Brick Top Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://www.worldboxingnews.net/2011/02/alvarez-and-hatton-will-fight-for-wbc.html Phil D. Jay The Honda Centre bill on March 5th in California has received a huge boost at the news that the top of the bill fight between Mexican superstar Saul Alvarez and Britain’s Matthew Hatton, will be for the WBC light-middleweight championship. It will be a first world title tilt for both Hatton, 29, and Alvarez, 20, who were only expected to face each other for the Silver title when the bout was signed, but after Manny Pacquaio relinquished the title in the past couple of weeks, the speculation grew. Golden Boy, who are promoting the fight, were keen on getting number one contender Alvarez (35-0-1) his deserved shot and they haven’t been disappointed, which also works out great for former European champion Hatton (41-4-2), who was eyeing a shot at the WBA title, before signing to fight “El Canelo.” The Manchester fighter is looking to emulate his brother Ricky, who fought his way to the light-welterweight title in the UK, before travelling to Boston in the US to dethrone Luis Collazo in 2006 and eventually claimed six world titles in his career in total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 How the fahook has Matthew Hatton earned a world title shot!? Ryan Rhodes is the number one contender yet he's been bypassed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ko Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 It wont be, the fight is 147lbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavpowell Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 the WBC have said they've sanctioned it for the junior middleweight title, so obviously not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamasadlittleboy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 We Be Crooks strike again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapevine241 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I would say unbelievable but it isn't. It's very believable. Ryan Rhodes has earn't a shot at the title. Or even Angulo or Martirosyan deserve a shot more than Hatton (and Alvarez IMO). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Anyime you hear about a young Mexican fighter fighting for the WBC title, you can almost bet that across the Ring from him will be the weakest challenger they can get by with.....from the couple times I've seen him and what you guys hear have told me, Matt Hatton fits the bill. It's almost universal when any of you guys have spoken of Ricky's younger Brother, it's always been the same, "good for a domestic fighter BUT......." reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 <blockquote data-ipsquote="" class="ipsQuote" data-ipsquote-username="davemurphy" data-cite="davemurphy" data-ipsquote-contentapp="forums" data-ipsquote-contenttype="forums" data-ipsquote-contentid="6637" data-ipsquote-contentclass="forums_Topic"><div>Anyime you hear about a young Mexican fighter fighting for the WBC title, you can almost bet that across the Ring from him will be the weakest challenger they can get by with.....from the couple times I've seen him and what you guys hear have told me, Matt Hatton fits the bill. It's almost universal when any of you guys have spoken of Ricky's younger Brother, it's always been the same, "good for a domestic fighter BUT......." reply.</div></blockquote><p> </p><p> Yeah, I've always thought he was a mediocre fighter, who spent too long hanging off his brother's coat-tails.</p><p> He's had some nice wins lately though. I don't know whether this points to a significant improvement or some good fortune, but either way, Alvarez should annihilate him....</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I thought Matthew Hatton was a Welterweight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooklynbrawler Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I thought Matthew Hatton was a Welterweight? He is. Then again, Alvarez has often fought at 147 lbs too, so I think they just were gifted a shot at a vacant title outwith their weight category and decided to go for it. Don't know where this leaves genuine light middleweights who have bided their time for a shot, but you can't really take anything the sanctioning bodies do nowadays, seriously... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Ko Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 I thought Matthew Hatton was a Welterweight? He is. Then again, Alvarez has often fought at 147 lbs too, so I think they just were gifted a shot at a vacant title outwith their weight category and decided to go for it. Don't know where this leaves genuine light middleweights who have bided their time for a shot, but you can't really take anything the sanctioning bodies do nowadays, seriously... They are both natural 147 fighters, really dont get it, another terrible decision by WBC, Ryan Rhodes deserved it more than M Hatton imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Top Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 Anyime you hear about a young Mexican fighter fighting for the WBC title, you can almost bet that across the Ring from him will be the weakest challenger they can get by with.....from the couple times I've seen him and what you guys hear have told me, Matt Hatton fits the bill. It's almost universal when any of you guys have spoken of Ricky's younger Brother, it's always been the same, "good for a domestic fighter BUT......." reply. hes a decent domestic fighter, but he's not even the best Welterweight we've got domestically,Id have him at number 3 behind Kell Brook and Michael jennings personally. Hes certainly not the best light middle we've got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dulais_valley Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 This is a fooking farce. It is not only a poor decision in terms of the belt, it actually makes the fight more of a mismatch than before IMO. Alvarez seems a big welter and at his age seems destined to move up the weights anyhow. Hatton on the other hand has settled at welter and if family lines are anything to go by then going up in weight might be disastrous for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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