Thread: Witter willing to take 30%

Sorry if this has already been posted. Witter has said that he would be willing to take 30% of the purse to fight Hatton. Considering that he is the current world title holder, it is quite an offer. No matter what anyone thinks, it proves that he really wants the fight and is confident. I have always rated Witter (and Hatton) and not there really is no excuse for Hatton not fighting him, especially looking at who he is fighting next.
As for not wanting to fight him because he got him annoyed, Ricky was willing to fight him before when he was angry with him, whats changed. Even hard-core Hatton fans must be asking questions

Originally Posted by sanj16

Even hard-core Hatton fans must be asking questions

some are some arnt mate... Ricky has a loyal following and they will back him no matter what.

for me i am a hatton fan but it sucks bigtime that he is not fighting Witter.

Added to that this is his UK homecoming fight for the loyal fans that have followed him across the world with or without a ticket.

this would be a massive fight in the UK.

It frustrates me bigtime that he refuses to fight Witter as i am a big Witter fan also.

good for Witter though hes relentless i'll gve him that

they say styles make fights, and I really do think that Witter has the style to beat Hatton. He's got great reflexes and hits a lot harder than Mayweather. Hatton always takes a lot of punishment, but just imagine what Magee would have done if he had a dig.

I don't think he is at all a way harder hitter than Mayweather and them fighting Corley offers proof of that. However, he is tremendously gifted athletically, but he technique is still... well not there, but it works for him ,adn I definitely think he gives Hatton problems if he can keep the distance, but I am courious to see how he handles inside pressure because he doesn't have Floyd's slick moves on the inside.

honestly, witter vs just about anyone besides hatton = a small fraction of a hatton witter bout, 30% fighting hatton is far more then hes gonna see fighting anyone else, there would probably be less money made by both fighters combined then he would see if he took 30% vs hatton

just take the fight ricky

I think Hatton should accept the modest offer.

There's no substance to the statement. They both have fights lined up in the coming months so it's not like he's submitted a formal offer saying 'i'll fight you at such a time for x amount of cash'

Hatton will fight him, when it's a mega-fight and for all those that say it would be a huge fight now......your only half right. It may be a huge fight to us anorak fans, but will it be a huge fight to the casual sports fan? Nope. Will it appeal to the American audience? Probably not that much....yet.

It becomes a huge fight in the UK when Witter is recognised by the average fan. That time aint here yet...it will come, but not until the end of the year or the start of next year.

It's all about timing with this fight. Realistically both guys know they're eachother's only realistic hope of a mega payday.

There's no point making the fight this year when Hatton has just come off a ko loss and Witter is still only about 50% as popular as he can and will be.

It makes much more sense to make it next year when Hatton has restored his reputation at 140 and Witter has built his to maximum potential.

Now this shit is just getting plain silly...hatton needs to fight this man. Pretty soon witter is going to offer ricky a four round head start as well.

Originally Posted by ono

There's no substance to the statement. They both have fights lined up in the coming months so it's not like he's submitted a formal offer saying 'i'll fight you at such a time for x amount of cash'

Hatton will fight him, when it's a mega-fight and for all those that say it would be a huge fight now......your only half right. It may be a huge fight to us anorak fans, but will it be a huge fight to the casual sports fan? Nope. Will it appeal to the American audience? Probably not that much....yet.

It becomes a huge fight in the UK when Witter is recognised by the average fan. That time aint here yet...it will come, but not until the end of the year or the start of next year.

It's all about timing with this fight. Realistically both guys know they're eachother's only realistic hope of a mega payday.

There's no point making the fight this year when Hatton has just come off a ko loss and Witter is still only about 50% as popular as he can and will be.

It makes much more sense to make it next year when Hatton has restored his reputation at 140 and Witter has built his to maximum potential.

That's just a stupid statement. Is Hatton-Lazcano a big fight? No. Yet Hatton is set to fight him. Was Hatton-Urango a big fight? No. Yet Hatton still fought him. Hatton needs to stop being a bitch and fight Witter

Originally Posted by ono

There's no substance to the statement. They both have fights lined up in the coming months so it's not like he's submitted a formal offer saying 'i'll fight you at such a time for x amount of cash'

Hatton will fight him, when it's a mega-fight and for all those that say it would be a huge fight now......your only half right. It may be a huge fight to us anorak fans, but will it be a huge fight to the casual sports fan? Nope. Will it appeal to the American audience? Probably not that much....yet.

