Comments Thread For: Alvarez-Hatton: "Weight" Being Stacked Against Matthew

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

According to veteran reporter Jeff Powell of Daily Mail, moves are being made that are going to put Matthew Hatton at a bigger disadvantage in Saturday's fight with unbeaten Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. The fight is going to happen at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

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[Straightener]

This sucks . stick ryan rhodes in with alvarez instead and see how the hype train gets on

[Instinto]

What a frauds are GBP.

[yuppie]

****...why dont the WBC just give Canelo the belt, the sanction bodies are a ****ing joke these days.

[apollocreed]

This sucks . stick ryan rhodes in with alvarez instead and see how the hype train gets on

innit mate. rhodes better get the winner of this, he'd wipe the floor with both of em.

[bboy80]

There is only about an inch between them I cant see it making to much difference anyway Alverez is going to win.

I just hope Rhodes gets the fight after and takes him apart.

[BesWorldChamp]

This doesn't make sense to me.

In order to formally announce a fight, which they did months ago, a contract is almost always finalized before the announcement. The fighters need at least two months each to train, so the formal press conference has to be mininum 2 1/2 months - 3 months before the fight.

With that said, it was only 1-2 weeks ago that the WBC announced that this fight will be for their 154 belt. So, is this article saying that the WBC can "order" a change of the 150 lb. contracted weight limit? That doesn't make sense.

Also, consider a scenario that GBP pressures Matthew Hatton to make the change. That can't possibly happen; the fight is 5 days out. He can simply pull out and ruin their card. A last second replacement-- likely a journeyman-- would not be a suitable replacement.

[gingeralbino]

This doesn't make sense to me.

In order to formally announce a fight, which they did months ago, a contract is almost always finalized before the announcement. The fighters need at least two months each to train, so the formal press conference has to be mininum 2 1/2 months - 3 months before the fight.

With that said, it was only 1-2 weeks ago that the WBC announced that this fight will be for their 154 belt. So, is this article saying that the WBC can "order" a change of the 150 lb. contracted weight limit? That doesn't make sense.

Also, consider a scenario that GBP pressures Matthew Hatton to make the change. That can't possibly happen; the fight is 5 days out. He can simply pull out and ruin their card. A last second replacement-- likely a journeyman-- would not be a suitable replacement.

he could just pull out, but when do u think he's gonna get a title shot again?

Probably the one and only time Matt will get the oppertunity, so he's in a position where he kinda has to take it

[southpaw_07]

typical GBP / WBC move to ensure the belt will end up with a latino....4 days ahead of the fight...since when do they weigh in the fighters at noon ?

[Check_hooks]

If the contract is signed for 150 and GBP and the WBC wanna change it to 154 less than a week before the fight than Hatton cann sue both their asses for breach of contract.