Question for British Boxing fans.

[JazMerkin]

You are contradicting yourself on a couple of things!!

You say the punters would'nt want it,but he could sell out against NORRIS from Corry..which is it? Does he have the pulling power or not?

And that Fans would just as watch him fight Rees...when that fight would actually be the hardest to sell and would'nt come close to him fighting Junior

I'm certainly no Witter fan...But to sugest none of the American fight fans know him,when they were ranked 1 and 2 before he fought Bradley is hugely underestimating him!! Especially when Hatton made massive figures against Lazcano when even the staunchest of Hatton fans were pulling there hair out when Ricky was refusing to take him on...

When its all said and done..this thread is about British fighters fighting each and not based upon wether an American audience would watch..which they most definitely would!

I don't think the argument is about whether its the fight boxing fans want, but the difference is Junior Witter isn't a recognizable name to your average member of the public, who don't have a clue who's ranked #1 & #2, whilst Khan is probably the biggest active name apart from Hatton & maybe Haye. That's why Khan is a bigger sell, because he has a fanbase beyond boxing fans. Witter would definitely be the biggest fight after Khan, although nowhere near as profitable, and is bigger than anything else domestic.

Ive never debated that a khan fight would not make Big Money...But most Hatton fans I know and that includes myself...would rather see him fight Junior than Amir!

The point I was making was that Junior has been his biggest domestic rival and has actively pursued a fight with Ricky for years...This fight most definitely would be a preference for the majority of Hatton fans and to even suggest as someone has...that no-one even knows who Junior is

Agreed, I think a Witter fight be more competitive because Hatton actually dislikes him enough to maybe pull that one last performance out, whereas with Khan I think Hatton is more concerned with the cash & we see a ODLH-Chavez like fight. Witter gives Hatton the motivation to train properly & to approach the fight right. A Khan fight has Ricky doin way too much promotional bollocks & probably on a late night chat show like he was the night before the Pac fight. But, the reality is Witter isn't a recognizable name to your casual fan, even to some of Hatton's travelling brigade of morons, which I think is what that poster was getting at