I understand Hatton fans now

I wouldn't say nowhere near, take away two of Hatton's opponents and their level of comp is about the same. Who's he fought other than Tszyu and Mayweather? Collazo? The difference is Witter is a guy who nobody wants to fight. Hatton has a golden ticket, everybody wants to fight him because he has a big fanbase and he can cherrypick and he has done and continues to, Witter has to take whatever fights he can get. Maybe if Witter's dad had played for wednesday or united the roles would be reversed-who's to say.

 

Well if we do that the other way round and take away two of Witter's opponents - he's fought absolutely nobody! :-(

 

Ok, take away three of Hatton's opponents and he's fought absolutely nobody and one of them was shot to bits. Regardless, who's the one ducking the fight?

Edit: is Collazo any better than N'Dou? both gatekeeper types, one gave Cotto an argument the other got battered by Mosely. Are Urango or Maussa better than Corley and Harris? Not really. Maussa beat Harris but Corley was better than him or Urango. I'm struggling to come up with more names now for either of them unless it be a 40 year old Vince Phillips for a wbu bauble, i.e a guarantee'd win before it's even signed. Are we going to argue whether Rios is better than Lynes or what?
I don't think it's a point you can push, take away Tszyu and Hatton's best wins aren't any better than Witters.

 

Who's the one who NEEDS the fight. Who's the one who has bigger things to worry about.
Witter's desperation is pathetic.
Take away three of Hatton's opponents and he's still beat two world champions. Take away one Witter opponent and he's beat none. If you take away fights, Hatton wins however many we take off.

 

What bigger fights does he have to worry about? Mayweather? That's a loss for a lot of money, he may as well fight Klitschko. Shouldn't happen, no reason for it. DelaHoya? probably won't happen anyway and certainly shouldn't happen otherwise we may as well all forget boxing and watch celebrity deathmatch instead. Who else....Cotto at welter? won't happen, unwinnable and they'll never take it unless mayweathersized wad of money is on the table and it isn't.....malinaggi, bigger than Witter?....nope......who else exactly?

 

Actually he's beaten one and Witter's beaten none. Their comp is about the same other than tzsyu and there are no bigger fights at lightwelter.

 

What fight are people talking about for Witter... just Hatton. That fight is the sole purpose for Witter's life.

What fights are people talking about for Hatton... Malignaggi, Witter, Pacqiauo, Mayweather II... He has other things besides Witter, clearly.

 

What's he supposed to do then? Being a name is a matter of luck (amongst other things). Look at a guy like Marquez, he wasn't a massive name before he fought Pacquiao, which lead to Bareera which lead to pacquiao 2....it only takes one ducking to sideline a guy's career

You seem to just want Hatton to make the most money and not take the best fights for the sport. Pacquiao wouldn't stand a chance of beating Hatton but they can make money off it so it's ok? Hatton won one round from Mayweather on any sensible scorecard and will be similarly thrashed if they fight again, but they can make money off it so it's ok? Is that your reasoning? Alright, If Witter's so crap that he doesn't deserve a shot based on talent, why not use him as a tune up in England instead of Lazcano? Do you really think more people will turn up to see a lightweight most of them have never heard of get beaten all around the ring than for the biggest grudge match in the country?

 

Witter isn't crap, I'm a big fan. Never said any different.

And I don't want Hatton to make the most money, I don't care what he does. If the Witter fight happens I'll look forward to it. If the Pacquaio fight happens I'll look forward to that freakshow. My point is why does Hatton need to fight Witter and he's a c*nt if he doesn't? I don't get it, it's just a fight that's out there for him among others.

 

Well, never called him a **** so.....
He needs to fight Witter for respect, if he doesn't it will always be mentioned that he ducked him whenever anyone talks about Hatton in perpetuity, forever. That's one reason. Another is that they're the two best fighters in the division, the fight should have happened years ago when they weren't, instead of Rios, instead of Pederson, instead of Stephen Smith, Joe Hutchinson, Vilches. All hiding to nothing fights while the best other fighter in the country was calling for him. Benn could have bowled over loads of welters instead of fighting Eubank and built his following until there was enough money on the table to make a fight with Nunn but he didn't.
I'm not just picking on Hatton; I think it's deplorable the way boxing is run, whether it's Hatton ducking Witter or Mayweather ducking Cotto and Margarito. Hatton is just closer to home so easier to talk about.
Essentially though, he should take the fight because it's what the real fans in this country want to see, otherwise why are there threads on every forum about it every day?

 

In his last two fights HE BEAT THE #1 RANKED LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT. and fought the p4p #1.
Get over it, Witter has been #1 contender for less than a year, and he's only there because Hatton beat the #1 two fights ago.

 

Yes. That's how boxing works. You can look at any stretch in a fighters career when they moved up/down in weight, and maintained the status of champion at the original weight. Bob Foster moved up to heavyweight yet was considered the man at light heavyweight. Wilfredo Gomez was the man at 122lbs, Calzaghe at 168lbs and so on.

Hatton haters seem to always suspect double standard. If you read up on your history, you'll see these things are repeated constantly.

Yes.

Answer me three questions, please.

Which fight means more?

1. Kessler vs. Green or Kessler vs. Taylor?
2. Cotto vs. Williams or Cotto vs. Margarito?
3. Casamayor vs. David Diaz or Casamayor vs. Juan Diaz?

Aside from the fact that Malignaggi is a better fighter and a fight with Hatton would mean more than one with Witter, look at the financial side of it. Ignore the fact it's Hatton/Witter for a second and grasp the numbers.

Malignaggi is a better fighter than Witter and a fight with him brings in more money.

 

Guys - you both make emotive arguments, and I am sure there is a lot of keyboard rage in your respective offices.

But please, calm down.

1. Hatton doesn't need Witter, but Witter needs Hatton.
2. There are bigger fights out there for Hatton than Witter.

However - Witter is Hatton's No. 1 contender, and thus, the fight should go ahead.

 

Two points - one atsch and one :good

I will leave you to decide which is which.