Comments Thread For: Saul Alvarez Beats Up Matthew Hatton Over Twelve

[waxfondler]

i think we all expected canelo to COMPLETELY blast hatton... so it was VERY surprising to see hatton stand up and put up a gutsy performance... canelo just couldnt close the show. there was a few moments where canelo didnt follow up after hurting hatton... wheres this kid's killer instinct? hatton was landing TOO MANY punches on this kid too. i cant imagine what kirkland would do to canelo... angulo, sergio, pirog, etc. too.

max was on canelo's nuts bigtime... it was off-putting. he needs to relax with his "wishcasting"

[lopez36]

The hype continues he could not take out aa feather fisted easy to hit hatton if this kid is so good he couldnt take out a d class fighter with all his power canelo needs to step up and fight a top 10 guy next nomore bums but watch this hype not fight no1 at all for the rest of the year props to hatton guy showed heart and a dam chin he fought his best great job but canelo is 1 dimensial and will get ****d by a top fighter

yeah,he needs to step up,kind of reminds me of juanma,ducking tough fighters and running to another division...you need to be just as critical of other fighters too

[lopez36]

Canelo sucks, I really dont understand what everybody sees in him. His hand speed is average and power is over rated. Whats really going to hurt him at the top level is his size he's just too small for jr middle.

i agree,he looks too small for a jr middle,look at the others,angulo looks big,not much taller but he looks bigger,cintron,williams,i think canelo's body looks to be better at welter,he'll probably be one of those fighters who stays at jr middle for a long time,which is ok,maybe by the time he's around 24,25 he'll move up

[lopez36]

He says he wants 2 more fights Before he gets at the top guys, he should go against a cagey guy in the top 30-40 like ishe smith.if he wins that then he should go ahead improve from the top 30-40 and get at trout who is in the top 20, plus he will get a chance at revenge from rigo's loss.then should he get thru them , go ahead and give Rhodes his chance, he's ranked top 10, plus he got screwed over by the WBC and should have been the one to have fought Alvarez for the WBC title tonite instead of matty.

well sulaiman already said the top two contenders would fight and the winner would be next in line for a shot at alvarez

[TaurusJ27]

Hatton made a great punchig bag.

[KingOfBox]

Awesome performance by Canelo, and props to Hatton for sticking in there. I think Max Kellerman and RJJ had it right when they said that nowadays you don't see too many super talented fighters who'll lay it all on the line like Hatton did. Canelo was definitely out of his league, but he ept fighting till that final bell, and that deserves some respect. Canelo seems like he tends to get too caught up in the, "you hit me, I'll hit you back and I'll kill you!!!!" mentality. Which from an entertainment stand point is fine, but what if he goes up against some of the top guys...may not be the smartest decision. Although he looked real good at mixing up his attacks.

I can see where you're coming from... I don't see him having a problem unless he meets someone who is unfazed by his best punches, and in retrospect can counterpunch and hurt him... He showed lots of patience throughout until he was rabbit punched or low blown. He throws with a purpose... He reminded me yesterday of Cotto before the Margarito fight... I personally would love to see that fight... Cotto vs Alvarez 2011!!!!!

[ricky1978]

Canelo just showed his age, he's just a kid...not an elite fighter yet. Not because he don't have tools to be a good but his team and GBP are rushing him way too fast!!! b4 people start w/ the hate comments cause I'm rican, I do like this kid, I think he's a talent but GBP and his team just put a huge bulls eye to this kid by giving him the green belt in a weight class which you got guys like Angulo, Margacheato, Cotto, Kirtland, even Cintron, P-Will, etc...which in my eyes all these guys have a very good chance to beat him now!!!

On the fight, he made a lot of mistakes:
1. Dropping the hands
2. Not ducking the chin
3. Loose composure (this is a big 1, w/ another referee he would've been disqualified)
4. Didn't setup punches
5. Bad defense, got hit way too many times by a class C at most fighter
6. No hip movement, no angles
7. Didn't pivot when trowing the hooks or uppercuts
8. Jumped in w/ hands down
9. Many others....

Angulo or Cheato will murder him
Cotto or Cintron will beat him easy by points by just giving him some angles.
Kirt will hurt him bad!!!

Best thing for the kid is to go back ww division and get a new corner and take the foot out of the pedal!!! just take your time!!!

good post...