Matthew Hatton, younger brother of Ricky, defends his European Welterweight title on Friday at the Bolton Arena against world ranked Ukrainian, Yuriy Nuzhnenko, beaten only once in a 30 fight career.
Boylesports Bookmakers make Hatton the 4/7 odds on favourite to win, which we think are a little optimistic. Nuzhnenko clearly represents Hatton’s toughest ever opponent, with that one defeat on his record coming in a World title fight. The odds therefore of 11/8 against the Ukrainian winning look exceptional value.
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For many plaudits, Hatton is a good, improving fighter, who has probably over-achieved in winning a European title. He has been beaten four times in a career which, in the main, has been against mediocre opposition, but in saying that his European title fight win over Gianluca Branco has to be acknowledged as a good performance, despite the fact that the Italian was 39 years old and way past his best.
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Hatton also has to be applauded for his drawn fight last year against the former world champion, Lovemore N’dou. Admittedly N’dou has seen better days, but Hatton’s ability to stay in the hunt with him, proved that he has made significant improvements.
Hatton is not a big puncher, nor does he possess the warlike attributes of big brother Ricky, he is in fact far more reserved and if he is to win he will need to go the full 12 round distance and hope for a points a decision. The odds of him achieving that are 9/10 with Boylesports.
Although Hatton will have a very partisan crowd behind him, we think that he might have a shock coming in this fight. Nuzhnenko, is a good fighter with world title ambitions. He is also probably a better technician than Hatton, although like Hatton, he does not possess a big one punch knock- out blow. We think however that he will stop Hatton, possibly late on in the fight and would back him to win between rounds 7-12 with odds of 7/1.
4/7 Hatton
11/8 Nuzhnenko
25/1 Draw
All odds provided by Boylesports.com
Posted: Thursday, 15th July 2010
Author: Rodney Wise
Tags: bolton arena, matthew hatton, yuriy nuzhnenko, boylesports,
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