Fight Ricky Hatton W KO 4 (12) Jose Luis Castillo

A hard-fought war and candidate for ‘Fight of the Year,” it was not. A flawless execution, and testimony that Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton has a legit claim, or, at the least, represents the biggest threat, to boxing’s pound-for-pound crown, most believed to be held by Floyd Mayweather, Jr., cannot be argued. At tonight’s post-fight press conference, held earlier than expected when Hatton, 43-0, 31 KOs, took out Jose Luis Castillo read more ...

IBO light welterweight champion Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton (43-0, 31 KOs) demolished Jose Luis "El Temible" Castillo (55-8-1, 47 KOs) on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Both fighters made good on their promise to not take a step backward -- which led to a lot of wrestling between punches. The noticably quicker Hatton, however, was able to beat Castillo to the punch all night, finally knocking down read more ...

A Nevada Federal Judge today has granted an attachment in favor of Gary Shaw Productions and Diego Corrales’s Estate of up to $1,200,000 of any monies to be paid to Jose Luis Castillo. As a result, Castillo will receive $0 for Saturday's Ricky Hatton fight. Shaw and Corrales sued Castillo after he failed to make weight for their rubber match in June 2006. The case has not come to trial, but boxing attorney Judd Burstein read more ...

Two-time WBC lightweight champion José Luis Castillo (55-7-1, 47 KOs) worked out Wednesday at the Top Rank Gym in Las Vegas, Nevada in preparation for Saturday’s showdown against IBO light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (42-0, 30 KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center. Hatton is in his second reign as junior welterweight champion. Hatton has also held the WBA welterweight crown read more ...

Unbeaten IBO jr welterweight champion Ricky Hatton has dismissed claims by Jose Luis Castillo that he hasn't been in with the same caliber of opposition. "When I look at Castillo’s ledger, he’s lost twice to Mayweather, which I think that’s what he’s trying to get at, that he fought the best pound for pound fighter in the world, so therefore he must have fought the best opponents.....but when you look at my record read more ...

Hatton is preparing for toughest fight of his career since Kostya Tszyu, when he meets Jose Louis Castillo in Las Vegas on June 23. Hatton tells UK media outlet The Sunday Mirror, that his performances against Luis Collazo and Juan Urango have been lackluster, but he plans to show the Hatton of old when he meets Castillo. He wants to use Castillo as a door to big fights against Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya read more ...

Unbeaten IBO jr welterweight champion Ricky Hatton says Oscar De La Hoya will "use his size and reach" to defeat Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Saturday night. What's more, 'The Hitman' is targeting the winner. "If I had the choice I think I'd like to fight De La Hoya," Hatton told Sky Sports. "He's just a massive, massive name. He's not just a modern-day legend, looking at all the world titles he's won, he's a legend. read more ...

Two-time world lightweight champion Jose Luis Castillo (55-7-1, 44 KOs) will travel from his home in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico to Los Angeles tomorrow to join promoters Bob Arum and Fernando Beltran on a flight to Manchester, England, where on Saturday Castillo and three-time champion Ricky Hatton (40-0, 30 KOs) will attend a press conference to officially announce their June 23 clash at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas read more ...

At Saturday's postfight press conference, promoters Bob Arum, Art Pelullo and Dennis Hobson announced that an agreement had been reached for Ricky Hatton to face Jose Luis Castillo some time in June at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. Hatton said he looks forward to the fight and that "it will be an honor to share the ring with a fighter like Castillo who has been in so many great fights." He added "this ain’t going to be a read more ...