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Bad Left Hook Live Boxing Results & Commentary: Saul Alvarez v. Matthew Hatton

Boxing After Dark features Saul Alvarez v. Matthew Hatton, and Adrien Broner v. Daniel Ponce de Leon.
Boxing After Dark features Saul Alvarez v. Matthew Hatton, and Adrien Broner v. Daniel Ponce de Leon.

Tonight at 10:30pm EST, HBO goes live from the Honda Center in Anahem with a junior middleweight main event. 20-year-old prospect/contender Saul Alvarez battles Matthew Hatton, who has held the European welterweight title for a year, in a 12-round showdown. Alvarez (35-0-1, 26 KO) is the heavy favorite, but missed the 150-pound catchweight yesterday and had to pay Hatton (41-4-2, 16 KO) a $70,000 fine.

In the co-feature, featherweight Daniel Ponce de Leon and lightweight Adrien Broner meet in a very interesting fight in the division between their regular classes at 130 pounds. Ponce de Leon (41-2, 34 KO) may find himself in trouble if his power doesn't come up to the new weight class, as the young Broner (19-0, 16 KO) will have a sizable speed advantage. Ponce de Leon crushed Antonio Escalante in his last outing, while this is a big step up in competition for Broner, the 21-year-old Cincinnati prospect.

Our full preview can be read here. I won't be in for tonight's fights, but others from our staff will be, so you'll still have somewhere to go to share your thoughts and nonsense. Enjoy!

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