Matthew Hatton

[devans]

Ricky Hattons little brother is fighting for the IBO Welterweight belt today against African boxer Lovemore Ndou. Ndou is the favorite and has little repect for Hatton. He said...

"If you are running a stable of racehorses and you keep a donkey and you keep feeding it carrots, eventually that donkey thinks it is a racehorse. It's only when you put it on a racetrack that it gets exposed."Â￾

A rather eloquent put down I must admit. A bit better than the "he smells, "he is too hairy" kind of stuff we got from David Haye.
Am looking forward to he fight.

Ricky looks huge by the way. No way will he ever fight again.

 

[Westside]

Yeah, Ndou was pretty funny with his reference to Matthew. If he came up with that by himself he has a future in boxing writer or color commentary.

However, I wonder if Ndou thought he was "Mr Ed" when Malaganni outclassed and slapped him around for the lightweight title a couple of years ago?

Matt has a chance to beat a tough second teir fight and put himself into a position of fighting for a title with a respectable purse.

Ricky, his life my turn out to be tragady with his over eating and drinking, what shame. I suspect he is walking around between 190/195 lbs!

 

[celticdb15]

Hopefully he can learn from his brothers mistakes and stay in shape! Does anyone have a link?

 

[Blue Devils]

Possible streams for the fight

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?matchid=55880&part=sports

 

[Blue Devils]

The fight was a draw.

115-114 114-115 114-114

From the RBR I was reading most thought Hatton deserved the victory.

 

[devans]

The British press (not impartial I suppose) and the BBC are saying Hatton was unlucky.

 

[celticdb15]

I guess the donkey(Hatton) showed up to fight!

 

[The Hock]

I guess the donkey(Hatton) showed up to fight!

And I hope Lovemore feels like an Ass.

 

[Blue Devils]

Hatton Offered a Rematch With N'Dou But in Australia

Welterweight Matthew Hatton has been offered a rematch with IBO champion Lovemore Ndou. They fought to a draw in Hatton's backyard of Stoke. Ndou will fight him again but only if the fight takes place in Australia. Hatton is convinced that he won the fight.

"Everyone knew I'd won the fight," Hatton told Manchester Evening News. "The cruellest thing they could do was call it a draw. I would sooner have lost by three or four rounds and say I'd lost to the better man on the night, but I know I won the fight."

Ndou felt it was a tough fight but he doesn't think Hatton did enough to win and he won't return to England for a rematch.

"It was a tough fight, tougher than I expected," Ndou said. "But I felt I was always in control. You have got to take a title from the champion."

 

[Blue Devils]

Hatton will face Italian Gianluca Branco 43-2-1(22) on March 26 in Dagenham, England. The winner will face Yuri Nuzhnenko.

 

[Blue Devils]

Hatton will face Italian Gianluca Branco 43-2-1(22) on March 26 in Dagenham, England. The winner will face Yuri Nuzhnenko.

Hatton beat Branco over 12 rounds. The scores were 115-113 117-111 116-112

 

[Liverlips]

Wow - I can recall when Matthew Hatton was a decent regional fighter. Now he has beaten two former champs (he really beat Ndou). Nuzhenko is a tougher guy however so his streak may end soon.

 

[Blue Devils]

From Fightnews

EBU (European) welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (39-4-2, 15 KOs) will fight against former WBA welterweight champion Yuri Nuzhnenko (30-1-1, 14 KOs). In an interview on the Internet-TV RingSide Show, Nuzhnenko's promoter Vadim Bukhkalov stated "The Matthew Hatton-Yuri Nuzhnenko fight will take place in September in England. The contract for this fight is signed. Soon you'll learn the date of the fight for TV."Â￾

 

[Blue Devils]

Hatton vs Nuzhnenko Set For July 9 in Manchester

 

[Charles Martel]

Hatton-Nuzhnenko seems to be an even matchup to me - Nuzhnenko may be slightly better skilled, but Hatton's home advantage evens it out. Both are decent fighters, but neither is quite world-class. It should be a close, competitive fight.

 

[Blue Devils]

From Fightnews.com

European welterweight champion Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KOs) scored a third round knockout over previously unbeaten Roberto Belge (25-1-1, 4 KOs) on Friday night at Reebok Stadium in Bolton, England. Hatton, rated #7 by the WBA, put Belge down for the count with a left hook to the body. Time was 1:32.

 

[Charles Martel]

On the same card as Matthew Hatton today:

Middleweight Martin Murray won by TKO 3 over his negro opponent Carlos Nascimento

Age 22 super bantamweight Scott Quigg won by wide UD over another African, Daniel Kodjo Sassou

 

[Blue Devils]

There's some talk of a Matthew Hatton-vs-Junior Witter match next.