Don't worry guys - N'dou/Hatton will be a live one

[jbirdy]

i want to hear something straight from rickys mouth saying whats going on. i'm still holding on to the dream of a june showdown with castillo because nothing has been anounced officially yet. hatton vs ndou could be a good match up but i just want to see ricky in bigger fights at this point in his carear. i would rather see him fight witter than ndou, and witter would take the fight.

[killersheep]

What if Castillo moves on to other things? Like Castillo - Corrales 3 Rev. B at 147 or summat,
why is everyone assuming Castillo is gonna wait around for Hatton?

[Cortez The Killer]

N'dou fought like a man possessed today. Rabah is very skilled and has a lot of handspeed but in the end he quit - N'dou's punches and workrate just demoralised him I think.




N'dou is 35 but hasn't had much luck so far in his career. I think luck might be with him this time. One thing for sure, he'll be the hungriest guy Hatton has fought in a while - he wants a belt BAD.

nice. This actually sounds like good news! I didnt like how castillo was lacking in his last fight. Hungry fighters are the toughest ones to fight, especially to a guy like hatton who has eaten his fill for quite some time now! Literally and figuratively

I didnt see Rabah-N'dou...sounds like it was a really good fight. Seeing how Rabah shouldve won UD against Urango, and N'dou beat Rabah and now gets Hatton...sometimes boxing does come full cirlce

[p4pking]

If it was true that Hatton was to face the winner this must throw a spanner in the works.

How can they sell Hatton vs Witter-Victim?

Same way they sold Hatton vs. Ben Rabah- victim How did they sell Maussa?? Collazo? Noone knew who any of his last three opponents were by and large.. THis will be no different.. People won't even know he fought Witter.

[warreng]

I think n'dou is a bit underatted even though the only fight ive seen him in is against witter in which i wasnt impressed but i no witter is a very tricky boxer to beat so i dont think theres much shame in losing him nd when i looked over his record (W48 L8 Ko's30) nd his loses although hes lost 8 times i think the first 2 loses where due to him stepping up in class to quickly nd lost 3 fights he should have won nd the other 3 to cotto, mitchell,witter who r all gd boxers nd i dont think hes ever been down nd has descent power with 30 of his 45 win inside the distance but thats just from looking at his record although that can only tell u so much about a fighter so i dont no for sure how gd he is as i have only seen him fight once but from wot i no already i can only see a fight between him nd hatton being very gd contest as hatton isnt going to be hard to find unlike mitchell,cotto or even rabah so if the castillo fight doesnt happen i can c it being a great fight i no it wont stop the hatters but the hatton fans will like it.

[Violent Demise]

I don't care how N'dou looked against a bum like Rabah. Hatton should not be facing a fighter with 6 losses. What's is the point? The IBF title means nothing. It's almost a big of a joke as the WBO. Throw it in the fucking trash and go fight Castillo. Can't believe these Hatton groupies are actually trying to justify this. N'dou is not only a Witter victim. He's also a Cotto victim and Shramba Mitchell victim. Hell he's even a Steve Quinonez victim.

[killersheep]

I think n'dou is a bit underatted even though the only fight ive seen him in is against witter in which i wasnt impressed but i no witter is a very tricky boxer to beat so i dont think theres much shame in losing him nd when i looked over his record (W48 L8 Ko's30) nd his loses although hes lost 8 times i think the first 2 loses where due to him stepping up in class to quickly nd lost 3 fights he should have won nd the other 3 to cotto, mitchell,witter who r all gd boxers nd i dont think hes ever been down nd has descent power with 30 of his 45 win inside the distance but thats just from looking at his record although that can only tell u so much about a fighter so i dont no for sure how gd he is as i have only seen him fight once but from wot i no already i can only see a fight between him nd hatton being very gd contest as hatton isnt going to be hard to find unlike mitchell,cotto or even rabah so if the castillo fight doesnt happen i can c it being a great fight i no it wont stop the hatters but the hatton fans will like it.

That has got to be the longest sentence ever.

