On June 23, 2007, Ricky Hatton (42-0, 30 KOs), the super-lightweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion José Luis Castillo (55-7-1, 47 KOs).
Ricky Hatton is coming in to the fight on a 42-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Juan Urango, 5 months and 3 days ago. José Luis Castillo is on a 3-fight win streak with a 74% KO rate, with his last fight being a split decision win over Herman Ngoudjo, 5 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ricky Hatton at 99-1 winning odds. José Luis Castillo really doesn't have much to present against Hatton.
Ricky Hatton stopped José Luis Castillo via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring super-lightweight title. Hatton improves his record to 43-0 (31 KOs), while Castillo adds a loss to his record at 55-8-1.