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I don't see what's so laugable about a world champion calling out another one in the division... What is this BS?? Like he shouldn't be able to make a sound about Hatton because he's so inferior to anyone Ricky has been fighting recently?? PLEASE. Urango, and now looks like N'dou(who Witter beat ), are Hatton's first 2 opponents since returning to 140.. Witter is way better than either of them at this stage and would have been a far better and bigger affair. It's laughable to think that Hatton couldn't have fought him instead of either one of those guys in terms of what it would do for his profile. People get so obsessed with the fact that he's supposedly still trying to conquer America.. Well, Urango and N'dou aren't American, nor are they known entitys in the states, at least no more than Witter. Yes Castillo is a higher profile fight, that's obvious.. But now it looks like Ricky isn't even pursuing that bout, at least no until some after the summer or some BS. I don't think anyone here could say truthfully that Witter wouldn't have been a much better opponent then anyone he has ever fought except KT(at least at 140), and yet people laugh it up when he want's to fight him and praise Hatton for not giving him the time of day. How logical.
Your posting this purely on the basis of seeing Junior Witter beating N'Dou or Corley
Believe me Witter would not beat Luis Collazo. I'm not sure he would beat Juan Urango to be honest.
He really isn't that good. He has ok power and he's awkward and his reflexes are ok. Don't think his chin has really been tested and he would fold against any decent fighter who applies pressure. You need to do more than Scrape a win against Colin Lynes and Andreas Kotelnik to be labelled as the biggest threat to Ricky Hatton at 140. He needs to show more than a big mouth to make it a super fight.
No, maybe Witter wouldn't beat COllazo, but neither would Hatton again at 147, imo.. As far as Urango, if you really think Witter couldn't beat him I have to question you a little bit. Did you ever see Urango lose to Ben Rabah?? Rabah fights a bit like Witter, and Jr. has the perfect style to beat Urango, Juan couldn't even do anything against Hatton when Ricky didn't take a step back, but he is even far worse fighting guys that can fight off the back foot or use good movement. Also I don't know who said Hatton vs Urango was close, boring yes, but not close. Urango won 1 round, and the last 4 may as well not have happened therre was so much clinching. So I guess Witter isn't the only one who's faded late in fights.. But as far as this goes, I just don't see why he doesn't deserve a shot at Hatton, or why Ricky couldn't have fought him say instead of Urango.. He does have the WBC belt and he beat a better fighter for it than Urango did for his belt. Also I realize he slipped a bit over the last 6 against N'dou, but the fact that he still won a UD while basically giving away 4 or 5 rounds(or maybe tiring, Ill give you that) just shows that he really did handle N'dou well early on. Lovemore is a tough SOB, and though Mitchell and Cotto beat him I don't think either of them ever dropped him or had him in any trouble like Witter did early. Anyways, it basically comes down to if Hatton is going to fight Castillo in June, fine.. If not, I think he should give Witter this fight, and many would agree I'll bet. At least rather than he fight N'dou...