[Greig]

I don't care how N'dou looked against a bum like Rabah. Hatton should not be facing a fighter with 6 losses. What's is the point? The IBF title means nothing. It's almost a big of a joke as the WBO. Throw it in the F****** trash and go fight Castillo. Can't believe these Hatton groupies are actually trying to justify this. N'dou is not only a Witter victim. He's also a Cotto victim and Shramba Mitchell victim. Hell he's even a Steve Quinonez victim.

Violent Demise - Castillo actually has 7 losses on his record...

[Violent Demise]

I don't care how N'dou looked against a bum like Rabah. Hatton should not be facing this fighter with 6 losses. What's is the point? The IBF title means nothing. It's almost a big of a joke as the WBO. Throw it in the F****** trash and go fight Castillo. Can't believe these Hatton groupies are actually trying to justify this. N'dou is not only a Witter victim. He's also a Cotto victim and Shramba Mitchell victim. Hell he's even a Steve Quinonez victim.

Violent Demise - Castillo actually has 7 losses on his record...

Your comparing N'dou with Castillo?

[yoitsdan]

Rabah got exposed. I guess he had the Urango fight in his head, noticed that running away doesn't win fights, so took a brave pill and stood toe to toe. It was easily the best fight of the year so far, and I was really impressed by Rabah because he was in N'dou's kitchen. You can see why he was running from Urango because he cannot take punishment and come through it.

Castillo is 10 times better than N'dou.

[Greig]

I don't care how N'dou looked against a bum like Rabah. Hatton should not be facing this fighter with 6 losses. What's is the point? The IBF title means nothing. It's almost a big of a joke as the WBO. Throw it in the F****** trash and go fight Castillo. Can't believe these Hatton groupies are actually trying to justify this. N'dou is not only a Witter victim. He's also a Cotto victim and Shramba Mitchell victim. Hell he's even a Steve Quinonez victim.

Violent Demise - Castillo actually has 7 losses on his record...

Your comparing N'dou with Castillo?

You said Hatton shouldn't be fighting N'dou because of the number of losses on his record (I believe he actually has 8 now). I was pointing out that Castillo has 7 losses on his record.

Castillo is a proven campaigner. At lightweight he was a legend and reigned for a long time. But lets not forget that he looked average in his last fight and is probably past his best given the number of tough fights he's had. N'dou has been with the some of the best at 140 (Mitchell, Cotto, Witter) and shaken the hell out of 2 of them.

So yes I'm comparing N'dou and Castillo. N'dou has two advantages - desire and he's proven at the weight. I honestly believe that Lovemore N'dou will give Hatton a tougher fight than Castillo would, and if I was a Hatton fan I'd be extremely worried that he's taking on N'dou before his big money fight with Castillo. Because if he's not fully prepared, N'dou is busy, tough and hungry enough to spoil the party for everyone.

[Memphis]

Greig can you imagine the verbals from N'dou if Hatton drops the belt and (rightly) opts to fight Castillo?

[Fenster]

If it was true that Hatton was to face the winner this must throw a spanner in the works.

How can they sell Hatton vs Witter-Victim?

Same way they sold Hatton vs. Ben Rabah- victim How did they sell Maussa?? Collazo? Noone knew who any of his last three opponents were by and large.. THis will be no different.. People won't even know he fought Witter.

No it is different.

British fans will know. Hatton will get slaughtered....although thats nothing new.

[Greig]

Oh man, it would make Ali's taunting of Liston look like primary school stuff


I think all that reporting that Hobson had assured the IBF Hatton would take the mandatory got ol' Lovemore's hopes up.

I just said on another post I think Hobson is a clown. Secondsout don't report garbage - they are an accurate and well researched site.

I don't think Hobson has done N'dou or Hatton any favours with this thing...

If Hatton fights Castillo in June then N'dou should get the IBF belt handed to him without another fight. Then at least he'll get to call himself a legitimate world champion.

But Memphis, at this stage of Lovemore's career what he wants more than anything else is a bloody payday...

[Memphis]

Im convinced that Hobson had a phone call with the IBF that went something along the lines of "Ricky would like to defend his title in June" and when it came out the other end it was translated as "Ricky will definately defend his title in June"

The word from the horses mouth is that it will be Castillo, title or no title.