Brook has big advantages over Hatton in War of the Roses
January 17th, 2012
By Scott Gilfoid: Kell Brook (26-0, 18 KO’s) will be in a good position to come out on top in his “War of the Roses” battle against Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16 KO’s) at the Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.
All Hatton has is experience and even much of that has been in the way losses instead of wins. It’s not so great when you’re claim to fame is you went 12 rounds with then 20-year-old Saul Alvarez and blocked his punches with your face.
This is just another mismatch for Brook so he can look good in front of his fans before he eventually fights for a title at some point in 2012 or 2013. I like the whole “War of the Roses” bit but it’s kind of a little much given how much of a mismatch this fight is.
Like a lot of boxing fans, I’ve been wondering when Brook finally faces an opponent that can actually fight. Here he is an eight-year pro and he’s still faced anyone good. It’s going to get to the critical state if Brook makes it to his 9th and 10th years as a pro and still hasn’t faced a quality fighter. You’ll have to assume he’s one of those record padding fighters at that point, kind of like the Danish heavyweight that fought 2nd tier opposition for almost his entire career until the very end when he stepped up and got smacked down real quick.
Hatton said to the dailymail.co.uk “I knew I would fight Kell one day. So this is a fight that excites me.”
It would interest me a lot more if Hatton at least had some weapons he could use to win this fight because he looks way over his head. He’s going to get drilled to pieces in this fight unless he fights over his talent level.
Here are Brook’s best opponents of his career:
Luis Galarza
Rafal Jackiewicz
Lovemore N’dou
Michel Jennings
Not too good, is it? Now you can add Hatton’s name to that list. It’ll look good among those names and fit in perfectly.
Hatton’s best opponents of his career:
Saul Alvarez
Gianluca Branco
Yuriy Nuzhnenko
Lovemore N’dou
Ben Tackie
Craig Watson
Hatton’s list is a little bit better than Brook’s but not by much. What makes things bad for Hatton is he lost badly to Watson and Alvarez.
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Some stuff hatton on the tanning beds for 30 mins that mans face burnt my eyes out
I hate u Scott but I carnt fault this article. He is good though
Hope Brooke wins by ko, if he does that will leave a big statement as alvarez couldn’t ko hatton and he’s supposed to be the next big name in the states
Hatton looks like a coney island whitefish…if anyone here knows that term….this is a great matchup..looking forward to it.
Hatton looks like a scared ghost here hope you did not shopped it.
brook will win easy but after this hel have 2 step up an fight a top 5 fighter or he could maybe get beat underestamating a 2nd tier fighter
Kell to win in 8 just before the pubs close.
you might get 5 out of it lol ,no discrace for matty tho i could see brook beating 7 of the top 10 in the world right now .
Im kind of glad this fight is taking place in sheffield because i dont have to travel to far back to my local after this match lasts the whole of 3 rounds.
@dough … whos guna bring kell down to earth … amir khan hahahah pfft
M.Hatton is a donkey who wants to be the racing horse.
@Olbermann. Its Mathew Hatton, brother of Ricky. Brook thinks he is the next best thing……..he will be brought back down to earth once he finnally steps up!
Smart move for brook. He’s been avoided by top fighters for years. Hatton brings a name and rounds. If kell wins well or pulls off a stoppage it will be a great way to negotiate a bigger fight later in the year. I have a lot of respect for hatton, he has heart. If only he had his brothers punch…kell to win by tko and take out a champ in summer.
Your right this is a mismatch a much bigger mismatch then when hat ton fought Alvarez a few month ago because Brooke’s is fair better then Alvarez in every department and will have a much easier time against hatton I really don’t see hatton lasting any longer then four or five rounds with brooks