Paulie will not fight Witter as he will hope to lure Hatton to the ring. Also he may get sued by Lovemore Ndou if he does not fight him next. Torres is fighting in Feb and Hatton will be taking a tune up against someone. Rees is fighting in Cardiff soon for his mandatory. Not many bigger names at 140 for Witter to fight. He may as well fight him and beat him in style. Should raise his profile a bit. He can then rematch Kotelnik when he beats Rees or go for Torres after that. I do not see Witter fighting Hatton until 2009 so he may as well focus on raising his profile or getting another belt.