....In shape and motivated?...Then I put my money on Jose...If not then it is a toss up...only because Hatton has looked anything but impressive lately
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Originally Posted by tysonbruno
Depends on which version of Castillo shows up?....In shape and motivated?...Then I put my money on Jose...If not then it is a toss up...only because Hatton has looked anything but impressive lately
I reckon that at 140 Urango probably digs harder than Castillo, just Urango was too slow to land that many. Hatton and Billy Graham aren't stupid, they know Castillo is an excellent body puncher and i am sure they will work out a tactic to counter that. They knew Kostya had an awesome right hand so they worked purely on preventing that shot from landing. Hatton is also just as capable of hurting Castillo to the body, he's just not been going to the body lately altho i think that has something to do with the style/size of his opponents. It's a close fight, Castillo isn't shot by any means. At 33 he isn't that much older than Hatton. Close fight but Hatton can outbox him and take a UD....116-112 ish.
Was dissappointed when this was announced, thought it was a bit of a cop out by Hatton's group rather than go after the likes of Cotto. Now it's coming closer I get the feeling it's going to be a real war, looking forward to it, except for the pay per view part.
Neither has looked impressive recently, but I think both will up the ante for this one. I pick Hatton on points, he should be the fresher of the two.
Cotto has moved up to Welter and that's not Hatton's fault. Anybody other than Castillo at 140 would probably be considered as a cop out by his critics. It's not Hatton's fault he's not a welterweight and he would seriously disadvantages himself by fighting at that weight.....especially against Cotto.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bomp
Castillo will use his vast experience against many bigger and better fighters to punish Hatton throughout the fight. If he doesn't knock him out, you will see that the judges will still give a close score, but undeniably to Castillo.
Yes, Castillo has slowed down, but he is also fighting bigger. He came up from Ltwt and beat an undefeated contender in his first fight. Even a slowed down Castillo is better than the Hitman's recent string of showings. The better question is: do you fancy Hatton to win against his weight?