By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) and Britain’s Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) will be fighting for Manny Pacquiao’s recently vacated World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight title on March 5th at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California.
Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya petitioned the WBC to have Pacquiao’s vacated WBC title at stake.
This is going to be a big chance for the 29-year-old Hatton, because he bypassed a possible future chance at getting a fight for the WBA welterweight title by taking the risky fight against Alvarez on 3/5.
It was thought that Alvarez and Hatton were to fight for Alvarez’s WBC Silver junior middleweight title. But with the better known WBC title being on the line for this fight, this is going to be a huge prize for Hatton if he can somehow beat the 20-year-old Alvarez and bring back home to England the WBC title. Matthew’s younger brother is Ricky Hatton, a former two-time world champion.
It was thought by many boxing fans that Matthew Hatton didn’t have the talent earlier in his career to ever win a world title. But in the past two years, Matthew has made a ton of progress, capturing the EBU welterweight title and beating guys like Gianluca Branco, Lovemore N’dou and Yuriy Nuzhnenko.
Alvarez is a much harder puncher than those fighters, and it’s going to be difficult for Hatton to get through this fight without getting knocked out or hurt. If he can keep away from Alvarez’s right hand, Hatton will have a real chance in winning this fight.
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