Is Hatton actually scared of fighting Witter?

[WelshDevilRob]

And Witter has beaten Vivian Harris. Based his career on name calling another fighter and been in countless shit fights.
He knocks out 1 faded former champion and people start wetting themselves.

Witter vs Hatton will probably happen but Ricky has been trying to fry bigger fish. Hatton doesn't owe Witter a big paycheck.

Really can't see why everyone is suddenly a fanboy of Witter.

U miss the point. Witter may not have the greatest resume, but he has the second best one at 140 at the moment.
If Hatton is the king at 140 prove it by beating the second best fighter in the division. Witter said he'd take a small cut of the purse so potentially he wont make a huge sum.
Why should Hatton make huge dollars fighting washed up guys? Thats worse to me.

Alright Eagle,

I haven't missed the point. The fight will happen it's a matter of timing. HBO are the paymasters and they will get Hatton vs Witter on..If Witter does something to get casual American Boxing fans interested otherwise Malignaggi or maybe Juan Diaz will be the names on the Executives at HBO.

Hatton beats Lazcano and gets some faith restored so its upto Witter to get the otherside done. Thats how boxing works.

Hatton doesn't want to fight Witter cos Witter has been doing nothing for years except struggling against half decent fighters and calling out Hatton.
Hatton has gone and beaten a P4Per in Tszyu then gone to the States to fight and made a name for himself and not been fighting infront of a little crowd of people in the Doncaster Dome.

Why isn't Witter calling out Zab Judah and proving that he was too experienced the 1st time? Haven't heard one poster mention that. Step upto the plate Witter and fight Zab maybe he knows he'd get beaten again.

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Maybe Ricky is scared of fighting a decent fighter in their prime. He has only really done that once before and we all know how that ended.......

[WelshDevilRob]

Maybe Ricky is scared of fighting a decent fighter in their prime. He has only really done that once before and we all know how that ended.......

Are you trying to say that Witter is better than Floyd?

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Maybe Ricky is scared of fighting a decent fighter in their prime. He has only really done that once before and we all know how that ended.......

Are you trying to say that Witter is better than Floyd?

No stupid, im saying he made his name fighting passed it ex champs, and the one time he fought a prime guy he got KTFO. I think he might be happy to just fight passed it guys again. Hence fightin lazcano.

[Kel]

Maybe Ricky is scared of fighting a decent fighter in their prime. He has only really done that once before and we all know how that ended.......

Are you trying to say that Witter is better than Floyd?

No stupid, im saying he made his name fighting passed it ex champs, and the one time he fought a prime guy he got KTFO. I think he might be happy to just fight passed it guys again. Hence fightin lazcano.

Your on about Tszyu........yawn. He fucking destroyed Mitchell for the second time and in a much devastating fashion than his previous fight with him. He was still regarded as the best LW in the world.

Ricky was in the best shape ever (rewatch the weigh in and you wont find him looking better) and had the heart and determination to take all Tszyu had and outworked him at a crazy pace.

I'm tired of people trying to take credit away for that win.

Anyway. He fought the best P4P fighter in the world, at a higher weight class, in Floyds hometown, had a ref totally againsed letting him fight when he looked to be in a position to land.


Why would he ever be scared to fight anyone anywhere? especially at 140

[WelshDevilRob]

Maybe Ricky is scared of fighting a decent fighter in their prime. He has only really done that once before and we all know how that ended.......

Are you trying to say that Witter is better than Floyd?

No stupid, im saying he made his name fighting passed it ex champs, and the one time he fought a prime guy he got KTFO. I think he might be happy to just fight passed it guys again. Hence fightin lazcano.

Well if thats what you think then maybe you should take up watching womens hockey. Who has Witter made his name off- beating Maussa victim Vivien Harris.

Next your false intelligence will be telling us all that Witter is scared of Bradley, Bradley is calling him out but Witter won't fight him.

You got schooled by WDR - your not the 1st so don't take it badly, butterfly.

[Kel]

Maybe Ricky is scared of fighting a decent fighter in their prime. He has only really done that once before and we all know how that ended.......

