WHAT A 4 ROUNDS
Absolute killer left to the body and i don't know of anyone even at Welter who could have taken that shot.
Perfect Punch that sickened Castillo and he looked fine to me in the 3rd.
Rickys footwork is so underated and his incredible lateral movement make him look super fast which n turn made JLC look slow at times.
That was the real Hatton last night and he fought like a maniac and done us more than proud.
Fantastic for UK boxing and World boxing and he really is one of the most exciting fighters to watch imo (maybe the most) when he fights like that.
I don't wanna see him in with Mayweather next and watch him chasing shadows,i wanna see him in an absolute tear-up (where he belongs) with Cotto.
Thats the fight for the true Hardcore fan imo!
No one can deny Hatton is da bomb now and anyone who does is simply a charlatan of a fan.
Wonder if he's still on the lash
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Great comment, dat absolutely sums it up - I said that weight drained JLC with get depleted as soon as would fight back hard and would get overconfident on his own experience and conditioning, you cannot rationalize on your physicality prior to the bout, at least not the way Ngoudjo pressed him back before, I thought he would sustain the more than certain sharper, faster, stronger wild Hitman's attack until the mid-stage and then would be taken by Ricky's 2nd gear come-back fire by the 9th. A 4th round body shot even though a lil bit premature TKO win ( by the hands of Cortez who else?) puts Hatton on the center stage of a Hardcore Hard-Rock Spitfire Puerto-Rican British clash with Miguel Cotto and the riddle Mayweather will be solved by a more careful technical approach in Mosley...