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Excluding yourself, who is the best boxer at 140?
There are a lot of boxers out there, but I know one boxer and his name is Jesus. He's stronger than anybody and when you follow his will you can't beat him. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Wow, talk about being in the minority, the author must've never seen Urango fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smashup
I hear everyone talking about how strong he is. You know what happens when you do too much strength training? You eventually lose. The reason being you become very slow, and when you do too much isolated weight lifting it shortens your muscles, and makes it harder to coordinate a good punch (becoming an arm puncher)
I love where the author says "Ricky has the odds stacked against him this Saturday."
Here's how the guys that handicap fights for a living have it:
Bet365.com
Hatton: 1/8
Urango: 5/1
Expekt.com
Hatton: 1/10
Urango: 6/1
Totesport
Hatton: 1/12
Urango: 6/1
Totalbet
Hatton: 1/10
Urango: 11/2
Stan James
Hatton: 1/12
Urango: 11/2
SkyBet
Hatton: 1/12
Urango: 11/2
Killersheep's Virtual Sports Book (subject to change)
Hatton: 1/8
Urango: 11/2
I love where the author says "Ricky has the odds stacked against him this Saturday."
I was bemuzed by that as well as Hatton will have huge support on the night but i'm getting a gut feeling that Hatton is in for a tough fight.
That article reads like a bit of a piss take
Love the Jesus line from Urangatango. ;D
The god-squad-nutters always end up getting a hiding ;)
Hatton really needs to send this guy to meet his god. Seriously, calling yourself the son of God is asking for trouble...
I think both fights on the doubleheader will be entertaining but no way either Hatton or Castillo lose.
The will probably meet in a PPV fight in the summer so the judges will not be spoiling that.
I think that both fights will be competitive but Castillo will have more trouble with Ngoudjo than Hatton will with Urango.
Both guys win close ,maybe controversial decisions.
I dont really see anything other then a lopsided Hatton decision, or a late TKO. Cant see Urango beating Hatton at 140, Hatton is VERY good there. Then again i only seen the odd bit of Urango, so mite not have the most valid opinion.
Urango is made for Hatton. If Hatton struggles with this guy or lose. It'll show just how overrated Hatton always was. There is absolutely no reason Hatton should struggle with Urango. He was hand-picked to make people forget the Collazo fight.
I wouldn't be surprised to see Hatton hit the deck once or twice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smashup
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By the way, he's 5ft 8' and Hatton is 5ft 6'. How the hell does he make 140?
a hollow head.Quote:
Originally Posted by yoitsdan
I just rewatched some of Urangos fights & he has good defense. He looks like a mini Tyson with guard up & chin tucked & some head movement. And throws to the body well. Hatton will have the speed advantage for sure.
After watchin him again I am more excited about the fight. I still dont think Urango can beat him but it should be good.
People say he was unimpressive against Rabah but damn he was running like a bitch, when Rabah stood still he took some hellacious leather, Urango had only bad intentions, true power but no real southpaw awkwardness, this fight on paper isn't even as exciting as the picture in my head. Both men will be hurt in this fight, no doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Erikk
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Originally Posted by killersheep
I only just saw that fight recently on Friday fightnight (in UK) and your 100% right, Rabah ran a LOT in that fight. Urango does have good defence, movement, handspeed and carries a lot of power. Many on this site have said he is slow, clumsy and has no skill whatsoever. Thats all bollocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by yoitsdan
I love the Jesus line ;D I'm one of the few who hasn't seen Urango fight but I do know that Hatton is class at 140, and Urango will have his work cut out for him.
If he had anything you just said he does, then why was he so unable to deal with Ben Rabah in that fight?? I mean are you telling me you don't think Ben Rabah deserved to win? Sure he did run a lot, but he also landed alot of clean punches, alot more then Urango did.. Juan just moved forward the whole time, fairly slowly(don't know who your watching), and mostly relied on the left cross, as he always does, which he doesn't get off very fast. Again not sure what exactly you see differently? Movement? Handspeed? Are you kidding me?? Maybe some people are making him out a bit worse than he is by calling him terrible, but he's certainly not in Hatton's league, he doesn't do one thing better than Ricky at 140.. Let alone he hasn't been up against anyone nearly as good and has still really lost two fights... If he can't take Ricky's best punches, especially to the body, he's going to be out of there EARLY. Theres a chance he could give Hatton a great fight, you know, but to do that I think he'd have to prove to be incredibly durable and strong, which he has shown to be largely, but im talking freakishly, because he just doesn't have the ability to box with Hatton, or fight with him on the inside. He will be getting off at best half the punches Ricky does. So yeah, if he has an anvil on his head and his ribs are reinforced steel maybe this will be a war. Otherwise it will be an entertaining, one sided beatdown.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kel
Why was he unable to deal with Rabah? Rabah never had Urango in trouble not even close. Rabah probably landed twice as many punches on Urango but Urango forced the fight from the centre of the ring and Rabah just ran with his back on the ropes looking terrified everytime Urango got him to the body. Ask Oscar De La Hoya where Sh!t like that gets you, especially in the eyes of the judges.