Ricky is not even in HIS prime so I don't blame him. The fight almost happened a few years ago when Hatton would have battered the fool.

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The thing is i dont think Ricky should be scared of Witter. I believe he'd win. I just hate the stupid excuses he makes for avoiding the fight.
I dont mind him fighting Lazcano cos he probably needs a confidence builder.
The danger for Ricky is that with his high paced rugged style he could be shot very quickly. On the other hand Witter's style is probably gonna allow him to have a longer career. Hatton dont want to leave the Witter fight too long and risk losing

[WelshDevilRob]

The thing is i dont think Ricky should be scared of Witter. I believe he'd win. I just hate the stupid excuses he makes for avoiding the fight.
I dont mind him fighting Lazcano cos he probably needs a confidence builder.
The danger for Ricky is that with his high paced rugged style he could be shot very quickly. On the other hand Witter's style is probably gonna allow him to have a longer career. Hatton dont want to leave the Witter fight too long and risk losing

Stupid excuses for avoiding the fight? Very strange.

How about "Junior I can't fight you now I'm in the States fighting the recognised P4P No.1 Floyd Mayweather". Terrible excuse but not in Eagle's World so it would seem.

Maybe Hatton doesn't want to fight in the Doncaster Dome especially after fighting in the US.

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The thing is i dont think Ricky should be scared of Witter. I believe he'd win. I just hate the stupid excuses he makes for avoiding the fight.
I dont mind him fighting Lazcano cos he probably needs a confidence builder.
The danger for Ricky is that with his high paced rugged style he could be shot very quickly. On the other hand Witter's style is probably gonna allow him to have a longer career. Hatton dont want to leave the Witter fight too long and risk losing

Stupid excuses for avoiding the fight? Very strange.

How about "Junior I can't fight you now I'm in the States fighting the recognised P4P No.1 Floyd Mayweather". Terrible excuse but not in Eagle's World so it would seem.

Maybe Hatton doesn't want to fight in the Doncaster Dome especially after fighting in the US.

How is fighting PBF still an excuse now? He is fighting shot Lazcano.
Hattons excuse is that he dont wanna fight Witter cos he doesnt wanna give him a big payday.
Yet he also says he wants to confirm himself as the number 1 140 fighter on the planet.
What better way to do that than fight the second best 140 fighter in the world Junior Witter. Whats so stupid about that? The longer Ricky leaves it the more likely he will lose IMO.
Fighting Witter in an all britain affair would make Ricky good money.
Owned by you? Hardly.

[Master]

It is like the Mayweather v Cotto fight. It will happen but not until next year 2009.

[Steelie]

Hatton + GBP + HBO = any fight Ricky wants, when he wants...as long as all parties agree.

There's more than one agenda at work here and anyone that can't see that doesn't understand Boxing. There's a strategy to this. As interested parties, you don't go into 8 figure deals without a plan...






...and it's pretty clear Junior doesn't figure that highly on anyones list, for varying reasons, at least for the time being.

[Fenster]

Hatton + GBP + HBO = any fight Ricky wants, when he wants...as long as all parties agree.

There's more than one agenda at work here and anyone that can't see that doesn't understand Boxing. There's a strategy to this. As interested parties, you don't go into 8 figure deals without a plan...

...and it's pretty clear Junior doesn't figure that highly on anyones list, for varying reasons, at least for the time being.

So in other words.. Ricky is shit scared of him, right?

[ono]

Why's everyone sucking Junior Witter's dick all of a sudden?

Where was all the love when he almost lost to Colin Lynes and Andreas Kotelnik? Hell only the knockdowns stopped him from losing to N'dou.

I can't believe beating Vivian Harris can create so much hype. Vivian 'I must have been drugged' Harris!

If beating Vivian Harris is all you need to do to become the most feared man at 140, i might have a go myself.

There's no way in hell he'll retire without fighting Witter. Donny made all the points i was going to make so i don't need to go over old ground.

I just can't believe how much love Junior Witter is getting. It's sick