It gets a little old, the whole who's ducking who thing.
Let me tell you, this is a business. Hatton had little reason to fight Witter before as there was not as much money in it and he had his sites set on bigger things. If Witter could've made him the most money he would've fought him. He's coming off a KO now so he needs an easier fight in order to position himself for more money in the long run.
When you become the big draw everyone calls you out. You know how many times Sugar Ray Leonard got called out in the 80s, when he was the biggest draw.
Oscar has been called out by every single fighter from 130 to 175, why? Because he's the biggest money maker for them. I'd call him out too, maybe he'll listen and you'll get paid.
Everyone calls Floyd out now because he is the top gun, you know what? Floyd called a ton of guys out early in his career and was ignored because there was not much money in it for them. I've spent most of my life around boxers and these guys aren't scared of anyone. It takes a massive ego to do what they do in front of the huge crowds, they don't think there is a fighter they can't whoop.
Its the same for all of boxing history, the top fighters get to pick among the guys who call them out. You wait, even tough guy Cotto will be ignoring fighters who call him out in the following years as he becomes a huge draw.
Its a business! Nobodies ducking nobody, they're just waiting to get paid. I guess its the discussion and debate like this that generates the money in the long run though.


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