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    Default Re: Witter says he'd fight Hatton for Free

    No on can blame Junior for having a go...fair play to him...but with Hatton tied up for at least 12 months and then a possible (and likely) Mayweather re-match, Junior knows it's not gonna happen anytime soon (and he's hiding behind it).

    Good publicity though

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelie View Post
    No on can blame Junior for having a go...fair play to him...but with Hatton tied up for at least 12 months and then a possible (and likely) Mayweather re-match, Junior knows it's not gonna happen anytime soon (and he's hiding behind it).

    Good publicity though
    Exactly mate, the biggest win on his record is Vivian Harris, even that says it all.

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    I agree with the sentiment that Ricky has no excuses for not fighting Witter...well, at least nothing I'd be happy with if the shoe was on the other foot...

    But it's funny how the furore over Laczano has been put into context now it's apparent that Laczano and Malinaggi are appetizer to a rematch with PBF.

    Lets say that he fights PBF summer time next year (if it's a stadium job, which is what's being mooted) then they'll leave it later so as to get a better chance of good weather.

    So, the earliest Ricky could fight Witter would be the back end of next year. The only way I can see it being sooner is if Ricky lost to either Laczano or Malinaggi, as then the Witter fight becomes a genuine 'Plan B'

    No disrespect to Witter there he simply will ahve to wait till ERick gets round to him. That's politics...and that's Boxing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelie View Post
    I agree with the sentiment that Ricky has no excuses for not fighting Witter...well, at least nothing I'd be happy with if the shoe was on the other foot...

    But it's funny how the furore over Laczano has been put into context now it's apparent that Laczano and Malinaggi are appetizer to a rematch with PBF.

    Lets say that he fights PBF summer time next year
    (if it's a stadium job, which is what's being mooted) then they'll leave it later so as to get a better chance of good weather.

    So, the earliest Ricky could fight Witter would be the back end of next year. The only way I can see it being sooner is if Ricky lost to either Laczano or Malinaggi, as then the Witter fight becomes a genuine 'Plan B'

    No disrespect to Witter there he simply will ahve to wait till ERick gets round to him. That's politics...and that's Boxing.
    That fight won't happen.

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    'If it makes money, it makes sense' VD

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelie View Post
    'If it makes money, it makes sense' VD
    Yeah I know. But I don't see it happening. I think De La Hoya massacring Hatton has a better chance of happening

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    Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by steelie View Post
    'If it makes money, it makes sense' VD
    Yeah I know. But I don't see it happening. I think De La Hoya massacring Hatton has a better chance of happening
    It has been mooted but the size differential is just too big. Ricky bulks up...but not in the kind of way that would make the fight competitive. It's a cynical fight if they make it. I honestly don't think it'll happen.

    Back on topic...lets not forget that Witter wants 'training expenses'. Given his purses won't have been that stellar in the past, he would still get paid via the backdoor and he'd do well enough out of sponsorship...plus, it won't hurt his profile either.

    So he's hardly going out on a limb calling out a fighter he knows is on a different path and safe in the knowledge he'll still make career high money.

    It's also fact that to date, he has never approached the Hattons formally...and that's come straight from Team Hattons lawyer.

    So, it's all paper talk my friends...but like I said, I don't begrudge him for getting some of the limelight....he's still the second best welterweight we've got

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