When Golden Boy announced 1.4 million live viewers for their March 5th, Saul Alvarez-Matthew Hatton telecast, fans and media alike were impressed. The number would've placed the show on the high end of all HBO Boxing programming for the last 3+ years, only behind Miguel Cotto-Yuri Foreman at Yankee Stadium last year. However, according to John Chavez at The Boxing Truth, … [Read more...]
A Star, A Bore, and A Video Game Review; Magno’s Monday Rant
Welcome to Magno's Monday Rant, the only boxing column that promises to have an axe to grind with everyone and everything evenly... -- Want to see an example of star power? Look at Saturday night's Saul Alvarez-Matthew Hatton bout. We all knew that this was a bogus title fight, we all knew that Hatton was overmatched, and we all knew what the outcome would be from the moment … [Read more...]
Alvarez Dominates Hatton, Judah Smashes Mabuza; The Rest of Saturday’s Action
(Photo Courtesy: (AP/Jae C. Hong) Honda Center, Anaheim, California-- Despite the negativity attached to the exterior of the event via bogus title designations and catchweight nonsense, the in-ring contest between 20-year old Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (36-0-1, 26 KOs) and Matthew Hatton (41-5-2, 16 KOs) turned out to be a solid, entertaining affair for viewers of HBO's Boxing … [Read more...]
Alvarez fails to make catchweight limit of 150
Saul Alvarez failed to make the agreed upon catchweight limit of 150 lbs. today for his WBC jr. middleweight title fight against Matthew Hatton Saturday. Alvarez weighed in at 151.8 lbs. on his first try and 151.4 lbs on his second attempt, after a 30-minute break. Hatton, who has been a career-long welterweight, weighed in at a comfortable 149.6 lbs. Alvarez will … [Read more...]
Souring El Canelo
Saul Alvarez, jr. middleweight wunderkind from Juanacatlán, Jalisco, Mexico sat quietly as promoter Oscar De la Hoya, WBC President Jose Sulaiman, trainer Nacho Beristain, and lightweight champion of the world, Juan Manuel Marquez argued about his controversial world title fight with Matthew Hatton on March 5th at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The usually affable … [Read more...]