PREFIGHT
Tonight's weight...Hatton 149, Castillo 153...interesting considering that Castillo just recently moved up to 140. Castillo comes out to the ring first accompanied by Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and Jorge Arce. Castillo looks to be in good shape and ready for a war. He's all smiles as he walks around the ring waving to the crowd. Hatton enters next....sirens go off and the sound of planes can be heard flying overhead as if we're at war. Short snippets from a Winston Churchill speech are played..."we shall fight, we shall fight"...now Blue Moon begins to play and the crowd begins singing along. Hatton walks to the ring, accompanied by Marco Antonio Barrera, wearing a blue sombrero. He looks confident, focused and ready for war as well. "For thousands in attendance...and the millions watching around the world....LLLLET'S GET READY TO RUMBLEEEEEEE!!!" Definitely a pro-Hatton crowd as the place erupts when they announce his name.

ROUND 1
Hatton comes out, fires a quick jab and then begins to clinch. A little sloppy early on as Castillo comes out of the clinch and gets pushed to the ground. Cortez is quick to warn both about the holding. Both men in close working the body. Cortez breaks them apart. Again, more infighting and Cortez breaks them up. Castillo lands a short uppercut. More wrestling from both men. Cortez takes a timeout and warns both men to stop wrestling. Hatton lands a quick right hand on the inside. Hatton lands three uppercuts. Castillo rakes him with a left. Hatton's speed is frustrating Castillo a little. Castillo lands a straight right. More clinching and the crowd begins to boo. Hattons lands a left. Right hand over the top lands for Hatton. Cortez continues to separate them. Hatton lands a right hand. Left to the body lands for Hatton to end the round. Sloppy fight so far. Round to Hatton for being the busier man during the clinching.

Hatton 10 Castillo 9

ROUND 2
More clinching to start the round. Hatton lands a left hook upstairs. Castillo lands a short right. Jab lands for Castillo and Hatton holds on. Good body shot lands for Castillo. Hatton jumps in with a left. Left hook upstairs lands for Hatton. Castillo lands an uppercut. Castillo works the body as Hatton clinches. Good uppercut lands for Hatton. Hatton lands a 1-2 and holds. Stiff jab lands for Castillo and snaps Hatton's head back. Uppercut lands for Castillo. Close round so far. Hattton lands a nice left hook. Uppercut lands for Hatton and a right hook to the body. Castillo lands an uppercut. Left hook to the body lands for Hatton. Castillo looks a little frustrated. Castillo lands an uppercut then eats a better one from Hatton. Big left hook lands for Hatton upstairs. Castillo lands a big left hook of his own to end the round. Round to Hatton who again was the busier man.

Hatton 20 Castillo 18

ROUND 3
Castillo quick to meet Hatton at the center of the ring. They trade jabs and then clinch. Hatton lands a short left inside. Castillo lands a 1-2. Hatton answers wtih one of his own. Nice uppercut lands for Hatton. Castillo lands a shot to the body that's borderline low. Hatton letting his hands go on the inside and lands a nice left hook to the body. A lot of mauling on the inside. Hatton's punches seem like they're bigger. Hatton lands a left hook and an uppercut. Castillo lands an uppercut and a left hook to the body. Another left hook to the body lands for Castillo. Hatton misses with a wild left hook. Castillo lands a nice combo on the inside, but Hatton answers back with a nice combo of his own. Left hand lands for Hatton. Three uppercuts in a row land for Castillo. Hard left hook to the body lands for Hatton. Castilllo Lands a left, Hatton lands a right and the war has begun. Much better round for Castillo, but still not enough to win it as Hatton answers every one of his punches with 1 or 2 of his own.

Hatton 30 Castillo 27

ROUND 4
Hatton doubles the left hook to the body. Hatton lands a nice uppercut. 1-2 lands for Hatton and they clinch. They trade jabs. Lederman has Hatton pitchin a shutout, but he's complaining about Hatton's holding. Hard right hand lands for Castillo. More holding. Castillo lands a left to the body that's borderline low. Cortez takes a point. Wow. Seemed like a quick deduction. The action resumes. Hatton lands a hard right to the body that backs Castillo up to the ropes. WOOOOO....NASTY left hook to the body has Castillo spinning around, turning his back and taking a knee. Castillo is down. That's it. Castillo can't make the count. Hatton wins by KO with a devastating left hook.

Hatton KO4

POSTFIGHT
Compubox stats:

• Total punches: 81/220 (Hatton) vs. 58/192 (Castillo)
• Power punches: 76/201 (Hatton) vs. 47/151 (Castillo)

Ricky Hatton is dawning another "Ricky Fatton" shirt. He says the best two names on his record are Kostya Tszyu and Jose Luis Castillo and those were his best two performances. Hatton dedicates his performance to Diego and Michelle Corrales. Michelle Corrales comes into the ring and gives Hatton a hug. Max Kellerman asks him if he thinks that Castillo's skills were diminished with all the wars he's been in...the crowd begins to boo. Kellerman says Hatton was able to accomplish what Mayweather wasn't and that's beating Castillo convincingly. Hatton says that you probably saw more action in his four rounds with Castillo than you've seen in Mayweather's ENTIRE career. Wow. Bold statement. Max Kellerman says that Castillo looked like a shot fighter...that he showed up to see what the young kid had, decided that he didn't want to continue, and called it a day on a body shot. Castillo may not have looked like the same fighter he once was, but Hatton deserves credit for getting a "shot fighter" out of there in fairly easy fashion.