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Other than the odd public sparing sessions I haven't heared much to that vain it would be interesting to know cos then we would have an idea of what they are both expecting.

go to ricky hattons forum its lists 3 or 4 guys he has been sparring

Kosta has had Soliman and a decent american whos name escapes me....

Believe Kostya was sparring with David Estrada and also Emmanuel Augustus nee Burton..

Hatton had Macklin, and a couple of Argy boys, one light middle named Guillermo Saputo and a lightweight called Victor Castro

Kev

thats right, Burton!!!!!

Kosta going for guys who throw lots of shots (soliman and Burton)

dunno what Hatton is doing as i dont know the latin fighters

One of the argies is 14-0 the other is 19-2, he lost to Ricardo Silva who Ted Bami beat in his last fight

Kev

Kevin wrote:One of the argies is 14-0 the other is 19-2, he lost to Ricardo Silva who Ted Bami beat in his last fight

Kev

but what are there styles??

knockout wrote:

Kevin wrote:One of the argies is 14-0 the other is 19-2, he lost to Ricardo Silva who Ted Bami beat in his last fight

Kev

but what are there styles??

Considering how unimpressed I've been with the hitman's preparations so far, they were probably cagey southpaws.

I think Kostya also brought in Kendall Holt (the guy who did that highlight reel KO on ESPN a while back), and KO'd him with a bodyshot after generally beating shit out him. Holt, unsurprisingly, jumped on the plane home early. This is where Estrada was brought in.

KT, thus far, has sparred with Sam Soliman, Rocky Katsidis, Emanuel Augustus and Kendall Holt.

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knockout wrote:

Kevin wrote:One of the argies is 14-0 the other is 19-2, he lost to Ricardo Silva who Ted Bami beat in his last fight

Kev

but what are there styles??

Guillermo Saputo, a two-time olympian, is a very mobile and fast welter/light middle.
Victor Hugo Castro, a former Pan Am Games champion and Sydney Olympian, is a coming forward type of boxer with a very tight defence.

I guess I dont see any similarities between Augustus and Hatton, so I'm a little confused as to why they would use him to get ready for this fight.

Augustus is a totally different kind of fighter than Hatton.

Do any of you think differently?
Is Augustus a proper sparring partner to get ready for a Hatton type?
Or Are they going with the "We dont know what kind of Ricky Hatton is going to come out swinging, so we sparred every kind of fighter possible to get ready..."?

To be honest I'm not sure a guy like Tszyu needs to have carbon-copies of his opponents available to him as sparring partners. The guy has reigned for 10 years in his division and will know a thing or two about most of the styles that he could come up against. He could be concentrating more on what he will be doing than what Hatton might bring.

I think Emanuel Augustus style is very simlar to Hatton in the sense that he stands right in front of your throwing multiple combinations. Hatton is a bigger puncher but work rate and style wise, Hatton and Augustus are similar. I think Augustus is a perfect sparring partner for some one preparing for Hatton.

I love the Emanuel Augustus-Micky Ward fight. That was a war!

Chopping Right wrote:To be honest I'm not sure a guy like Tszyu needs to have carbon-copies of his opponents available to him as sparring partners. The guy has reigned for 10 years in his division and will know a thing or two about most of the styles that he could come up against. He could be concentrating more on what he will be doing than what Hatton might bring.

Great points, I would have to agree with that assessment.

Hurricane Hank wrote:I think Emanuel Augustus style is very simlar to Hatton in the sense that he stands right in front of your throwing multiple combinations. Hatton is a bigger puncher but work rate and style wise, Hatton and Augustus are similar. I think Augustus is a perfect sparring partner for some one preparing for Hatton.

I love the Emanuel Augustus-Micky Ward fight. That was a war!

You hit it right on the money. That is how Tszyu's camp felt about Emanuel. Durring sparring sesions, he's been coming at KT hard... last video I saw, KT put Emanuel down in the 4th (They were wearing head gear and using 16oz gloves!!!) and they had to replace him with another boxer so KT could finish his 6 round sparring session.

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HATTON ALSO DID A COUPLE ROUNDS WITH OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST AND MARIO KINDELIN DEFEATER AMIR KHAN DUNNO WHY BUT HE DID AMIR WAS WELL HAPPY HE GOT TO TAKE A LITTLE PART IN THE PREPARATION

DA_SERGEANT_WRIGHT wrote:HATTON ALSO DID A COUPLE ROUNDS WITH OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST AND MARIO KINDELIN DEFEATER AMIR KHAN DUNNO WHY BUT HE DID AMIR WAS WELL HAPPY HE GOT TO TAKE A LITTLE PART IN THE PREPARATION

I think that has more to do with getting Amir used to top level gyms and preperation. Warren is grooming him as Hatton's replacement.