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both fighters are caught up in serious fights in 2007

hatton will face castillo if he gets by urango so this will tie hatton up until the autum/winter time of the year. i think he will get by urango with no problems but i think the castillo fight will be a cracker just like the tyzuz (sorry about spelling) fight although i feel castillo will fall a little bit earlier than tyzuz ( i think about the 9th)

witter has a voluntary fight in a few weeks and should get past his mexican opponent but the winner has probably to fight both vivian harris and castillo as mandated by the wbc. witter will beat harris as he has gone and witters style will be to much although again if hatton beats castillo i dont know how he can stay the no1 contender??. these fights will take the rest of the year away for witter so the hatton fight has to be next year.

why??...as mentioned witters time has been taken up by his next 3 opponents although there could be a possibility of both fighters sharing a bill at the end of year against voluntry opponents if.....the wbc strip castillo of his no1 ranking because hatton has beaten him???.

both can have a tune up fight at the end of the year with the showdown being in london as i think both shouldnt have home advantage and at the time of year say feb/mar its too cold to have the fight outdoors.

there shouldnt be a problem with hbo as this is a unification match , the fight being in the uk will benefit both fighters as for this fight both would be getting huge money as the fight is so much easier to sell in britain.

all of the above is pending on both winning thier fights this year

any thoughts?

If Castillo faces Hatton he will lose his WBC ranking you'd think.

yeah mate thats my point , castillo is on the hatton bill fighting to be the number 1 contender for the wbc title

castillo knows though that if he and hatton are successful on jan 20 then they will make millions together rather than a few hundred thousand dollars for fighting witter.

if he does lose the wbc no1 then as mentioned on my above post , it leaves hatton and witter free to fight at the end of the year but probably more likely in the early months of 2008

We'll know a lot more about the landscape on Sunday the 21st.

You never know, Urango - who's mean to be a fair bit bigger than Hatton - might put in a career best effort. If it turns out to be a Gatti style slugfest, it would warrant a rematch - though I don't see Ricky fighting down to the Colombian.

If Castillo looks totally shot, there will be less interest in Hatton-Castillo. Let's not forget Castillo was slow as fvck in his last fight...142 lbs vs Rolando Reyes. But a fird up Castillo is a different man.

Strange that Castillo (vs Ngodjou) and Harris (vs whoever) are both fighting eliminators for Witter's title.


I'll keep on saying this. HBO will want to make Hatton-Ricardo Torres. Torres has the WBO title, is a puncher, nearly KO'd Cotto (despite eventually losing), & he's disposable because his title winning effort is dubious (vs Arnaouitis).

Hatton-Torres by next year, or sooner if Castillo doesn't knock out Ngodjou with a crunching left hook. An exciting schedule in all.

i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

Witter, of course.

Didn't you know, Hatton's fighting on Witter's undercard next weekend?

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

Shut up!


Hatton is SHIT scared f WITTER.

Hatton has used every trick in the book to AVOID Witter!

HATTON ONLY FIGHT S NTHE PERCEIVED WEAKEST OPPOSITION



MAUSSA.

COLLAZO

URANGO


Not quite

PBF

COTTO

WITTER

MOSLEY

MARGARITO

I hope he loses to Urango.

Then MIGHT fight Witter..

This is depressing...i want to see Hatton in with Cotto, Mayweather, Margarito etc why do Boxing fans always have to accept second best time and again :x

steve689 wrote:This is depressing...i want to see Hatton in with Cotto, Mayweather, Margarito etc why do Boxing fans always have to accept second best time and again :x

Becaue the fighters like Hatton talk the talk..


LOOK INTO THESE EYES - I WANT PBF..

Then he fights Maussa...



HATTON IS A FRUD, SORRY BUT IT IS TRUE.


GOOD FIGHTER - BUT APART FROM KT WHO WAS INACTIVE AND IN IT FOR THE MONEY WHO HAS HE FOUGHT?.

NO ONE..

viciousmaussa wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

Witter, of course.

Didn't you know, Hatton's fighting on Witter's undercard next weekend?

ha ha ha.

witter's fighting first though.

hatton is on last and therefore the top of the bill.

i wanna see hatton-witter and have done for years.

but i don't see it happening for a little while yet.

OLD-LONDON-RULES wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

It's always "next year" for you aint it $hitboy?...next year you get a job....next year you get a life....blah,blah,blah

It depends if you think Castillo qualifies as a superfight - very much hinging on how lethal/how blunt JLC looks against Herman. If Urango, Collazo and Maussa are the 'gimmes' I think he deserves a break. Torres and Vivian Harris will also be in the mix, in all probability, and both of them can bang.

It depends how you like it - fight nothing but greats - that are definitely pasy their physical primes Tszyu, Castillo, Mayweather; fight good fighters in their prime (Urango, Collazo...& Torres, Arnaouitis); fight an outstanding young fighter in his prime (Cotto)...the best from a managerial POV is a careful balance of these aspects.



Most people felt Castillo would've butchered Cotto at 140 (though he'd get gutted from groin to adam's apple at 147), so maybe he counts as a major fight, unless he looks shot next weekend.

viciousmaussa wrote:

OLD-LONDON-RULES wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

It's always "next year" for you aint it $hitboy?...next year you get a job....next year you get a life....blah,blah,blah

It depends if you think Castillo qualifies as a superfight - very much hinging on how lethal/how blunt JLC looks against Herman. If Urango, Collazo and Maussa are the 'gimmes' I think he deserves a break. Torres and Vivian Harris will also be in the mix, in all probability, and both of them can bang.

It depends how you like it - fight nothing but greats - that are definitely pasy their physical primes Tszyu, Castillo, Mayweather; fight good fighters in their prime (Urango, Collazo...& Torres, Arnaouitis); fight an outstanding young fighter in his prime (Cotto)...the best from a managerial POV is a careful balance of these aspects.



Most people felt Castillo would've butchered Cotto at 140 (though he'd get gutted from groin to adam's apple at 147), so maybe he counts as a major fight, unless he looks shot next weekend.

Honestly dude your posts confuse me........Mayweather past his prime WTF???

OLD-LONDON-RULES wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

It's always "next year" for you aint it $hitboy?...next year you get a job....next year you get a life....blah,blah,blah

still full of trash then simpsons.

hatton is still going strong and still unbeaten next year and the year after.

hitman_hatton1 wrote:

OLD-LONDON-RULES wrote:

hitman_hatton1 wrote:i don't see the witter fight happening until maybe late 2008.

witter has to persuade HBO first.

hatton has fights against the likes of castillo, cotto, corrales and mayweather on the horizon.

junior who????

It's always "next year" for you aint it $hitboy?...next year you get a job....next year you get a life....blah,blah,blah

still full of trash then simpsons.

hatton is still going strong and still unbeaten next year and the year after.

Simpsons has a point - you have been saying NEXT YEAR for YEARS!

TOO BORIGN TO EVEN GO INTO TO BE HONEST.

needless to say the prat who claims hatotn is scared of fighting witter, is talking hogwash

I very much doubt he is scared of someone who looks and fights like ET