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Hatton is going to have to do a lot more than the occaionsal flurry of light blows to win this fight.

I think they are going to have to match alvarez very carefully in the future....

MR T wrote:I think they are going to have to match alvarez very carefully in the future....

Verrrryy

RD 8: 10-9 Alvarez (79-72)

MR T wrote:I think they are going to have to match alvarez very carefully in the future....

Yes and with the right weight limits and all that.

RD 9: 10-9 Alvarez (89-81) Hatton looked better early parts of round but Alvarez had a good last minute- Magic was hanging on.

I think I'll take back my take back

Hatton can win. Alvarez is dog tired and Hatton doesnt seem to be going anywhere

Canelo seems to fight better when angry!!

RD 10: 10-9 Alvarez (99-90) Drama- Low blow by Hatton followed by late punch from Canelo.

Hatton doesn't seem to have enoughg juice in his punches to trouble Canelo.

MR T wrote:Canelo seems to fight better when angry!!

Exactly what I was thinking!

Some boxrecers are getting twitchy now, I know some had supersize Canelo TKO bets. He might still get one mind

I'm not too keen on Alvarez either. No one is going to hand it to him for ages. "Carefully matched" will continue to be a description of his fights for some time.

Credit to Hatton for lasting in there

Did that Ref call him Ricky/Richard

RD 11: 10-9 Alvarez (109-99) Looks like going the distance.

Glad I couldn't get value odds or i'd have been all over the inside distance bet, Canelo doesnt look like he is going to get him out of there....but for fellow posters, hope he does...

lefthook82 wrote:Did that Ref call him Ricky/Richard

Yeah, must be really nice for someone trying to get out of his brothers shadow....

Glad I wasn't hearing things

RD 12: 10-9 Alvarez (119-108) Whilst a near whitewash (point deducted aside) BIG props to Hatton for lasting the distance- not many of us expected that.

As for Canelo, as many others have said, will have to matched carefully for a while (showed a tendency to get hit too much albeit Hatton's punches couldn't hurt him)

skanksta wrote:Hatton to lose on pts @ 5/1 for me - £50 - confident and tough enough to put up a brave losing effort at those odds, imo..

great bet

Hats off to Hatton. He is one tough guy. He took a solid beating in there and showed amazing guts.

forcefraser wrote:Hats off to Hatton. He is one tough guy. He took a solid beating in there and showed amazing guts.

Agreed... Hell even Ricky Hatton would have been proud of taking the barrage of punches that Matt has taken and still be standing tall from it.

Alvarez is the rent-a-title champion of the world!

MR T wrote:

SteveDow wrote:

MR T wrote: What odds did you get? I looked at it but the odds were not worth the risk....

Unbelievably I got 10/11 at Boylesports. I placed it literally the day after the fight was announced though. I thought Xmas had come early! Odds have tumbled hugely now though.

Wow, I would have remortgaged the house...!

lucky you didn't! Can't imagine what the missus would have said when you broke the news..

freddydoesdallas wrote:

skanksta wrote:Hatton to lose on pts @ 5/1 for me - £50 - confident and tough enough to put up a brave losing effort at those odds, imo..

great bet

Nice bet. Was on unders for this and Broner so not a good week for me. Have to chase losses tomorrow with the Liverpool v Man Utd game