Matthew Hatton fighting for IBO Welterweight title

This Saturday Matthew Hatton takes on highly regarded Chris van Heerden in Johanessburg SA. With a combined record of 61-7-3 this should be an entertaining fight with two fighters whos style should gel nicely and am delighted to see that Boxnation have secured the fight.

I think van Heerden will be too good for the ageing Hatton and suspect a clear UD in his favour. Hatton is hard to stop going the distance with both Brook and Alvarez recently so would really put his name out there if he could get the KO win.

How does everyone see this going?

Cant stand watching Hatton, hope he gets KOD and retires.

Van Heerden on pts

Hatton deserves everything he gets, the punishment (fighting for this belt after recently having a world title shot) of this fight is what you get when you fight twice in 2 years and lose.

If you're gonna be inactive, have the decency to at least win.

jesus, why are people so down on hatton?

i know so little about the other fella i couldnt call it, i hope hatton does him though

I'm with Eric on this one. I always hope Hatton does well. The guy takes a vicious beating at times but he's always still there at the end. If he goes into this guy's back yard and beats him he makes himself relevent at European level again. By all accounts he is being brought in as a named opponent for this guy, so he is expected to lose, but I hope he realises he won't have many chances left if he doesn't make a decent go of this one.

I'll be rooting for Hatton. Always seem like a good guy with limited skills but a lot of heart to stand in there with Canelo and still be standing when the final bell rang.

main event on the way

Eye of the Tiger karaoke :rolleyes:

Magic Matt coming to the ring :cool:

Hatton had a good 1st round.

1-1 for me

Hatton getting outworked IMO after 5 rounds.

Hatton had a better 6th round, but took some big shots towards the end. Van Heerden is cut, but he is taking the fight to Hatton.

Anybody having trouble with Saddo? The site keeps f*cking up for me. I keep getting a 404 message in Firefox & Chrome.

Van Heerden wins a UD

Scrappy fight.

Scores were - 116-112, 117-112, 118-110

Van Heerden was just awful. Hatton wants to retire after this. He just lost to a mediocre Welter without putting in any kind of effort.

He's nowhere need good enough to have been fighting for all the world titles he has fought for.