A knockout win is more than possible for castillo!

Remember this boxing saying? "A good boxer always beats a slugger, a slugger always beats a volume puncher and a volume puncher always beats a boxer"

its not always true but in this case it could be!
i was impressed with the first half of hattons last fight. but not his opposition and the fact he fights twice a year.

some fighters fight betta as they move up in weight and take their power and more up with them in weight. e.g James Toney, Cotto etc..
thats why i think castillo will give ricky hatton fits and may be the harder puncher.

if this is a shoulder to shoulder affair, i wont be surprised if hatton gets caught cold by castillo. castillo is the slugger, hatton the volume puncher. hatton will throw 4 good punches, castillo may come back with 2 harder punches.

you can expect hatton to go down in this one. I cant wait. i dont think hatton has ever faced a castillo? if this goes to decision with hatton just absorbing everything the harder hittin (imo) castillo has to offer then he wins cos most likely he will throw and land more. unless he really hurts and breaks hatton down early on and slows him down, intimidates him from throwing punches.

hopefully its a good night of boxing!

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Remember this boxing saying? "A good boxer always beats a slugger, a slugger always beats a volume puncher and a volume puncher always beats a boxer"

its not always true but in this case it could be!
i was impressed with the first half of hattons last fight. but not his opposition and the fact he fights twice a year.

some fighters fight betta as they move up in weight and take their power and more up with them in weight. e.g James Toney, Cotto etc..
thats why i think castillo will give ricky hatton fits and may be the harder puncher.

if this is a shoulder to shoulder affair, i wont be surprised if hatton gets caught cold by castillo. castillo is the slugger, hatton the volume puncher. hatton will throw 4 good punches, castillo may come back with 2 harder punches.

you can expect hatton to go down in this one. I cant wait. i dont think hatton has ever faced a castillo? if this goes to decision with hatton just absorbing everything the harder hittin (imo) castillo has to offer then he wins cos most likely he will throw and land more. unless he really hurts and breaks hatton down early on and slows him down, intimidates him from throwing punches.

hopefully its a good night of boxing!

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I think Hatton outclasses Castillo. Castillo is good but in my mind Hatton has been more of the exception. I would be more inclined to think of Castillo getting stopped in round 9 or so.

we will see

I reckon Castillo is capable of beating Hatton, that's why the fight could be so exciting.

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I reckon Castillo is capable of beating Hatton, that's why the fight could be so exciting.

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well he is aggressive like Hatton but Hatton is more skilled I think. The fight has brawl written all over it, yet Castillo is more shopworn than Hatton. If Castillo is in shape it will be a great 10 rounds or so but I think Hatton can stop Castillo.

It could be a case of who can land the better body shots early on will win.

I think Hattons going to stop him in the later rounds

In this fighter something has to give as its gonna be ferocious

Cant wait!

Don't get me wrong, this is no walk in the park...but I see Hatton winning.

this is a real pickem fight
i think it makes or breaks Hatton

yeah im not sure who to go with in this one, depends on how much Castillo's got left
in the tank! just hope there's no early ko and we get to see a good few rounds of toe to toe action!

Castillo won't stop Hatton. If he can't stop Rolando Reyes or Herman Ngoujo he won't be stopping Ricky in this fight.

It's going to be anticlimactic folks. Not one worth getting excited about

Gonna be a massive tearup - could be mega close - I reckon Hatton will nick it tho ;)

Its crunch time for Ricky. No southpaws or late changes of opponant here, no illnesses to speak of, its time to put on a show and batter Castillo into submision. I think he will.

Late TKO

Yeah, later round Hatton TKO.

I agree with the sentiment that Castillo is shop worn...

I don't think this'll be the toe-to-toe affair people are expecting though. Ricky likes a scrap but he's still got a few paydays left in him and I think he'll box his way through the earlier rounds; no point taking a beating if he doesn't have to.

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Originally Posted by Lionheart Lacy

Remember this boxing saying? "A good boxer always beats a slugger, a slugger always beats a volume puncher and a volume puncher always beats a boxer"

its not always true but in this case it could be!
i was impressed with the first half of hattons last fight. but not his opposition and the fact he fights twice a year.

some fighters fight betta as they move up in weight and take their power and more up with them in weight. e.g James Toney, Cotto etc..
thats why i think castillo will give ricky hatton fits and may be the harder puncher.

if this is a shoulder to shoulder affair, i wont be surprised if hatton gets caught cold by castillo. castillo is the slugger, hatton the volume puncher. hatton will throw 4 good punches, castillo may come back with 2 harder punches.

you can expect hatton to go down in this one. I cant wait. i dont think hatton has ever faced a castillo? if this goes to decision with hatton just absorbing everything the harder hittin (imo) castillo has to offer then he wins cos most likely he will throw and land more. unless he really hurts and breaks hatton down early on and slows him down, intimidates him from throwing punches.

hopefully its a good night of boxing!

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I think Hatton outclasses Castillo. Castillo is good but in my mind Hatton has been more of the exception. I would be more inclined to think of Castillo getting stopped in round 9 or so.

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I cant see Hatton stopping him, i think a decision is on the cards, Castillo has never been down once, obviously he got tko by Corrales but that was an exception i feel and he was spent in terms of energy, maybe this fight will go the same but i think it goes 12.

i just think Ricky will find it harder to hear the final bell than JLC , i got a feeling body punches may stop Ricky :(

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Castillo won't stop Hatton. If he can't stop Rolando Reyes or Herman Ngoujo he won't be stopping Ricky in this fight.

It's going to be anticlimactic folks. Not one worth getting excited about

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Why would you say that? Styles make fights.... No one is moving a step back in this fight, they are perfectly styled for each other ;) I cant wait.. FOTY or possibly Margarito vs Williams

Castillo will win by TKO

Hatton quits sky n signs with Setanta

Hatton gets Wayne Rooney to carry his belt down to the ring (scummy man u player)

Hatton comes down dressed as a mexican

I've seen stuff like this before, it aint guna be his night i can feel it.

Nice post Lionheart, attaboooy, Castillo's ring experience will show, Hatton's in for a good one. Cant wait for Saturday. Excitement. make weight Jose Luis. Vamos!

It has the potential to be a good fight, although I think Hatton is better than Castillo.. I am picking Hatton to knock out Castillo late. Hatton is underrated at this point and people do think he is good.

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Think about how exciting this fight would have been a couple years ago, the Urango-Ngdoujo card kind of killed some of the excitement but the style matchup here could still make for a great fight, especially if Hatton doesn't spend too much time mauling.

I guess I'll go with Hatton, I think Castillo does most things a little better than Hatton, he's a bit better technically, easily a more precise puncher, but I'm going with Hatton just cause he's younger, stronger, quicker, less wear and tear. Might change my mind though before Saturday.