Intense boxing action will pick up once again on June
23rd and we will review the Hatton Castillo odds
so you have the best chance of getting the most value
out of your betting on the fight. Ricky Hatton is
an English boxer who is 28 years young and has won two
light welterweight titles, but relinquished both of the
belts he held. Even thought he is not as big of a
name as some of the top American fighters he currently
stands undefeated with a record of 42 wins and 0 losses
with 30 knockouts. He moved up a weight class to
welterweight but is moving back down and probably to
stay after learning his punches are not as heavy in the
upper weight classes. In his first fight down he
fought Juan Urango, winning a twelve round decision that
allowed him to re-capture the IBF and IBO Light
Heavyweight titles. He won all but one round on
all three judges' scorecards. Castillo was also on
the undercard of that fight and his victory set up this
title fight, however Hatton was forced to give up his
IBF title in order to get this match.
Jose Luis Castillo is Mexican fighter who has earned the
nickname El Temible. As a professional, Castillo
is 54-7-1 with 47 knockouts, but is getting up there in
age a little bit at 33. Castillo is
considered one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in
the world, but has lost two very close decisions and the
first one was very, very controversial to Floyd
Mayweather, Jr. Castillo is maybe best known for a
couple of grueling fights against Diego Corrales but
both of them were marred with controversy. The
first fight was tough as both fighters gave each other a
significant amount of punishment until Castillo finally
knocked down Corrales twice in the tenth round.
Experts and fans debated that Corrales was given too
much time to recover from the knock down during the
point deduction. Once Corrales got up he TKO'd
Castillo and this fight was named the 2005 fight of the
year by Ring Magazine. The rematch took place on
October 8, 2005, but Castillo showed up 3.5 pounds
overweight so it wasn't a title fight. Castill
knocked Corrales out in the fourth round with a left
hook, but has been heavily criticized for his weight.
This is going to be a decent fight and the odds makers are
seeing both fights as fairly evenly matched. If
you think you can see an edge then place your wagers
today at one of these leading
online sportsbooks.
