admit it....who was fooled by Hatton's boxing career?

Iv yet to understand WHY this guy cannot comprehend that simple fact. They talk as though opportunity is inherently present for all fighters. If it was ALL BOXERS would be having Hattonesque $10m paydays.

 

They beat who was infront of them to get there ranking independantly and with the relavent org they were ranked with. Thats HOW THE RANKINGS WORK. Beat who's placed infront of you you move up the rankings into an eventual mandatory slot.

 

He chose Paulie because of HBO and the fact he was one of the longest reinging champ in the division

Also Witter hadn't fought for what 9 months do you think HBO would have accepted Hatton v Witter :think

 

Froch is promoted by Hennesy. He doesnt have the luxury of SN priveliges or the WBO.He turned pro around 25 years of age or so. Why are you qouting statistics as though they have merit?

 

You said bradley was a top guy and ahtton ducked him i am pretty sure according to the rankins over the last 4 years bradley aint been that high and only since he beat witter has he became a contender. I am pretty sure paulie was a number 1 contender so surely hatton had to beat what was put in front of him :smooch

 

the fact is he has fought nobody and wasn't even fighting alot of poor quality fighters to get experience and build his name he just expected to fight average guys and get a shot which he has done. He doesn't have a massive amount of fans because he has not built his name up even that much in notttingham. I find it funny you tried to claim froch has done things the right way but until 6 months ago all he need was call out calzaghe and fight nobodies.

 

Why did he fight all those WBU cans instead of Witter?

Why did he fight Pauli Malignaggi instead of Witter?

 

Longest reigning? Witter held the WBC longer than Paulie held the IBF.

Paulie held that title for less than a year. He chose Paulie because Witter lost to Bradley and he stated clearly as he had done many a times he didnt want to fight Witter. Stop talking ****. And for your information HBO wanted Hatton Witter. The fight didnt materialise because Bradley beat Witter and there rivalry went off the boil.

 

He ducked witter in the wbu days no doubt
He fought paulie instead of witter because by this point witter had lost to bradley and had nothing to offer, why would anyone fight a guy that got beat by bradley instead of a fight in america to build your name.:rofl

 

Do you accept that Joe has done the same then with Froch?


Lot of hot air being dispelled here over one simple fact; Junior was too high a risk for no reward.

Simple as that.

Doesn't mean Hatton was scared, doesn't mean Witter would have won, just means Witter offered nothing at all to Hatton he couldn't get in spades elsewhere (money, rep, titles).

 

In other words, he ducked him. I'm glad at least you can see what is right infront of your eyes!

And no, its completely different to Calzaghe/Froch. There were so many opportunities for Hatton to fight Witter when they were on the same level it wasn't even funny. There hasn't been the same window of opportunity for a Calzaghe/Froch match. Calzaghe fought Delaney and Eubank, his biggest domestic challenges at the time.

 

Do you see that as a good thing then? Big domestic bouts of genuine intrigue not happening because someone else offers a bit more cash?

The Froch/Calzaghe comparison is not really a valid one. For a start Joe never had it written into his contract that he would fight Froch, unlike Ricky did with Witter before he reneged on it.

 

Lewis average, you racist/blind/Forrest Gump, which is it?

Need to go back and do some research Scurl, you're way off the mark with Lewis.

For the record I think Hatton was hyped but I mean come on, no-one thats a fraud goes more than 4 rounds with even that version of KT and certainly not 10 with PBF.

Guy loses to the 2 highest ranked, ATG, #1 P4P fighters of recent years and is a 'fraud'. atsch

 

Somehow Hatton getting beat my the absolute best fighter in the world makes Witter a better fighter than he is.
Witter has a terrible style too many, and it wasn't like the whole of he u.k was clamoring for the match up to be made anyway.

 

Not to mention Woodhall, Reid and Starie. Nobody can accuse Joe of not, at least, proving he was the best in his country.