It becomes a huge fight in the UK when Witter is recognised by the average fan. That time aint here yet...it will come, but not until the end of the year or the start of next year.

It's all about timing with this fight. Realistically both guys know they're eachother's only realistic hope of a mega payday.

There's no point making the fight this year when Hatton has just come off a ko loss and Witter is still only about 50% as popular as he can and will be.

It makes much more sense to make it next year when Hatton has restored his reputation at 140 and Witter has built his to maximum potential.

I'm curious as to how you're so sure Witter's popularity wil increase so dramatically, will you and your mates be going round door to door handing out flyers or something

On a serious note, Saddo has spoken, he wants the fight so it should be made.

If Hatton does wait a bit longer he may negotiate 10%. Seriously does Hatton really hate Witter so much that he will not give him a fight or is it something more sinister, that he could actually beat him?

Originally Posted by Violent Demise

That's just a stupid statement. Is Hatton-Lazcano a big fight? No. Yet Hatton is set to fight him. Was Hatton-Urango a big fight? No. Yet Hatton still fought him. Hatton needs to stop being a bitch and fight Witter

It only looks stupid cos you've quoted using clown size fonts.

I agree with what your saying....but thats my point.

If there was no potential for the fight to be any bigger or more lucrative than the Urango and Collazo fights, then i could follow your logic and i would be calling for the fight.

But there is potential for this fight to be a very big fight....if it's left a little bit longer.

There was never any potential for Urango or Collazo to be big fights....they were merely to showcase him to the American public (bad choices for showcase fights imo).

This fight has potential and people need to understand thats why it's not happening yet.

If it doesn't happen i'll be right behind you calling him a bitch, but i think we should put this to bed and give him the benefit of the doubt for now.....

Originally Posted by ono

It only looks stupid cos you've quoted using clown size fonts.

I agree with what your saying....but thats my point.

If there was no potential for the fight to be any bigger or more lucrative than the Urango and Collazo fights, then i could follow your logic and i would be calling for the fight.

But there is potential for this fight to be a very big fight....if it's left a little bit longer.

There was never any potential for Urango or Collazo to be big fights....they were merely to showcase him to the American public (bad choices for showcase fights imo).

This fight has potential and people need to understand thats why it's not happening yet.

If it doesn't happen i'll be right behind you calling him a bitch, but i think we should put this to bed and give him the benefit of the doubt for now.....

Witter is as good as he's going to get. And he's as popular as he's going to get. He's also 33 years old. It won't be long before he starts losing his reflexes and some of his speed (maybe that's what Hatton is waiting for?). This fight needs to happen now.

If hatton doesn;t fight him soon i think it will seriously affect his long term legecy. sure he just fought the best p4p in the world, but who wouldn't with the money he got paid? He made more in that fight than he will make for the rest of his career and he knows it.

What really pissed me off big style was him spouting that crap about not fighitng witter and giving him his biggest pay day for bad mouthing hatton? making a name for him self off hatton's back?

first off Ricky just got his biggest pay day for shooting his mouth off about floyd, "coming down like russel crow fighting like that singer girl crow" "seen more action in my 4 rounds than floyds career".... that's how he got floyd, simple as.

Now seconed, does anyone actualy think witter has gained anything in terms of media interest, or fight hype, or even a better class of apponenets or bigger pay days for calling out hatton and taking swipes at him? I;m not a witter fan and have given him some shit over the years but IMO the boy has worked very hard with little recognition to be where he is and hold the WBC belt. Personaly it's ironic for hatton to say that, simply because in my opinion hatton has always overshadowed witter, take hatton out of the fight scene and the english press would of been hyping witter up a long long time ago, he would of most likely made moe money by now, had better fights by now and held more belts. After all the guy has only one loss to a very very good Zab judah at the time, no shame in that.

hatton talks about being a guy whom the fans can look too, well they have been looking to him for some time to shut up and fight witter, regardless of everything that has happened; looking at this from a purly boxing perspective, he is the champion with the ring belt, witter is number one... defend you;re belt or adleast be man enough to vacate it and admit you don't have it in you.