Ricky Hatton v. Jose Luis Castillo Betting Odds & Predictions
June 10, 2008
One June 23rd, 2007 you will be able to beat the Castillo Hatton odds if you like watching and betting on boxing. This will be the biggest fight of Ricky Hatton’s career even though his record currently stands at 42-0 with 30 knockout victories. Hatton really wants to win this fight convincingly because he’s been jawing at Floyd Mayweather in order to get a chance at a big payday and career-making fight. Hatton has had four world championship fights and he has won everyone of them, with two knockouts. He is the two-time IBF junior welterweight champ with one successful defense and is currently ranked no. 9 in the Ring’s pound-for-pound best fighter list. He is a former WBA welterweight world champ and as 2005’s fighter of the year according both to the Ring and the Boxing Writers Association of America. Hatton’s most recent fight was in January when he defended his IBF junior middleweight title in a 12-round decision
against Juan Urango. Ricky fights out of England, where he is consistently the biggest draw in the country.
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Joe Luis “El Temible” Castillo is the no. 1 ranked fighter by both the WBC and the Ring at 140 pounds and is 6-3-1 with three knockouts in championship fights. He brings a career record of 55-7-1 with 47 knockouts into this fight. He is a former two-time WBC lightweight world champion with five successful defenses of his title and was a former Mexican featherweight champ with two successful defenses. He is 33 years old and has been fighting professionally since he was 16 years old. Jose won the WBC title in 2000 and defended his title three times before losing to Floyd Mayweather in 2002. He then regained the title in 2004 and made a couple of successful defenses before losing to Diego Corrales in May of 2005. After normally fighting at 135 he was penalized for failing to make weight prior to two different title fights against Corrales, which lead to him being forced to fight at 140. His nickname means someone who is feared.
BetUS odds on Castillo Hatton:
Ricky Hatton
-185
Jose Luis Castillo
+145
Over 10.5 Rounds
-185
Under 10.5 Rounds
+145