Junior - You've got to earn your shot at the Champion

Witter is the best on the list by a mile, but if Hatton doesn't want to fight him him he won't...because he's a cash cow and can pick and choose.

Thats the reality; doesn't make it right though.

 

Hatton will always be known as the guy who ducked Witter.

 

atsch

No he won't.

Should this fight never happen, the fact that it didn't will be merely incidental. Hatton will be remembered for being the guy who made boxing popular in Britain again - as opposed to 'when is Lennox fighting next?'

 

You guys need to stop crying about Junior Witter.
Hatton fought the #1 contender less than a year ago, and he's fighting the #2 in his next fight.

Hatton's last two fights were against boxers ranked higher than Witter. So the fact that he's #1 now is only down to Hatton beating the previous #1.

If the fight happens after Malignaggi, it happens. If he rematches Mayweather or fights Pacquaio, those are bigger fights.

 

**** Ricky, **** the Ring rankings. Stevie Wonder can see Junior is number 1 at 140 and deserves his shot.

It's not even worth describing why Junior deserves it.

 

Obviously he will be remembered for other things as well. Hatton has achieved alot in his career. He will mainly be remember for being embarressed by PBF and then avoiding Witter.

 

I heard Klitschko refused to fight Witter too, and Calzaghe and Roberto Duran....

If sooooooo many people dont want to fight him, it may be time for him to ask himself why. Could be that his style is grim and he's completely unmarketable!

 

I agree, but the truth is no one will fight him because he's not worth anything. That is Witter's problem, nobody elses! But it is one he himself can solve on prime time UK TV on Satuday night!

 

That would be great in a hypothetical world... but in the real world of boxing $$ sells fights. Witter cannot make big money. As a result he cannot get big fights.

As I said previously, this is a problem which only he can solve.

 

I agree with Ricky, Lazcano is more marketable as is Malignaggi. What absolute bollocks.

This is a British showdown. Ricky could earn pretty on this fight while proving he is still the best at 140.

 

rather than shout about hatton not fighting witter...boxing fans, imo, should be insisting on hatton being stripped of the ring champion title if he doesnt fight witter...rather than say hattons ducking witter, say 'why arent the ring magazine stepping in here and state that hatton loses the ring champ tag if he doesnt fight him'..

 

Because he fought their #1 contender in his last fight at 140.