Hatton-Alvarez would be an interesting fight - a match-up of two promising fighters, both fighters possess raw talent and both have solid followers.
Hatton boasts a solid 38-4-2 record with 15 knockouts. Although he looked very ordinary against battle-tested Lovemore N’dou last November in their IBO welterweight title fight that ended in a controversial draw, he was pretty impressive in his last fight dispatching journeyman Mikheil Khutsishvili inside five rounds.
19-year old Alvarez, on the other hand, is undefeated in 31 professional fights - 30 wins, 1 draw with 71% knockout ratio (he has won seven of his last eight fights by KO). Fighting on Mayweather card in Las Vegas would certainly be a great opportunity for the teenage welterweight from Jalisco, Mexico to be exposed to the American audience.
But regardless of what the fighters’ records say, the real reason why these fighters are being pitted against each other is to entice loyal Mexican and British audience to buy the Mayweather-Mosley show. Matthew’s surname still carries a lot of British fans, thanks to the older lad Ricky, while Saul is being touted as “the next Mexican great champion”. With loyal British and Mexican fans supporting the May 1 event, the Mayweather-Mosley might just knock out Pacquiao-Clottey in the battle of pay-per-view especially that Antonio Margarito is already out of “The Event”. (Photo: Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez)
- Marshall N. B., marx7204@lycos.com
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