No Hatton Vs Witter?

**sonny78** · 02-21-2008 04:04 PM

Gareth Williams, the lawyer of Ricky Hatton, has once again dismissed any possibility of the Manchester fan favourite fighting WBC junior-welterweight champion and arch rival Junior Witter.

The 29 year-old Hatton,who lost his unbeaten record to Floyd Mayweather jr three months ago, is scheduled to fight again at Manchester City football ground on May 24. No opponent has yet been confirmed for Hatton�s homecoming but one man Williams is adamant it will not be in Bradford arch rival Witter.

Williams said: "Ricky has got numerous options to pursue. He is being courted by every big promoter in the US and we have options like Manny Pacquaio, Juan Diaz or a rematch against Floyd Mayweather.

"Why is he going to fight Junior Witter when he can fight any of those guys? In our opinion Junior brings nothing to the table. Unless things change dramatically there is no way he is going to fight Ricky Hatton."

William was responding to Witter�s promoter Mick Hennessy announcing earlier this week that he would accept a reversal of the usual purse bid format and accept a 30% share for Witter.

Hennessy said: "As long as there is no greed in the equation, I remain convinced that this is the fight which can easily be made, and which the public want to see."

But Williams responded by saying: "It�s a nonsense. A 70-30 split would still represent Witter�s biggest pay-day by about 30 times. He can�t sell out the Doncaster Dome. What makes him think he is worth that?"

Williams also dismissed claims that Hatton�s May 24 date was in danger of not going ahead due to lack of US interest to not broadcast the fight live. Though no opponent has yet been named Juan Lazcano is a name being heavily touted.

**sonny78** · 02-21-2008 04:20 PM

I am probably doing this wrong posting a reply to my own thread But I am new to this

As a Ricky Hatton fan I am getting tired of all the talk about not fighting witter why not!!

Because he cant sell as many seats as Ricky, who can !!

Because he has nothing to offer, its not just a big belt buckle

Because there's no interest from the US, so fight him here at the City of Manchester it can be the last big fight in the UK, he will fill it quicker than against Juan Lazcano and get massive PPV

as as I have seen mentioned before witter would drop everything and Ricky this afternoon if it was on the table

I have been to most of Rickys fights in the UK and the big one in Las Vegas
and I would go and watch him hit a punch bag at the city of Manchester, but I would love to see him fight and beat witter

Talk of a rematch with PPF is daft talk, their is no shame in giving it your all and getting beat by one of the best boxers to walk the planet when its not even in your weight

as for Pac, nothing to gain

**Mar** · 02-21-2008 05:52 PM

This should happen in my opinion for the same reason floyd should fight cotto, because it's the fight boxing fans want to see. But as usual what we want doesn't matter. This whole situation isn't helping ricky and isn't gonna go away anytime soon. I think it would be a pretty big fight and a good way to get his name back on people lips after what some call a couple of questionable outings here in the U.S. and a K.O. loss to floyd. Unless witter happens to loose to someone else he's only gonna get louder and louder and most are tired of hearing him and just plain tired of witter in general. So ricky could do a huge favor for himself and a bunch of boxing fans. (I happen to not care either way since i like ricky and don't really have a huge problem with witter) but i'd love to see this fight.