Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton to be announced on Friday

Image: Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton to be announced on FridayBy Jason Kim: The March 5th HBO bout between unbeaten WBC Silver junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) and European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight Mathew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) will be formally announced this Friday. The fight will be taking place at the Honda Center, in Anaheim, California. With the fight being shown on HBO, tt’s going to be a great opportunity for the 20-year-old Alvarez to show off his talent against the weak punching brother of Ricky Hatton.

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Matthew Hatton – Saul Alvarez for March 5th

By Jim Dower: An interesting fight that’s being talked about is the proposed battle between unbeaten 20-year-old Saul Avarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) and EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) for March 5th. I would be really surprised if Hatton Promotions goes ahead and puts Matthew in this fight, because he doesn’t appear to have the artillery needed to win this fight.

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Matthew Hatton to fight Saul Alvarez on March 5th – News

By Scott Gilfoid: EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) has decided to risk all and go after unbeaten knockout artist Saul Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO’s) next instead of going after easier targets like WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko or Junior Witter. The contracts for the Alvarez fight will reportedly be signed in the new few days. The bout will be taking place on March 5th.

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Matthew Hatton hoping to fight Senchenko for WBA title, Alvarez and Witter are also options

By Sean McDaniel: European Boxing Union (EBU) welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) is hoping to challenge WBA welterweight champion Vyacheslav Senchenko (31-0, 20 KO’s) in his next fight. Fighting for a world title has been a dream for Hatton, the brother of former two division world champion Ricky Hatton, all his life. However, fighting and beating Senchenko won’t give Hatton much respect or credibility among boxing fans, because Senchenko is considered one of the two paper champions in the welterweight division.

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2011 look ahead for Britain’s finest – part 1: Khan vs. Bradley/Alexander, Macklin vs. Pirog & Hatton vs. Senchenko

Image: 2011 look ahead for Britain's finest - part 1: Khan vs. Bradley/Alexander, Macklin vs. Pirog & Hatton vs. SenchenkoBy Shaun Campbell: British boxing has a lot of brilliant fights lined up for 2011 with a number of world, European and commonwealth champions looking to establish their-selves. It’s exciting times for the public who have a host of fighters on the brink of world glory, and also some that have already reached that level. Here are just some of the possible fights to look forward to.

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Witter interested in fighting Matthew Hatton

Image: Witter interested in fighting Matthew HattonBy Sean McDaniel: Former World Boxing Council (WBC) light welterweight champion Junior Witter (37-3-2, 22 KO’s) expressed interest in facing EBU welterweight champion Mathew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) next. And there’s talk that the 29-year-old Hatton is interested in taking the fight. This would be the perfect time for Hatton to face Witter, because Witter is 36-years-old now, hasn’t fought in over a year since being stopped in the 8th round by Devon Alexander last year in August, and has lost two out of his last three fights.

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Matthew Hatton beats Belge, eyes world title shot against Senchenko

By Sean McDaniel: EBU welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO’s) made quick work of Swiss challenger Roberto Belge (25-1-1, 4 KO’s) on Friday night, stopping him with a crushing left hook to the body in the 3rd round at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, Lancashire. Hatton had too much power for the little known Belge to deal with and had his way with him during the brief thee rounds of action. Hatton’s left hand put Belge on on his knees and referee Robin Dolpierre halted the one-sided fight at 1:32 of the 3rd round.

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Junior Witter will destroy Matthew Hatton

Image: Junior Witter will destroy Matthew HattonBy Ben James: There is no questioning that the current European welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (40-4-2 – 15 KOs) has come on leaps and bounds as a fighter in recent years, but his ego seems to be swelling far beyond that of his talent. He recently has been quoted in the press as saying that he would like to be the man to send Junior Witter (37-3-2 – 22 KOs) into retirement, but then reverts back to his big brothers cowardice attitude saying “I am close to a world title shot, why take the risk?”.

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