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Ruthless Hatton destroys Castillo


Manchester's Ricky Hatton beat Mexico's Jose Luis Castillo with a stunning fourth-round knockout in Las Vegas.

Hatton, 28, started furiously, swarming all over Castillo and landing the better shots in the first three rounds.

Castillo, 33, was docked a point at the start of the fourth before Hatton landed with a savage left to the body that sent his rival down for the count.

The impressive nature of Hatton's victory could pave the way for a super-fight with Floyd Mayweather.

Mayweather had twice struggled to outpoint Castillo but it was a different story for Hatton, who took the fight to the former two-time world lightweight champion from the opening bell.

Castillo briefly touched down in the opening stages, although referee Joe Cortez ruled it a slip, before Hatton rammed home two crisp uppercuts as both men bored into each other in the middle of the ring.

Hatton kept up the pressure in round two, landing with a couple of useful lefts to the body and continuing to outmanouevre Castillo on the inside.


Castillo came into the fight in the third, letting fly with two hurtful left hooks to the body that had Hatton wincing.

But Castillo was deducted a point for repeated low blows at the start of the fourth, and when the action resumed, Hatton poleaxed Castillo with a brutal left hook to the kidney.

Castillo swivelled round, crumpled to one knee, gumshield hanging from his mouth, and Cortez counted him out after two minutes and 16 seconds of the round.

It was the first time in Castillo's 17-year professional career that he had been sent to the canvas.

Hatton, who is now undefeated in 43 professional fights, said: "I trained for 12 rounds of pain tonight. I told everybody that I've never had a training camp like it before and I think it showed.

"Sometimes I have tried too hard to put on a show and that has got me in trouble in the past.

"I think I've definitely proved the fat man is back. I hit him with a left and then another left and it just about cut him in half.






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I know theres a few Boxing fans on here, anyone see this? I'll see if i can catch highlights on TV later, been a while since Ricky has got the KO from his notorious bodyshots, early in his career it seemed like every opponent used to fall victim to them. Crippling.

He needs to stay at this weight though, he's been lucky to score wins the last few outings at the higher weight.

I missed it. I forgot all about it. Good to see Hatton won. Hes my favorite boxer behind Mickey Ward.

Gotta love Ricky, always going forward and using his face to block punches = pure excitement.

You never have to go look for him.

I would love to see him fight Mayweather, and destroy him!

I am a big Ricky Hatton(Fatton) fan and watched the fight last night.

Ricky just beat the crap out of Castillo. That shot to the kidney was just outstanding. he just completely disabled the guy with one body shot. I would like Ricky to get one or two more quality fights before he shuts Mayweathers fat mouth.

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Ricky Hatton is arguably the best pound for pound fighter in the world. I read an extract about his punching power and it was something like 10times that of an average person. They also clocked his punching speed at 30mph which gave his opponent about 1/10th of a second to get out of the way!!

The thing about Hatton is the more important the fight the more he seems to step up and perform. I can see a fight with Shane Mosley being the way in to finally shutting up Floyd Mayweather

I read that earlier on the beeb, gonna go looksy.

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Boxer Hatton packs half-ton punch

Scientists tried to measure the punching power of boxing world champion Ricky Hatton - but The Hitman's near half-ton punch broke the equipment.
Researchers initially thought Hatton was packing a right-hand with 1,500kg (3,307lb) of force behind it.

But a re-analysis of the data found the figure was about 400kg (882lb) - still 10 times that of an average person.

"The level of force he generated was quite astonishing," said Dr Qingming Li of the University of Manchester team.

Hatton's fastest effort was clocked in at 32mph (51km/h) - a left hook that he has used to floor 30 of his 42 opponents.

His average punching speed was measured out at 25mph (40km/h) - giving opponents less than one tenth of a second to move out of the way.

Bag sensors

The results show the power and speed that await Hatton's next opponent, Jose Castillo, in their IBO light welterweight clash in Las Vegas on Saturday.

Hatton, 28, from Hattersley, Greater Manchester, said: "It was great working with the experts and the technology, and for me it was really interesting to see just how fast and hard I can hit.

"It was my first visit to the University of Manchester and I was impressed with the facilities there."

The Hitman was put through his paces by a team of impact engineers from the university's School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering (MACE).


Dr Li worked with biomechanics equipment specialist Biosense Medical Ltd to gauge the strength and speed of Hatton's best shots.

Sensors attached to a 30kg (66lb) Lonsdale punch bag wired up to a laptop containing software to measure and analyse the data.

