At the moment i'm thinking Hatton pummels Witter into the canvas. I'll have to wait and see how he does in his return bout with Lazcano, but i'm pretty certain he has the beating of Witter. Although Witter does posess some pop in his shots, enough to earn Hattons respect anyway. The longer this drags on though the more abuse Hatton deserves for not making the fight. Everyone else wants to see this fight and how he can treat his fans like this is disgraceful. Witter was the perfect rebound fight for him yet he goes after Lazcano!! Bull****. He's doing his fans and the sport of boxing by not making a meaningful fight. Witter has got, arguably, the most prestigious of the abc straps. He is on the crest of a wave now with a few notable wins over Corley and Harris. The same Harris that beat Lazcano!! He's a world and domestic level rival to Hatton and has been for years, yet Hatton still won't fight him. Pure bull****.
I would just like to see it purely for entertainment, don't care who wins, just want a big domestic fight, get ppl in britain watching...whos the girl in your pic btw?
Sophie Howard That's the point though. Everyone wants to see this. I genuinely think this could of been a great rivalry that had already attracted mainstream media attention, ala Benn-Eubank. Maybe if they fight soon enough and it's entertaining we could see a rematch or even a trilogy. Their is not one valid reason I can think of as to why this fight shouldn't already of happened. Ring magazine LW champ v WBC champ, no.1 contender and fellow Brit. Makes sense to me.
He is low on Hatton's list of priorities , I thought the Witter vs Hatton Posts were done and had died off
Hatton believes that Witter isn't a big draw, whichis true. He isn't. Also Hatton's looking to fight in America on HBO and whatnot and very few americans know who Witter is.
He just hates the man from what I can gather. Dosen't want to give him a payday. Which further underlines why Hatton is not the charming bloke he makes himself out to be. He's always maintained that he's better than Witter, much as Witter has. However Witter is ready and willing to prove it. I still think Hatton would stop him.
I think Witter wins, Hatton is just too badly made for Witter, Billy Graham would be petrified of Witter vs Hatton happening.
Hatton has some challenging and interesting fights on the Horizon, after his tune up after defeat, more so then a lot of other boxers. Hes just stepped out the ring from fighting the P4P no 1. Give him a break. Hatton will be fighting Malignaggi next and then perhaps getting his chance to avenge defeat and a rematch with Floyd. There isn't a single person on here who would turn down that opportunity, for the chance to stink the place out with Witter instead. Not only that he can't stand the guy either.
He's not a terrible opponent, but Witter is far more worthwhile. There were more worthy opponents out there for Ricky to take and he goes for Lazcano. Crazy stuff.
Its a tune up fight off the back of a defeat, no boxer gets straight back in the ring with a top quality opponent.
He could fight Mayweather 100 times and still make more money than a fight with Witter. But he'd still lose no matter how many rematches he has with Floyd. Him and his fans can dream all they want about "if only the fight was in England and the ref was fair" he's not as good as Mayweather and would be beaten more decisively next time. How can you actually believe Malignaggi is a more worthwhile opponent tha Witter?
if hatton thinks hes better than witter and would be too good for him why not take this as hs next fight HBO aint showing his fight with lazcano anyway from what I gather so the american audience excuse is out o the window and witter-hatton would do better PPV numbers over here.The reason is is because he knows a defeat to witter (which is very possible) at this stage of his career would kill his credbility and all but end his career. Surely if someone talks smack about you for years you'd wanna humiliate him and shut him up?? Hatton and his fans use the old excuse hatton avoids noone he just stepped in the ring with mayweather but no one expected him to win that so his reputation wasnt dented from the loss but a loss to witter would kill all his credibility. Expect hatton to avoi him like the plague until witters couple years older