On March 5, 2011, Canelo Álvarez (35-0-1, 26 KOs) and Matthew Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBC super-welterweight world titles. The vacant WBC super-welterweight title is also on the line.
Canelo Álvarez is coming in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Lovemore N'dou, 3 months and 1 day ago. Matthew Hatton is on a 4-fight win streak with a 34% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round KO win over Roberto Belge, 3 months and 7 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Canelo Álvarez at 99-1 winning odds. Matthew Hatton really doesn't have much to present against Canelo.
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.