Saúl Álvarez vs. Matthew Hatton

Here's Your Shot

Date	March 5, 2011
Location	Honda Center, Anaheim, California, USA
Title(s) on the line	WBC Super Welterweight Title.[1]
Saul Alvarez vs.  Matthew Hatton
Canelo		Magic
Tale of the tape
Tlajomulco de Zúñiga, Jalisco, Mexico	From	Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
35-0-1 (26 KO's)	Pre-fight record	41-4-2 (16 KO's)
5′ 9″	Height	5′ 8″
WBC Silver Super Welterweight Champion.	Recognition	EBU (European) Welterweight Champion.
Result	Alvarez defeats Hatton by unanimous decision

Saúl Álvarez vs. Matthew Hatton was a 154-pound world title fight, that aired on HBO's Boxing After Dark.^[2] Rising Mexican star Saul Alvarez fought, and defeated former junior lightweight champion Ricky Hatton's younger brother Matthew Hatton in his first time headlining a big undercard in the United States.^[3] It was the first time for either fighter to challenge for a major belt in any division.

The fight

Alvarez dominated nearly every minute and unanimously outpointed Matthew Hatton on Saturday night to win the vacant WBC 154-pound belt, adding another superlative to a top boxing prospect's remarkable rise.

Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs) picked apart Hatton from the opening bell, peppering the smaller Englishman with head shots and using his brute power. Hatton (41-5-2) twice went to the canvas after getting hit out of a break with Alvarez, but wasn't seriously hurt either time.

All three judges scored the bout 119-108, meaning Alvarez won every round on every card. He lost one point for an illegal punch in the seventh round, which was uniformly scored 9-9.^[4]

Alvarez landed 47 percent of his 626 punches, including 53 percent of his power shots, while Hatton connected with just 25 percent of his 546 total blows.^[5]

External audio

You may watch Saúl Álvarez vs. Matthew Hatton on HBO here

Undercard

Televised

• Super Welterweight Unified Championship bout: Saul Alvarez vs. Matthew Hatton
  • Alvarez defeats Hatton by unanimous decision.
• Super Featherweight bout: Daniel Ponce de Leon vs. Adrien Broner
  • Broner defeats de Leon by unanimous decision.

Untelevised

• Heavyweight bout: Seth Mitchell vs. Charles Davis
  • Mitchell defeats Davis by TKO at 1:02 of round 2.
• Super Middleweight bout: James Kirkland vs. Ahsandi Gibbs
  • Kirkland defeats Kliewer by KO at 0:34 of round 1.
• Super Middleweight bout: Daniel Jacobs vs. Robert Kliewer
  • Jacobs defeats Kliewer by TKO at 1:44 of round 1.
• Middleweight bout: Jason Montgomery vs. Cleven Ishe
  • Ishe defeats Montgomery by unanimous decision.
• Middleweight bout: Alfonso Blanco vs. Pablo Ruiz
  • Blanco defeats Ruiz by KO at 2:59 of round 1.

Reported fight earnings

These are the payouts to some of the fighters. These are the California State Athletic Commission purses as per the California bout agreements. They does not include sponsor money or other common forms of revenue paid through other streams. In California, if a fighter is more than two pounds overweight he is automatically penalized 20 percent of his purse and the weigh-in is over.^[6]

• Saul Alvarez $350,000 vs. Matthew Hatton

The fine will stand against Saul Alvarez, who weighed in at 151.8 pounds and will forfeit $70,000 of his $350,000 purse. The Hatton camp asked Alvarez to try to lose the weight, which he agreed to do after a spirited discussion. When he came back to the scale about an hour later,he failed to make the limit of 150, when he in at 151.4 on the scale.

References

External links

• HBO