Jason Rowlands, who was set to face Judah, pulled out with about 9 days to go. Witter took the fight at short notice because of money. Simple as.

As you said - Hatton was protected. Witter was not. Witter had to graft his way to the top. A boxing man as yourself should admire the likes of Witter, donny.

If Hatton had been thrown in with Zab you wouldn't be a fan of his now. Because Hatton would be working in his local pulling pints