Alfredo Angulo- victim of too much hype

Alfredo Angulo got beat by Kermit Cintron on saturday night, and he is a classic example of an unproven prospect getting too much hype and going to quickly up through the ranks. His slow come right out you face first defense doesn't work against a good fighter like Kermit Cintron. I believe that his people thought that Alfredo Angulo would have beaten a good fighter like Cintron and they would have had a big name on his resume. They were dead wrong. Cintron did start to tire after around the 8th round as he stopped pumping his jab and Anuglo was starting to land a bit more. He came up short though as the judges were in agreement that he lost, 116-112.

Angulo got thrown in too quickly and never had the chance to work on his boxing skills and working on being a complete fighter. Everybody talked about him, hyping him as "Mexico's next big star" and he got exposed. Last year, it was Amir Khan, who really got exposed after a first round KO, and he got thrown in to quickly against another young up and coming good fighter. Khan got a lot of hype and he fell flat on his face. This year, Alfredo Angulo. Next year might be the same thing, a young up and coming fighter who isn't ready yet might get exposed.

Ricky Hatton should continue to fight on

Ricky Hatton has been the best Junior Welterweight for 5 years. He has been one of the most exciting fighters in Boxing today. He is 45-2 with 32 KO's and his two losses are to Boxing's best, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. These two fighters once they retire, and stay retired, will go down as top 100 Boxers of all-time. Ricky Hatton is no where near the same Ricky Hatton that fought Kostya Tszyu, Jose Luis Castillo, Luis Collazo, and Juan Urango. The Floyd Mayweather Jr. loss did take a lot out of Ricky Hatton and you could tell that the Hatton that fought Pacquiao was not the same Hatton of three, four years ago. I'm not taking anything away from Manny Pacquiao's terrific perfomance, but he fought a Hatton that was a shell of himself. Ricky Hatton may not be able to fight at an elite level anymore, but I think he can still be king at Junior Welterweight for a couple of more years.

It would be a shame for Ricky Hatton to go out on a note like that after a great great career. Ricky Hatton should have a fight in Manchester, kind of like the 'Homecoming" fight he had with Juan Lazcano, and then go after the young tough Tim Bradley and then may'be call it a career. Ricky Hatton deserves a farewell like that after putting up such a Hall of Fame resume.