I had to chuckle at Brendan Ingle on Sky after the Adnan Amar fight
He said he was used to Hatton ducking and diving to avoid Witter - now he feared Matthew Hatton would do the same for his English title clash with Amar.
IMO Matthew Hatton is a good fighter at that level and would surely take the fight
All Adnan ever talks about when I have spoken to him in the last couple of months is fighting Matthew Hatton. He was talking about it as soon as he won the Midland Area title in November, talked about in the run-up to his last fight and talked about it afterwards.
Adnan reckons Hatton wouldn't land a punch on him if he didn't want him to. It’s a 50-50 fight for me.
beagleboy wrote:IMO Matthew Hatton is a good fighter at that level and would surely take the fight
What evidence have you seen in almost 40 fights that Matthew would "surely" fight anyone with warm blood?
He was about 5 rounds up in a British title eliminator with Bosworth before he stupidly got himself disqualified
When the best name on your record is a guy in his late 30s, with losses in double figures - and you didn't actually beat him - then that highlights your limitations.
No disrespect to Alan, who was a tough, honest and always entertaining pro. Matthew, too, apparently knows his level and I don't begrudge him his Vegas jaunts. But his stats are grossly inflated. He has the second-most padded record in Britain.
oliverfennell wrote:Agree with you, Dave. Still, the record is blown-up. You could carve 10-15 wins off it to make it look more realistic.
He can hardly turn down fights though.
'kin 'ell Terry, can someone with the surname Hatton do no wrong?
Why not head over to the Current Scene and back up JD Chapman and Faruq Saleem next time someone's criticising their opposition?
You'd think, given his connections, Matthew might have possibly considered thinking about maybe making some sort of move towards someone who might be more than a journeyman at some point in his THIRTY SEVEN fights?
I feel that Matthew has to step away from his brothers circus & cut his own route. After37 fights he should have at least fought for the British Title
These International & interim plastic belts don't mean jack shit ,ok so he lost to Bosworth in an eliminator for the title it's not the end of the world get back in there.
teddy007 wrote:Matthew Hatton has the most padded record at the moment i cannot think of any other fighter with a more paded record. What the hell is "magic" all about their is absolutely nothing MAGIC about him, he is quite simply CRAP. And if he wins the british title it will be a very sad day in british boxing history.
Padded is an understatement his level of competition for someone with 37 fights is laughable. 33 wins and only a couple of Central area title wins to his credit on the domestic front.
nickd wrote:Padded is an understatement his level of competition for someone with 37 fights is laughable. 33 wins and only a couple of Central area title wins to his credit on the domestic front.
Yeah its true, Adnan Amar isn't that much better though.
