If Witter wins his WBC fight this would then become quite attractive. A narrow points defeat still would not prevent the fight happening, but it would be less attractive. I would like Ricky to have some comeback fights against some Brits. What about: Michael Gomez - Micheal would come out of retirement for this and would train like never before. This could become a fairly become Manchester event. A good safe stoppage win. Michael Jennings - more risky Craig Watson John Thaxton II
Cant predict the Witter match it would be close but surely Hatton would hammer the others you have mentioned?!
If you cared for Ricky at all you'd be hoping he retires. None of these fights are viable. Even the most ardent of Hatton fans would like him to call it a day now, surely.
Its not like Hatton has lost to some journeyman, I mean he could still operate at world level if he wants to and not go back to the domestic scene, although i would rather he retired.
After that the sheer let down of that performance, he should do the honorable thing and hang 'em up....
WTF Hatton would smash Gomez, Watson, Jennings and Thaxton. - No doubt about it. I think he should retire purely because he is loaded now but cannot beat the top top guys. **** i'd still think he could beat ALL the Light/Welter alphabet belt holders. Just not the Ring Holder obviously ha ha
I'd like to see hatton v witter as a farewell fight in manchester. as for gomez, jennings, watson and thaxton, ricky would blow them away, give him SOME credit. he's still a level above them.
I hope he retires. IMO he has absolutely nothing to prove, and having fallen short at the very highest level on two occasions.... aspirations of a third crack are very far fetched - for me there is no point in going to alphabelt level because the motivation simply wouldn't be there. His punch resistance seems to have slipped alarmingly..... get out now and enjoy your life :good
I don't think there's a prayer of Hatton-Witter happening. I'll be a little surprised if Ricky doesn't have a farewell fight in England but it definitely won't be against Witter. Even if there's only a one-in-a-million chance in Hatton's head that he could lose to Witter, he still wouldn't want to take that chance. I think if his career ended by losing to that guy, after he's been so dismissive of him, he'd kill himself. I think he'd rather go out on a ko by any other fighter in the world between 135-140.
It would certainly be the "classiest" way for Hatton to finish his career, but money talks, and he's more likely to fight Khan, if Khan beats Kotelnik, not to mention that Ricky will retire without any farewell fight, if he has any sense...
I don't think he'll go out like that . You've got to feel a bit sorry for him , taking that many fans to Vegas and losing on that manner . I would like to see him fighting one of the other champs at 140 .He'll no doubt have a farewell , like the homecoming party he had in a football stadium or something
he'll continue to avoid Witter, who can punch and Hatton must know deep inside his own chin is dodgy.