I'd stop Hatton in five - Witter

What I cant belive is anyone who belittles the WBC title, its the most prestigious world title, & what a joke people saying a WBC champ doesnt deserve a shot at ANYONE, never mind Hatton.

& please, none of this Ring magazine is the true champ ****, its a publication in decline run by biased journos. I would never class a Ring magazine champ as the true champ. Its romantic nonsense.

 

Yes, it's the most prestigious title, but that's like saying Idi Amin is the nicest guy out of him, Hitler, Stalin, Pot etc.. It means nothing. Whilst The Ring title isn't a legit title, at least the best fighter is it's champion in the majority of cases.

The WBC has so many awful champions. Amongst many others, Maskaev isn't the best heavy and David Diaz certainly isn't the best at 135lbs. They have the best fighter in the division, maybe 5 or 6 times.

The belt may have meant something years ago, but now, it's champions are not much better than the other organisations choices.

 

Forgetting the Witter-Hatton situation, I guess I'm just a romantic Dunky, wherever possible the champ is the man who beats the man. Until they fought, I regarded Spinks as the HW champ even though it was obvious Tyson was the better fighter.

I can sometimes see the other side of the argument but at 140, Witter beat DeMarcus Corely to get his belt after Hatton beat Kostya Zoo to win his. Until Hatton is beaten or is inactive at 140 then he's the champ IMHO.

Hatton is linear AND longer reigning.

 

Who says the Ring champ is the best fighter in his weight class? The Ring? as I already said, a mag in decline ran by a bunch of biased journos with agendas. Their rankings I think these past few years especially stink as much as any of the alphabet titles.
The Ring magazine is no 'bible of boxing' it just elevates the fighters they think will sell the most Ring magazines.

To paint the Ring magazine as the saviour of all that is good in the sport is dangerous, as its main objective is not to tell the truth, but to sell copies.

 

Since when has it been a fans job to worry about a fighters finances or his American reputation?????

Witter has been calling him out for years and certainly has the tools to win....end of.

We all know the best possible match up in the 140 division is Hatton v Witter and ultimately thats all that really matters.

 

The Ring give their belt to whoever the American TV channels find popular and let a fighter defendIt against whoever they like because they keep the stupid mentality of losing It In the ring only.

 

Its a popular belief that Hatton turned Harris down but that is wrong.

There is an interview with Manny Steward in an old edition of boxing monthly and in the interview Steward states that he didnt even know Harris was a champ when he took him on and he advised Harris not to go to England and fight Hatton, as he wasnt ready for Hatton.

I will try to find the magazine and post the part of the interview.

 

Harris turned down an offer of twice his previous career highest payday to face Haytton. How that classes as Hatton refusing to fight him is beyond me!!!

 

I think Jack said it correctly to be honest.

 

I also note his point about having other fights and not needing Hatton etc to build his own legacy.

If that's the case then, shut the **** up and beat some other opponents.

I personally don't believe a word that either party says on this subject, and wish they would either make the ****er happen, or shut it on the subject.

Permanently.

 

Look, you cant blame witter for the **** he is talking....he is doing everything possible to goad hatton into making this fight, good on him.

Imo hatton is waiting this out to see what performance witter puts in next, if witter puts in two more devastating ko's against top opponents then hatton wont make the fight, thats my view on it, i definately see him being scared of witter (effectively) ending his career, not being the best in the country would destroy hatton, and the embarrassment of him getting ko'ed by witter has got him very anxious about the fight. Just what im feeling, not asking for arguments on it.

Out of the two, witter is looking the best at the mo, yeah i maybe talking purely from the last fight of each, but what better way to judge? Hatton showed me against pbf that once his mauling is nullified, he simply doesnt have much else to give against a counter puncher, that lunging left hook he throws (big deal he caught maussa with it and ko'ed him,, not many top level fighters arent gonna see that shot coming) is a bit tired and obvious to a good counter puncher, and i strongly believe witter would punish that shot with a heavy counter ala pbf.

As for this nonsense of hatton ko'ing witter, thats just plain nuthugging imo, witters chin is solid and hes took some hard shots and never looked shaken, hatton was out on his feet by collazo, say no more. Yeah yeah he floored castillo, but...im of the opinion that it was the placement of that shot that caused the damage, weve seen how much punishment castillo can absorb, corrales hit him way harder than hatton ever could, that shot winded him more that it hurt him, hit the sweet spot and boom it was over, take that shot out of the fight and i would of put money on castillo wearing hatton down by the late rounds and a ko ending. Castillo was definately finding his rhythm just before that shot landed.

All in all i dont see any tools in hattons arsenal to bother witter, witters better inside than people think, look for uppercuts when hatton is trying to maul and work the body. Witter is good at tying up and very good at breaking from the clinch and firing off a quick shot which i believe hatton would be wide open to, to sum up yep id say within 5 by witter ko.

 

Castillo was finding his rhythm, but expending an awful lot of energy doing it. Hatton won the first two, maybe (just) lost the third, but was winning the fourth (regardless of point deduction) and KO.

I don't think anyone could wear Hatton down at 140 the way Mayweather did at 147 (not even Floyd himself at 140 IMO), therefore your last argument is nullified. Name a fighter who has worn Hatton down at all in the 10st division.

[Two minutes later] I'm still trying to think.............

He also doesn't usually struggle with counter punchers that much - to a certain degree (certainly in his early days) is one himself. He didn't lose to Mayweather because Floyd is a counter puncher. He lost because Floyd performed better over the course of the fight, and is the better fighter.

Witter isn't a better fighter than Hatton, and I'd expect Hatton to win, after an awkward first few rounds.

 

What people don't realise about the offers Hattons camp makes to people is that they may be career high purses, but Hatton is getting 90% of the total purse still.

 

Thats a bit harsh, Hatton loses to Mayweather and Witter beats Harris so Witters the in form fighter?

And comparing Witter to Mayweather is also a bit of a stretch.

 

I think what says it all is the way Witter is lauded as some kind of God for beating Harris (who, let's be honest, was never known for his punch resistance) in a world title defence. Whereas Hatton is being slated by some for fighting Lazcano (who pretty well went even with Harris) as a comeback bout after losing for the first time. Seems like there is a bit of double standards going on with some people.