The ink is flowing in anticpiation of Saturday night's Ricky Hatton - Jose Luis Castillo matchup in Las Vegas. It could be the biggest England-versus-Mexico matchup since the 1966 World Cup. Ok, well, maybe since Barrera - Hamed. In the Arizona Republic, Norm Frauenheim writes that "as good as Cotto-Judah was, Hatton-Castillo can be better." At the San Antonio Express News, John Whisler is grateful that this HBO bout isn't a pay-per-view, and his excited headline writer predicts the bout will offer "in your face action." At Ring magazine's web site, William Detloff identifies Jose Luis Castillo's Secret Weapon. It's the rule against excessive holding. Michael Woods says "it's put up or shut up time" for Hatton, over at thesweetscience.com. And at Maxboxing.com, Steve Kim wonders whether Castillo "has lost a bit off his fastball."
Over in the UK, where the BWAA doesn't have a chapter, the great Times of London scribe Ron Lewis writes that Hatton is still eyeing Floyd Mayweather. And to be fair, here's a report on Castillo by Roberto Garcia Ley in La Voz de La Frontera of Mexicali, Mexico, which rightfully calls the Castillo-Hatton fight "uno de las mas esperadas en el mundo del boxeo." In the world of pre-fight buzz, it's a small mundo after all.
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