Well i personally think Hatton was waiting for one of two things.

1) He was letting Witter manipulate the media into thinking he is being avoided. This way Witter's popularity increases ten fold and a big money unification is there for both of them to earn mega money from......in 2009, providing Witter is still the champ and Hatton has beaten Paulie (the other threat at 140).

2) He wasn't that arsed about fighting him and he expected the Witter hype to die down once he shows his natural form et al Lynes, Kotelnik etc...which he did on Saturday night.

I don't think he's arsed either way. Aswell as Witter being in it for the money, i think Hatton is too and he'd sooner just fight Mayweather again purely for the money he would stand to make. Hatton didn't need Witter to make money. Hatton is already a massive draw. Hatton didn't need Witter anymore than he needed Torres, Kotelnik etc...