Hatton was asked to step up and pound the bag - and the force caused an initial malfunction in the sensor.

Engineers used alternative data and looked at previous studies to prove that Hatton hit the target with an instantaneous force of 400kg (882lb) - approaching half a US ton.

A US ton - or short ton - equals 2,000lb (907.19kg).

Measuring the forces applied in football studies, the team also worked out that Hatton's average punching force is more than twice the kicking force of a Premier League footballer.

Dr Li added: "It was certainly a very different project from the type we usually work on, but it does demonstrate the expertise and versatility we have within the department."

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No wonder he crumples people with them body shots man....

He's a fighter i've followed for a long ass time, just love his come forward style and you can see why he's making waves Stateside. There's not a lot of science to him...he just beats people up.

All right let's keep things in perspective here. You limeys have a fighter who can actually fight and now for some god awful reason you think he can beat Mayweather ??? Wishful thinking perhaps because there is nobody out there right now that can beat Mayweather....nobody. Give Hatton a pipe and he might...might..have a chance. Let the boy enjoy his good fortune and let him have a match with Mosley, who he has a shot at beating, without offering him up as a sacrifice to Floyd. You funny speaking folks from the wrong side of the pond are funny to think that Little Ricky is the one.

Mayweather runs scared in the ring!
If he would actually fight !, hed get his butt wiped.

I'm sure you are good at your job , you probably know it inside and out and can carry on a meaningful conversation about it. It would further appear that you know very, very little about either boxing or Floyd Mayweather Jr. Stick to what you know because statements like the one you made show how little you understand about the subject at hand. I have been waiting for someone to whip Mayweather for the last several years and each time he dismantles whoever is his opponent. The guy is the best boxer in the world in any class.

There is a difference between running (ala Corey Spinks) and boxing (ala Mayweather).

Mayweather would out box Hatton, also Mayweather is a master at rolling with punches, he rarley gets caught clean. It would be a great match. Boxing needs it right now, they need to get this fight done.

Im not saying he is not a great boxer....It's just im not a big fan of his style.
He runs away from his opponent, and turns his shoulder to him.....that is how he won his last fight!...Oscar was wore out by the end , from chasing him around the ring.

See, I wouldn't pay for this fight as it would be a very one sided affair with Mayweather coming off the victor. No matter how bad people want Hatton to be the one he simply doesn't have the tools to beat floyd . Mayweather will go down as one of the best in the history of the sport and after years of being a sceptic I would agree .

I agree 100% that it would be one sided
But it would be nice to see some one shut his big mouth.....It will never happen tho, as you have pointed out.

Amen. Like I said, I have been waiting for a long time to see someone..ANYONE...beat Floyd as I think he one of the biggest jerks in sports but alas I have been waiting in vain.

Time will tell .......... - it wouldn't surprise me if Mayweather retired rather than taking on Hatton. I believe Hatton would have too much power for Floyd - either way one of their unbeaten records would go.

And by the way its you lot that speak funny

Others have thought that they had too much power for Mayweather also.... My concern is that outside of the U.K. not too many people are familiar with Hatton or British fighters in general as they are homers and tend to stay in Europe where, let's face it , the competition is weaker and watered down so the money that Floyd commands wouldn't be there. Hell, he'd make more from a De La Hoya rematch with less concern about losing .

I remember the fight against Costa Tszyu that really warranted the arrival of Hatton as a 'world class' fighter, again he was considered to be 'out of his depth'. This bought him into the frame for the really big fights and without a doubt the US is where the big money fights are. A fight of this calibre would be big business and if Mayweather craves respect and acceptance of being the best pound for pound fighter, then this fight would go along way to proving it.

As for the De La Hoya fight - I firmly believe that Oscar was the better fighter and deserved the decision? .........

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Others have thought that they had too much power for Mayweather also....

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So what do you suggest? Maybe just declare Floyd the winner without him having to fight anyone? Look, regardless of wether or not you think theres a gulf in class between the 2, Hatton is the best fighter out there right now to challenge Floyd....let 'em go at it i say.

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My concern is that outside of the U.K. not too many people are familiar with Hatton or British fighters in general as they are homers and tend to stay in Europe where, let's face it , the competition is weaker and watered down so the money that Floyd commands wouldn't be there.

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Thats why he's fighting in the States bro.
Much like Calzaghe, they can only fight whos put in front of 'em.....you have no idea how much respect Bernard Hopkins lost in my eyes when he reneged on a verbal to fight Calzaghe and asked for double his initial agreed purse....that to me is in the same league as Riddick ulous Bowe trashing his belt instead of facing Lewis.

