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been through this one so many times that i cant really be arsed to get into it again. i'm solely posting this comment simply because after reading so many of you not giving hatton a prayer i'm gonna get in ricky's corner. a lot of you seem to think that hatton won't lay a glove on floyd or something. i think if hatton fights floyd and just goes for him similar to the red mist night that he dethroned tszyu that he will rough floyd up to much to allow him to use his bag of tricks. hatton would be all over floyd like a rash and smother his work. floyd has never been put under that presure and the closest it's been was against castillo in the first fight where many argue that the tactic beat floyd despite the decision. floyd has progressed as a fighter since then but the same logic still applies. judah took the fight to floyd for the first half of the fight and had good success with the tactic, however judah couldnt keep it up for 12 and alowed himself to get frustrated with floyd.
Floyd was under just as much pressure as Hatton could LEGALLY apply, when he fought Castillo.. JLC is a much more skilled pressure fighter than Hatton is, he has/had a better arsenal, better stamina, chin... And how in the hell can you imply that since Zab "took it to Floyd", and had success for 4 rounds, that Hatton could do the same and somehow win.. As if they fight anything alike.. Judah is way, way faster than Hatton, and he hits much harder at 147. Hatton can't fight anything like that, he isn't that quick, he isn't a counter puncher, he isn't a southpaw, he doesn't have much pop.. It's just not a reasonable comparison.. The only fair measuring stick that gives Hatton a chance is based on ONE fight five freaking years ago, when Floyd easily won an immediate rematch anyways.. He's a better fighter since then, just bullrushing him and applying constant pressure is going to be much much harder for a fighter to have success with then it was then. I really probably shouldn't have even responded because some of you from the UK will just always like to dream that Hatton could beat Mayweather. THe fight will never even happen, because even Hatton knows he can't...
I would disagree with you that Castillo as a better arsenal/stamina/chin than Ricky. I would agree that Floyd is a better fighter now than when he fought Castillo. There is nobody 154 and under, other than Shane or Oscar who has a CHANCE to beat Floyd. I used to think Ricky could hang with Floyd and push him, but the more I watch and rewatch both fighters, I have seen the error of my ways. I love Hatton and I like him to beat Castillo, but Floyd outpoints him pretty easily.
I was really meaning more, that when Castillo fought Mayweather, he had better stamina and the ability to absorb shots than Hatton does NOW.. I guess their arsenal is about on par. But basically I'm not sure Hatton or Castillo either have a good hard 12 round fight left in them..
it really hard for me to suss out where Hatton really stands right now. I thought he looked great, almost dominating, against Mausa. Then struggled against a larger, better than expected, Collazo. He followed that up with a lackluster, but smart, fight against Urango. So who is Ricky Hatton right now? I'm not really sure. Part of me thinks that his lifestyle and weight fluctuations have made him get old before his time. There is a realistic possibility that we have seen the best Ricky Hatton that we will ever see. It's possible that he peaked on the night he beat Tzsyu and we will never see that version of Ricky again.

Or maybe he is just fine and the 2005 Version of Hatton is still there. His performances might have been the result of being in against a much bigger guy (Collazo) and fighting a smart, workman-like fight against Urango. I know this much. If he can't beat Castillo, 2007, he either done or over-rated. This should be the second BIG name on his resume. He doesn't need need to KO him. He just needs to beat him clearly (not necessarily easily).

Either way, he ain't gonna beat Mayweather