By Nate Anderson: It looks like now Matthew Hatton (37-4-1, 14 KO’s) will now be fighting 37-year-old Lovemore N’Dou (41-11-1, 31 KO’s) on September 12th instead of Zab Judah. Hatton, 28, the younger brother of Ricky Hatton, was poised to fight Judah recently.
However, after the two agreed to fight in a welterweight bout, Judah decided he wanted to make the fight at 140 instead, a weight that would suit Judah much better. Hatton, a welterweight, would have to take weight off to make the fight and that’s nothing he or his brother Ricky, want him to do.
Unless something changes in future, it looks as if Matthew Hatton will be facing N’Dou at the Emperor’s Palace, Kempton Park, in Gauteng, South Africa. The bout hasn’t been confirmed yet, so there’s still time for Judah to change his mind about the weight and agree to take the fight at 147 instead.
Judah is the much more experienced fighter against top level competition, which makes it seem unusual that he would make a big deal about the weight. Hatton has faced only limited competition in his career and been beaten against fighters like Craig Watson and Alan Bosworth.
Recently, Hatton has been fighting a little better, winning his last four fights against Scott Woolford, Ben Tackie, Ted Bami and Ernesto Zepeda. Judah, 31, hasn’t been looking all that good as of recent times, losing to Joshua Clottey last August and struggling to defeat Ernest Johnson by a 12 round decision in November.
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Fury Ready for McDermott
Undefeated heavyweight prospect Tyson Fury (7-0, 7 KO’s) is ready to take on British heavyweight champion John McDermott (25-5, 16 KO’s) in a 10-round bout on September 11th at the Brentwood Centre, Brentwood, Essex, England. McDermott, 29, has lost his last two bouts against Danny Williams and looked far from impressive in either of the bouts. Both of the bouts were close, but Williams with his better jab and power, appeared to have won both of them.
Fury, 21, has breezed through his first seven opponents, looking good at times but also sloppy in dispatching his opponents. In his last fight, the 6’9″ Fury stopped Aleksandrs Selezens in the 3rd round in July. Fury looked overweight, which he later said was due to a back injury that had prevented him from training properly.
However, Fury’s back has since healed and he’s ready to use his huge height advantage against the shorter 6’2″ McDermott to try and get him out of there. This fight will give a good gauge of the talent of Fury, because McDermott was a big problem for Danny Williams to deal with.
Fury is still pretty green, but if he can get by McDermott without any problems, it might be a signal that Fury is ready for bigger and better things on the world stage against top level opposition. Fury has the much better power than McDermott, but he’s not faced anywhere close to the same kind of competition that McDermott has. This is going to be a big step up for Fury and we’ll either see him rise to the occasion or fall flat on his face against McDermott.
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