Matthew Hatton will face brilliant Mexican youngster Saul Alvarez on Saturday March 5. The European welterweight champion will face the undefeated star at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. Alvarez, 20, is unbeaten in 36 professional contests and the hottest prospect in Golden Boy Promotions stable. Matthew, 29, said: “There is a lot of hype…
Click the above Image for all Photos from this Event Friday night, at the Bolton Arena in Bolton, England, Hatton Promotions hosted an eleven-bout fightnight which would feature three Title bouts. In a packed Arena, the thrilling Bill – titled ‘ Battle of the Champions’ saw ‘Magic’ Mathew Hatton defend his European Welterweight Title for…
“Magic” Matthew Hatton attempts to keep the Hatton family flag flying when he makes the first defence of his European Welterweight title against tough Ukranian Yuriy Nuzhnenko in Bolton tonight. A pro now for 10 years, Matthew, not surprisingly, has lived in the shadow of more famous brother Ricky. However, with Ricky currently inactive this…
Matthew Hatton bids to show he’s a world class welterweight when he makes the first defence of his European title next month. ‘Magic’ Matthew (39-4-2) will face mandatory contender, Yuriy Nuzhnenko (30-1) at Bolton Arena on Friday July 16. Hatton, 29, is one of the most improved fighters in the division and proved that by…
Manchester’s Matthew Hatton looks to consolidate his position in the world welterweight rankings when defending his European title against Yuriy Nuzhnenko at the Bolton Arena on the 16th of July. ‘Magic’ won the vacant belt by defeating Italy’s experienced warhorse Gianluca Branco in Dagenham back in March. It was Hatton’s second fight under new trainer…
A shakeup of the world welterweight rankings took place last night at Sportspalace Drusba in Donetsk, Ukraine as local prospect Vyacheslav Senchenko dethroned beltholder Yuriy Nuzhnenko for the WBA title. 31 year old Senchenko had come into the contest as the unbeaten WBA Intercontinental titlist but was pushed hard last year by 38 year old…
Big time Continental action this weekend and we start off with bouts that carried world title implications! On a big card at Sala Polivalenta, in Bucharest, Romania, Montreal based Romanian Adrian Diaconu, 25-0 (15), had his hands full with previously undefeated American slugger Chris Henry, 21-1 (17), but won the Interim WBC Light Heavyweight title…