On March 2, 2013, a 31-year-old Matthew Hatton (43-6-2, 17 KOs) and a 25-year-old South African boxer Chris van Heerden (18-1-1, 10 KOs) met in the ring.
Hatton came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 18 days. Heerden was on a 4-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 14 days.
Chris van Heerden defeated Matthew Hatton via unanimous decision in the 12-round welterweight fight. Heerden improves his record to 19-1-1, while Hatton adds a loss to his record at 43-7-2.
On March 17, 2012, a 30-year-old Matthew Hatton (42-5-2, 16 KOs) and a 25-year-old fellow British boxer Kell Brook (26-0, 18 KOs) met in the ring.
Hatton came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 27 days. Brook was on a 26-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months.
Kell Brook defeated Matthew Hatton via unanimous decision in the 12-round welterweight fight. Brook improves his record to 27-0, while Hatton adds a loss to his record at 42-6-2.
On March 5, 2011, 29-year-old Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KOs) and 20-year-old Canelo Álvarez (35-0-1, 26 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC super-welterweight title.
Hatton came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 7 days. Canelo was on a 31-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 1 day.
Canelo Álvarez defeated Matthew Hatton via unanimous decision . Canelo improves his record to 36-0-1, while Hatton adds a loss to his record at 41-5-2.
On May 24, 2008, a 27-year-old Matthew Hatton (33-3-1, 13 KOs) and Craig Watson met in the ring.
Hatton came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 16 days.
Matthew Hatton lost to Craig Watson via unanimous decision in the 12-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 33-4-1.
On October 20, 2006, a 25-year-old Matthew Hatton (28-2-1, 11 KOs) and Alan Bosworth met in the ring.
Hatton came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 7 days.
Matthew Hatton lost to Alan Bosworth via disqualification in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 28-3-1.
On February 15, 2003, a 21-year-old Matthew Hatton (14-1, 6 KOs) and David Keir met in the ring.
Hatton came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day.
Matthew Hatton lost to David Keir via TKO in the 4th round, and adds a loss to his record at 14-2.
On September 28, 2002, a 21-year-old Matthew Hatton (13-0, 6 KOs) and David Kirk met in the ring.
Hatton came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days.
Matthew Hatton lost to David Kirk via points decision in the 6-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 13-1.