Witter calling Hatton's bluff

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Would you care to elaborate on that? Still don't see how one bad performance against very tough opposition makes you a shot fighter. Bernard Hopkins best weight is middleweight and he's over 35. If calzaghe beats him at super middle will B-Hop be considered shot? I'm just not following your reasoning. Any fighter regardless of age can struggle against tough opposition on any given night. Wasn't Castillo fighting at 140 because he could no longer make lightweight? Therefore you'd expect him to be more comfortable at 140 then he would have been at 135.

I still disagree with you believeing Tsyzu was shot. At no time in the fight did he look shot. He certainly didn't look shot 7 months earlier against Mitchell and regardless of inactivity, that's what we have to judge him on.

ODLH was 34 when he fought Mayweather and he had been inactive for around a year. So was he shot? If so, how is it the p4p number 1 fighter on the planet only managed a split decision? The reasoning makes no sense.

And while i agree Collazo was an unknown, he wasn't picked as an easy opponent for Hatton. He was the only opponent left for the May 13th date that Hatton had with HBO.

Sorry but your first comment makes no real sense to me. just because Hopkins is still fighting at a high level while he is in 40's, doesn't compare with Kostya Tszyu. Because every human being is different just because one boxer can fight well at an old age doesn't mean another boxer can. Take Bowe for example he was a shot fighter at only 28. The fact is Tszyu was old in boxing standards, and plus with all the inactivity that just makes it even worse.

Castillo had spent most of his career at Lightweight, clearly when he fought Herman he wasn't comfortable at that weight or he was shot its one of the two take your pick.

Well everyone says Sharmba Mitchell was a shot fighter when he fought Mayweather, and Mitchell fought Mayweather not long his 2nd bout with Tszyu. So if we are using that logic then Mitchell was indeed a shot fighter when he fought Tszyu correct ?? so beating a shot Sharmba Mitchell doesn't really mean much does it ?? plus Mitchell was never that good in the first place. Yes he had some skills and was a decent champion but thats about it. And plus Kostya Tszyu had already beat Mitchell before so what did it really prove beating Mitchell again ?? I have different opinion on the matter to you so its pointless keep discussing Tszyu situation. Hatton beat a great fighter and it was one of Hatton's best performance's, IMO Tszyu was past his best but you believe different so i'll leave it at that.

ODLH had some of his best performances at Light Middleweight, his loss to Hopkins and his controversial decision against Sturm were all at Middleweight where he had flab around midsection. He comeback and destroyed Mayorga in impressive fashion, in fact ODLH's only loss at Light Middleweight at that time was to Shane Mosley in whicn most people thought ODLH won. And lets not forget on fight night ODLH was almost 1 stone heavier than Mayweather, and Mayweather was the one moving up to a weight class he had never fought at before so you cannot compare that to Hattpn vs Tszyu, ODLH was past his best but he wasn't as shot as Tszyu was. In fact the ODLH who fought Mayweather was the best ODLH i had seen in quite awhile. And come off it Ono don't tell me you honestly believe Mayweather only beat ODLH by SD ?? most people see Mayweather clearly winning the fight 8-4, 7-5 or 7-4-1. The punchstats were big in Mayweather's favor and he just out boxed ODLH in the end it wasn't that close and if you honestly believe it was then you need to rewatch the fight because it wasn't close.

Collazo was an unknown and was the weakest belt holder at Welterweight if i remember rightly ?? it was supposed to be an easy belt for Hatton to pick up to make his claim at Welterweight, but it didn't work out that way as we all know.