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predictions? hatton on points for me gonna be a great fight cant wait

That Urango has 0% body fat :o

Hatton on points

Really cant wait for this fight,  A tough points win for Ricky.

Is that even possible???

Anyone know what time the Hatton fight starts? I normally finish online at about 3am but I don't wanna be staying awake till 5 before it starts.

I don't think so, but he looks pretty lean :D

Urango looks like a tough guy, but Hatton will win on points

Probably start about 4am  i think

Urango is a very nice fighter...this will be a tough fight for Hatton. Too close to call for me though I hope Hatton takes it.

Hatton to wear him down and stop him late, otherwise he might just hold on for Hatton to win it convincingly on points.

I'm think a 3-4 start, the box office is scheduled to finish at 5 so at least it wont be too late.

Lets hope Hatton wins. The wrong result will stop loads of good fights over the next 2 years.

Hatton at his best will win without too much trouble.  I've seen a couple of tapes of Urango and whilst he looks tidy enough he lacks the quality to genuinely trouble Hatton imo.  Hatton late stoppage or easy points win for me.

heard on the radio they expect it to start around 3am. so just about sound for my Saturday night. the wine should have well kicked in by then so get's me off from dumping some more cash at that time of day.

Plus its free! so yer all welcome round ma hoose  :)up

What's the fight for?

Think Hatton called him a columbian bastard  :dontask:

ah fair enough then!

IBF light-welterweight title

Is that good?

Not a clue, too many belts these days  :tikay:

There seems to be quite a lot of attention so must be.

hatton in my opinion will struggle tonight - and is a lay at the prices

Well, Ricky is the number one 'Junior welterweight' according to Ring magazine's rankings - so I guess it's the best belt out there at the moment.

on too late for me.

i go for hatton win, 10th round stoppage.

Never seen Urango fight, but his recoord is 17 wins (13 ko) 0 losses 1 draw. So hes obviously a puncher like Hatton.

Hatton punches hard in this weight, he didnt seem to carry the same effect up a weight, so I fancy him to do it at this weight and stoppage around rd9. I doubt it going the distance as their both big hitters.
Hope Hattons eyes withstand the damage. When Boxers are very lean they usually lack a little in stamina, bruno being prime example, but that usually efects the higher weights.

CMON RICKYYYYYYYY

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/champions_list/default.stm

hatton isnt currently a world champ  due to him moving up and down the weights   urango is the champion so deserves respect  i dont think this will be going to points   knockout one way or the other

Anyone watching this?

Does it look like it's gonna start soon?

im watching. looks like next fight on

Nice 1st round from Ricky

urango looks big, but looks v stiff. i bet he ll start unloading about the 4th

Really good fight so far,  Cant see Urango going down anytime soon.

hatton unanimous points decision (119-109 on all three cards).

the hatton points victory was around 11/8, bet a few people made a bit of money.

think hatton's next opponent, castillo, sneaked a split-decision.

And was lucky (or soemthign else) to get it.

Yes.

In order of when they were brought in the prestige league goes WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO. Although the WBC title is more revered over here as the WBA has always based itself amongst US fighters. I think that's how the WBC came about in the first place.

Hatton was unconvincing for me.

Unconvincing for me too. Although I think a lot of that is due to the fact we are used to seeing him steamroller weak opponents, which obviously he cant do against the better fighters.  He won the fight easily enough although for the first time his stamina seemed questionable and he looked as if he was toiling towards the end.

gone are the days of fighting people he can knock out with body punches.
He's still doing the job and his movement is fantastic to watch though. I'm still a fan.
I heard Witter thought Hatton was avoiding him???
why would Hatton want to take a step back to give Witter his shot. Hatton's on his way up, not down. I like to watch witter but hatton would destroy him.

It wasn't a classic performance but it was busy and effective, against a dangerous and very durable opponent. Urango is strong as an ox and won't get knocked out in his career at this weight.

A margin of 11 rounds to 1 on all 3 judges cards seemed generous.  I thought Urango won at least 2, maybe 3 rounds but Hatton's never-take-a-backwards-step style goes down well with American judges. In a title fight, though, that's a big margin. Not sure how much more convincing Hatton can be!

Next up should be Castillo in June, which will be a major test for Hatton. Castillo has a brilliant record and had a tough fight himself which he pulled himself through with all his experience.

If Ricky can come through this then he may step back up to 147 to fight sugar shane mosely. Mosely has to fight collazo first, and it will interesting to see how Mosely deals with collazo, who Ricky only just edged out in probably his hardest fight.

Ricky's still the man and should have some great fights to come!

I don't watch much boxing these days but I'd like to see Witter v Hatton. I think their styles would make a great fight and I'd be looking to back Witter. Tzu looked well past his best against Hatton so that performance has IMO been over hyped.

I can't see Hatton fighting Witter tho. His management team wouldn't allow it. Too much to lose.

Hatton is a class above Witter.  The fight won't happen either, as it woul dbe a backward step for Ricky who doesn't need the fight.

I've seen Witter put on some shocking displays against mediocre opponents.  Against Hatton it would be exciting for the first few rounds when Witter would fancy his chances and try to land a big punch, but once he realises that he's not going to get a second's peace and the marauding Hatton won't give him a second's rest, he'll soon lose the will to go on.  No heart.

Good at the level he's fighting at, but I can't see him doing anything special at a truly word level.

I think Hatton's made for Witter. He'd counter all day but you're right, we'll never know coz the fight won't happen.

I spoke to a few boxing peeps at the weigh in and the general concensus was that very little was known about Urango (and this includes the Hatton camp) but they both have the same style.
Most feared Hatton getting cut because of the "stand in the middle and smack the hell out of each other" type of fight it was gonna be.
I thought Hatton was comfortable and in control but i also gave Urango 4 or 5 rounds.
As for stepping back up, well it would be madness for Hatton, he has learned his lesson i think!!!!
Also i believe he wouldn't fight Witter, the only incentive would be money but he is so popular in the states he will be well paid for any fight.

I thought Castillo (and many, many others did) lost his fight.

On BBC2 now for those that dont have sky

thanks mate

Collazo is a cracking price to beat Moseley tonight imo.

Glad to see Hatton has ditched the IBF belt rather than face N'Dou which would have been a complete waste of time.