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Hell, he'd make more from a De La Hoya rematch with less concern about losing .

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Another option....De La Hoya is at the end of his road...it would appear that the idea of fighting in the UK appeals to him. MEN arena is a cauldron when Ricky fights, could be massive.

Look man, Ricky got nowhere to go but up, we won't know how good he really is until he beats the best and obviously Mayweather is top of the tree....after 43 fights where he's pretty much dismantled every opponent in his way, i think he's earned a shot. I'd hate it to be another one of those "what if" scenarios just because egos and promoters didn't come to the party.

You are preaching to the choir bro. I am all for this fight no matter where it happens. I do think Floyd would win but you are right that this is the best fight out there and if Mayweather wants to solidify his legacy I don't know how he goes out without having made this fight. Floyd isn't scared but he is a greedy little S.O.B. so that alone could derail this bout. I hope not but...money talks.
As for Hopkins, he is too old now and knows he would be in for another really tough fight with Joe so thats why he balked. Honestly even though I am a huge Hopkins fan I realize his best days as a fighter are over and hope he has a long career as an announcer. Go Joe !!

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"Let's get it on!!!"

When and if this fight comes off we should have a friendly wager along the lines of national interest ( even though I secretly will be hoping to lose ) ?

I'll take it.

Me and a pommy buddy watched the Hatton v Kostya fight in a packed out pub here in Australia......'twas a thing of beauty that day. Ricky ain't let me down yet.

(By the way i made this thread with you in mind as i know you follow the fights. Just wish the heavyweight division would sort itself out, i've never seen it so weak.)

I am a big fight fan but lately I have been concerned for the sport. I also have started watching MMA but not with the same passion of boxing. I see where Klitchko is going for a rematch against Lamon Brewster...sigh...they are pumping it up to be this big grudge match . The heavies are really,really bad. I'll admit to a laxness in following fighters in the pipeline but really I haven't seen anyone worth getting excited over.

Looks like some of you may get your wish:

http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=2918039

Ricky Hatton wants a shot at Floyd Mayweather Jr., considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing. It looks like he might get his wish.

Mayweather said Tuesday he will come out of retirement to put Hatton in his place.

"I was retired but I'll sign to fight Hatton right now. I've tried to let the things he said about me slide by, but now he's 'dissing' me on national TV and I want to shut him up. I've never wanted to hurt an opponent like I do Hatton.

"Ricky Hatton cannot fight. He throws one punch at a time and then holds. Hatton is the most overrated fighter of the last 25 years."

Hatton's one-punch knockout win Saturday night over Jose Luis Castillo to retain his world junior welterweight championship just might have been the breakthrough the British fighter needed to convince fans outside his native country that he is the real thing at 140 pounds.

Like Mayweather, Hatton is undefeated. Unlike Mayweather, he fights in a wild, all-out style that should prove popular as he continues his campaign in the United States.

"There was more action in the four rounds of this fight than Floyd showed in his entire career," Hatton said.

Mayweather announced his retirement after beating Oscar De La Hoya last month.

Hatton's father, Ray, said that his son is ready to face Mayweather -- anywhere.

"We're up for the fight, you've got to be up for a fight like that," Ray Hatton told Radio Five Live in the United Kingdom. "But it doesn't always end with the two fighters. There tends to be a few people getting in between.

"Ricky is chomping at the bit. I've spoken to him a little bit before all this came out and he said it's a no-brainer. It's a definite yes.

"Ricky will fight him anywhere -- that's the difference between him and Floyd, who wants it on home turf."

Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather's manager, said a fight could happen in the fall.

"Hatton's trying to promote himself off Floyd's name and he [Mayweather] will kick his butt. Floyd told me he wants to get the deal on," Ellerbe said, according to the Guardian newspaper. "Hatton [insulted] Floyd [on television]. But that's OK, he's had his opportunity to talk. Now all he has to do is to sign a contract and we can get this done. We can have it this year, in the fall. We don't need to wait."

Depending on the undercard I may have to buy this fight. I still believe it will be a one sided fight but I would LOVE to see Pretty Boy on his back.

I think Hatton is more than capable of putting pressure on Floyd, but Floyd is a tactician, and will outbox Hatton. Many in the past have tried to press the issue with Floyd to get him out of his game...it hasn't worked so far. There's no reason for me to believe Ricky will be the one...but then again, I didn't think Tarver would beat Jones Jr.

He lost 2 or 3 steps. Once he got knocked out, he lost his confidence...and a fighter with no confidence is already beaten.