Quote Originally Posted by OumaFan
Hatton and Castillo are similar fighters but there are some real differences, I think Castillo's a slicker guy, Hatton's more active and maybe faster, although Hatton's speed seems to be on the decline. I remember watching him as a younger prospect and thinking he had pretty quick hands and feet, both seem to have declined a bit.
His foot/hand speed have declined because he turns into sucha little porker when he's not fighting. With all this time off he's going to be the slowest he's been. Of course, the eat-whatever-you-want and drink-all-the-booze-you-want diet doesnt help. Though Gatti was past it when he fought pbf he had a bang'em up style and people were saying like he was gonna rough up floyd. And PBF whopped his azz big time! With hatton it's the same deal: "how if floyd gonna handle the pressure?" Floyd is gonna know how hatton moves inside and would counter his ass non stop before frusterating hatton, then floyd would swith on the aggression for a late tko. IMO