Hatton deserves a lot of praise.

If you ignore idiots like Kellerman who wanted to just downtalk his performance all night, he actually fought very well. He was fighting a much bigger guy. A younger, stronger, harder hitting guy, and he held his own. He never really got hurt, and he threw a lot of fast combination's. I would watch Hatton fight again anytime, as he came to fight and fought his heart out until the last round. I think he has the right idea moving back down to 147 and fighting guys his own size. Alvarez gave a great performance. Hatton held his own and I don't think he deserved all the negative criticism from Kellerman and Papa throughout the fight. To the average fan watching and hearing that, they will make Hatton out to be a bum, and that just isn't right.

Comments (11)

Bierstadt

You know, this fight worked out pretty well for Matthew. Nobody was expecting him to even last 12 rounds, let alone win. But he made it to the end on his feet and unhurt. And he got a nice little bonus from Alvarez coming in overweight, which solidified his loss as "excused" even more.

15y ago

Dirk_Diggler_UK

Yeah he did himself proud. He isnt that good but he has plenty of heart and bottle.

15y ago

LEATHERF8CE

Deserves Praise?? beatin and shut out every round... Did this guy really believe he was on a level of competing.... Mathew Hatton: " I can beat Floyd Mayweather Jr."

15y ago

Lorily

When you consider what Alvarez did to Carlos Baldomir, a guy who had never been stopped before (and hadn't been even knocked down in what, 10 years?), Hatton deserves some credit. I thought Alvarez would blow Hatton out early, but he never really even hurt him. Props to Hatton for atleast being game. Too bad, without any power, Hatton never stood even the slightest chance of winning.

15y ago

IronDanHamza

Then what does that say about Canelo? It makes him a guy who fought a bum for a vacant title.

15y ago

Deeznuts

Matthew Hatton has won away from the UK before. I remember a fight on Ricky's Malignaggi undercard in Las Vegas. He was there to win, not just to accept a check - he gave it his best effort and tried to win. Max Kellerman's kept commenting that Hatton has no talent or skill, but I think he has plenty of both. He has little punching power though, and was much smaller that Alvarez. He was there to collect a check like Marquez was against Mayweather. They both went up in weight with no intentions of staying there just to collect the biggest pay day in his career. And yes he fought only one time in the US against a guy who was 39-11 and won a decision.

15y ago

Pullcounter7451

matt hatton was game, but he doesn't deserve a lot of praise

15y ago

Deeznuts

Then what does that say about Canelo? It says Canelo fought a bum...really Hatton has no power all his wins were in the UK not only that but he lost a couple of them there which tells you something about him. He was there to collect a check, I don't blame him but he sucks

15y ago

CarlosG815

They were being a little hard on him but what they were saying wasn't wrong. The guy's a bum. Then what does that say about Canelo?

15y ago

IronDanHamza

They were being a little hard on him but what they were saying wasn't wrong. The guy's a bum.

15y ago

Bushbaby

Hatton fought a very well,for fighting uphill.Bigger,stronger & all around better guy,but he was there fighting through the final bell,that's a man for ya!!

15y ago