PHILADELPHIA (MARCH 12, 2021)–Matthew Hatton takes on Edwin Vazquez in the featured bout on Tonight’s edition of Classic Fight Night on fubo Sports Network.

The bout, which took place on June 23, 2007, at The Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, served as the chief support fight to Hatton’s brother, Ricky Hatton taking on Jose Luis Castillo.

Matthew Hatton came in with a record of 30-3-1 with 12 Knockouts, while Vazquez was 22-9-2 with eight knockouts.

Watch the action unfold when these two welterweights meet for the IBF Inter-Continental Welterweight title at 8 PM ET.

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Exciting and popular Saul Alvarez won his first world title by capturing the WBC Super Welterweight champions with an exciting drubbing over Matthew Hatton at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

It was apparent early that it was going to be a Alvarez night as he loaded and landed thudding power punches with both hands. Hatton tried very hard and got through but simply didnt have the thunder behind his punches that Alvarez had.

It almost seemed that at least once per round that Alvarez would land a plethora of ripping power shots that Hatton not only took well but would come back with a flurry of his own. Alvarez just continued to pour on the offense for which Hatton had very little answers for.

Alvarez was docked a point in round seven for hitting on the break which proved to be the only blemish on what was an impressive performance for the young twenty year old sensation from Mexico.

Alvarez showed that in typical Mexican fashion that he could land gut wrenching left hooks to the body and had Hatton reeling several times including in the final minute. Hatton even came back and tried to the bitter end.

It wasnt enough as Alvarez, 151 3/4 lbs of Guadalajara, MX is now 36-0-1. Hatton 149 lbs of Manchester, ENG is now 41-5-2.

In his first step up fight, Adrien Broner took a closer then the scorecards read unanimous decision over former Jr. Featherweight champion Daniel Ponce De Leon in a ten round Jr. Lightweight bout.

De Leon forced the action all night as he came forward and landed some good body shots over the first three rounds. Broner was effective but not active as he landed some nice counter rights off the back foot. De Leon tested Broner with volume as Broner slowly started mixing some combinations by using his superior hand speed.

The second half of the fight picked up as Broner started to engage a little more and that may have been the difference as eked out the decision by tallies of a ridiculous 99-91 score and two others that were more in line at 96-95.

Broner 129 3/4 lbs of Cincinnati, OH is now 20-0. De Leon, 128 1/4 lbs of Mexico is now 41-3.

Wildly popular Welterweight Saul Alvarez will take on Matthew Hatton in Los Angeles on March 5th according to Dan Rafael of espn.com

“I think it’s an exciting fight. It’s exciting to have Canelo fighting a name,” Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told ESPN.com. “So far, Canelo has dominated the name opponents he has faced, but he is well advised not to take Matthew Hatton lightly. Just remember — there’s only one Matthew Hatton.”

The HBO co-feature has not been signed yet, but Schaefer said he is working to finalize a junior lightweight fight for top prospect Adrien “The Problem” Broner (19-0, 16 KOs), 21, of Cincinnati.

The two opponents in the running to face Broner, according to Schaefer, are Mexico’s Daniel Ponce De Leon, 30, a former junior featherweight titlist and top featherweight contender, and 27-year-old Jason Litzau.

Ponce De Leon (41-2, 34 KOs), who is with Golden Boy, would move up in weight for the bout. Litzau (28-2, 21 KOs), who is promoted by Roy Jones’ Square Ring, is coming off a decision win on Nov. 27 against Celestino Caballero in one of the biggest upsets of 2010.

“I’d like to get Broner’s fight done in the next couple of days,” Schaefer said. “On this show, we’ll have some young guys going against some very experienced fighters in big step-up fights. I think that’s exactly what ‘Boxing After Dark’ is all about.”