Hatton: Why I ducked Witter

It would take more than 150 blokes to take the DRC...give me a battalion and your on :good

 

I detest Hatton, but Hatton will CRUSH Witter. Witter has power that bothers Hatton, but no movement whatsoever. Hatton simply does what he did to Tszyu. Very, very simple.

 

Witter would have Ko'd Hatton

a unorthdox uppercut or hook - Hatton on the deck like Eamon Magee done him but worse

Witter would have outpsyched Hatton at the press conference and weigh in too

Witter had nothing to lose

Hatton had it all to lose

Hatton was outpsyched thats why he never took the fight

I'm sure they could have overlooked the likes of "stunning" Stephen Smith who was crap and had to have his fat lunatic dad run in the ring to save him

Why couldnt have Witter be given the oppurtunity that "Stunning" Stephen Smith was given?

 

[quote="TKO";4082387]I promised myself I wasn't going to get involved with this thread, having said all I have to say on the last one, but this absolutely creases me up! There's a certain irony in calling good, experienced world class or fringe world class fighters like Tackie, Magee, Oliveira, Phillips etc... "WBU cans nobody had ever heard of" and then bigging up Witter for going on a 16-fight KO streak against the likes of Lucky Sambo and Fred Kinuthia. Hell, I think my granny could go on a KO streak and look exciting against those guys.

As for having to work it the hard way, this is the best one of all. Witter was gifted a world title shot he'd done nothing to deserve on home soil and threw it away by spending the whole night looking like Usain Bolt. Knocks out a load of nobodies and, when he finally fights something approaching a world level fighter squeaks by on debatable decisions. Gets gifted another home soil fight against a guy who lost 3 of his last 5 and got stopped by a nobody next time out. This time manages to win, makes two defences on home soil (the highlight of which was a win over a Carlos Maussa KO victim) then gets beat by a 20-fight unknown. All the while never venturing to leave home to seek out the biggest fights the way Hatton did. And still he's not the one who gets a hard time off people on this board. I'd say he's had it ridiculously easy considering.

I'm sure the guy who stepped into the ring fearless and convinced of victory v four pound for pounders was terrified of a guy who happened to come from the same mass of land, but if that's what some want to believe... I think Widdy's comment re: the sky being green may not be too far wide of the mark...[/quote]


Fantastic post.... It seems the term WBU cans is now spewed out by the Hatton haters, when half of them had no idea who Hatton was back then.

It's easy to take the mick because the belt is a joke, but take away the WBU belt and it is a pretty decent series of fights against experienced world class or fringe world class guys. for an up and coming fighter to have.

I hate this debate because being a fellow Yorkshireman I do like Witter, but some of you usual guys are REALLY hypocritical when it comes to Hatton and Witter

 

No-one with any sense thought he could beat Mayweather, and it's true, as much as I hate Hatton, I hate(d) Witter even more. I hated him because he was too damn stupid to focus on his own career, instead begging for the chance to fight Hatton and neglecting pretty much everything else. And where the **** did that get him? He seldom deserved the chance to fight Hatton in the first place (there were a few occasions the fight made sense, but it wasn't throughout Hatton's career). Witter hasn't earnt much, he didn't get much of a fanbase and he isn't going to be hugely successful now, is he? Hatton was right not to fight him before.

Now, however, the fight makes sense.

 

[quote="TKO";4082435]We can all play this game with any fighter. What about Witter himself? Were there not plenty of opportunities to fight anyone with a pulse in the five years between the Judah and Ndou fights? What's good for the goose and all that... If he hasn't made the most of his career, its nobody's fault but his own. This is what I mean about him getting a free pass.

Resolution mentioned in my last post has gone to **** but what the hell I'm bored![/quote]
Such a blind utopian view of the world. Warren unceremoniously throws him to the wolves, then ditches him. He ends up with Hennessy who are like an amoeba in a pond compared to the economic might of SN and somehow Witter is supposed to "create" opportunity? From what exactly? Thin air?

The fact he even became a world champ as well as domestic triple champ was a solid indication of his talent let alone annexing a world title which is what some boxers can only dream of. In terms of achievements considering Witter never had a silver spoon id say the boy has done very well for himself careerwise.

Wether you want to admit it or not Frank makes all his fighters wealthy via the path of least resistance. Thats ALWAYS been the SN way. Hatton benefitted marvelously from this. To then casually dismiss Witter as though there careers and boxing is a level playing field is simply juvenile.

 

No idea? Try me. Puhlease. :roll:

 

Maussa was a belt holder who had just blown away Witter's best win before Junior did

Urango was an Unbeaten champ, and now a 2x champ and is looking for a second weight belt.

Collazo was a belt holder who was Rickys gateway to the U.S and is still a contender in the 147 div

Castillo was the P4P no 8 and ranken no 1 contender at 140 at the time, plus is a better fighter than Junior could ever hope to be

Paulie Maglinaggi again a bigger name on the world stage who was one of the longest reigning champs in the 140 div

All these wins at least equal or rank ahead of a Witter fight, especially at teh World stage

 

I feel the same regarding Witter, I just WISH he would of focused on his own carrer instead of piggy backing on Rickys.

 

all mediorce

and its not just the win - but manner of victory

Witter smashed out Vivian Harris in a frightening manner

Hatton struggled with Urango and Collazo

and Mausa got lucky against a Vivian Harris who wasnt even fit

Castillio was a big hyped con fight - he was shot to bits (good body shot from hatton though)

 

He could have easily left the comfort of the Donny dome and left for the States like Hatton,Honeygahn,Benn, and now Froch is doing for the fights.

 

flint,mate,you defo need to get out more and stop playing the 4finger 1 thumb shuffle with yourself

u need to see a head shrink,go lie on his chaise lounge,have a natter and ask him "please doc,can you find my life,i seem to have lost it someplace"

ps,what u said above sounds like a top night,hope its like that on the stag do:good