What would be more damaging to Hatton's legacy?

I know there isn't, but losing to Witter would be shameful.

 

Who said there was? You asked a question, answer is fairly obvious imo. If Hatton retired now, the record books won't have an asterisk saying 'didn't fight Witter' and no-one will remember or care. A loss would be in the record books and would be remembered.

 

Fair enough, hence the thread eh?:good

 

No not everyone does, but there are some.

Anyway, I'm still in the camp that believes the fight will probably happen. But I don't believe Hatton 'owes' Witter a shot. If bigger fights turn up for him, good for him.

 

There's two high profile fights for Witter .....Hatton and Malignaggi.

Witter might get to Malignaggi after Hatton beats him by which point the win will be tainted for Witter.

Basically, Witter ain't gonna have high profile wins.

 

Witters 35, has a tricky style and isn't a draw. He's going to have trouble getting decent wins under his belt before he retires.

 

Well yeah Witter could beat Pacquiao, Mayweather, Cotto. It's fair to say that such wins would change the equation.

 

You may as well throw Ali and Robinson into that list for all the likelyhood of those fights happening...

 

Witter got the chance to fight Cotto at late notice.

Rejected it.

He really should have taken that fight if he wanted some mainstream success.

 

Nobody else has so why would you be confident?Im confident hed smash Witter all over Sheffield but why fight him for a fraction of the money he can get for a re match with the best boxer in the world:deal

 

I didn't know that. When was it? If he was already in training and in any kind of shape he should have took it.