hatton vs. khan possible next year

[HattonTheHammer]

Yeah right Hatton's main excuse (one of a billion) was not giving Witter a payday.

Do you not understand Hatton sells out any fight in Britain regardless of the opponent? Do you not understand Khan's a star in Britain? That domestic showdown is the biggest fight for Hatton by miles.

Read this about Hatton's stateside appeal - Following recent claims from Ricky that he is the draw in the Mayweather fight, Ellerbe was quick to point out the facts: "The British fans have had unlimited access to all three of his previous fights here in the US and not one has come close to selling out. The facts are he did about 4200 paid attendance in a 18,000 seat arena in the Collazo fight that grossed $500k, he fought in the Paris ballroom against Urango and had a 5200 paid attendance that grossed $1.2m, and then he did 9800 paid at the Thomas and Mack arena with Castillo, the same arena Floyd did 15,000 with Judah coming off a loss. I guess since none of these fights soldout, then it must of been imposter instead of Ricky Hatton".

As Ellerbe mentioned Floyd's previous fight with Judah, Mayweather's purse against Baldomir was $8m, Hatton made an estimated £500,000 against Castillo - just over $1m.

Rick didnt give Witter a payday because he simply didnt wish to line his pockets, it's that simple. Rick told me the reason he didnt like Witter was because he was extremely two-faced and a prick. He came to that conclusion because of the fact Witter always saw to seek out Rick at various boxing functions and was the nicest person in the world to his face, then as soon as Rick wasnt there, and the camera's were on, Witter completely changed his tune and began calling out Rick.

Also, after Witter ran the marathon against Judah, Showtime simply would not entertain a fight with Hatton. And as Showtime were the paymasters at that particular time, it was never going to happen.

I think there was a window in which they could have made a decent domestic match up. I know for a fact that when Ricky resigned with Sports Network he demanded that the Witter fight was in the contract should he wish to exercise the option. After all the shit that Witter spouted from then on in, he didnt bother. But it certainly wasnt his intent.

Any accusations that Hatton was scared of Witter is a joke, Ricky would fight anyone, thats already been proved. Warren held Hatton back for many years whilst he padded his record, and although I understand the reason behind this, in hindsight, I think it was to Rick's detriment.

A funny story about Witter.......

Witter had just had a new set of Wrought Iron gates built outside his home and was extremely proud of them, to the point he was seen posing outside in the local paper with huge smile on his face. Now lets just say some words were passed between certain people, and the very next day those sparkling new gates were stolen and dumped. Witter face in his local rag the following day, stood outside his house with the gates now missing was a sight for saw eyes. I know Rick still laughs to this day when it gets mentioned. Not that he had anything to do with it by the way.

As for Mayweather selling out the Hatton fight, thats ridiculous in my opinion. Mayweather needed Oscar and Ricky to do those numbers. He has never done anything like that before off his own bat, and the reason why is he's just not that popular. He's a genius, but he alone doesnt put bums on seats,

Mayweather just did a million PPVs with Marquez. He did 850,000 in the States with Hatton, no?

The fact Hatton-Witter goes back to before they were even world-class is why it's such a shame it never happened. AS Ricky was the one in control obviously he gets the flack for it not happening.

Only Tsyzu, Castillo, Floyd and Pac are justifiable better fights for Hatton than Witter. As I said, if he can sell 55,000 for Lazcano he's got no excuse to not fight Witter.

Again your missing the fact hatton even in beating and humiliating witter would still of been giving the very man who showed him so much contempt over the years the payday of his life

And what the hell does junior witter bring to the table that juan lazcano doesnt?

As said by ricky himself "if junior witter were fighting in my back garden id close the curtains"

[Fenster]

Rick didnt give Witter a payday because he simply didnt wish to line his pockets, it's that simple. Rick told me the reason he didnt like Witter was because he was extremely two-faced and a prick. He came to that conclusion because of the fact Witter always saw to seek out Rick at various boxing functions and was the nicest person in the world to his face, then as soon as Rick wasnt there, and the camera's were on, Witter completely changed his tune and began calling out Rick.

Also, after Witter ran the marathon against Judah, Showtime simply would not entertain a fight with Hatton. And as Showtime were the paymasters at that particular time, it was never going to happen.

I think there was a window in which they could have made a decent domestic match up. I know for a fact that when Ricky resigned with Sports Network he demanded that the Witter fight was in the contract should he wish to exercise the option. After all the shit that Witter spouted from then on in, he didnt bother. But it certainly wasnt his intent.

Any accusations that Hatton was scared of Witter is a joke, Ricky would fight anyone, thats already been proved. Warren held Hatton back for many years whilst he padded his record, and although I understand the reason behind this, in hindsight, I think it was to Rick's detriment.

A funny story about Witter.......

Witter had just had a new set of Wrought Iron gates built outside his home and was extremely proud of them, to the point he was seen posing outside in the local paper with huge smile on his face. Now lets just say some words were passed between certain people, and the very next day those sparkling new gates were stolen and dumped. Witter face in his local rag the following day, stood outside his house with the gates now missing was a sight for saw eyes. I know Rick still laughs to this day when it gets mentioned. Not that he had anything to do with it by the way.

As for Mayweather selling out the Hatton fight, thats ridiculous in my opinion. Mayweather needed Oscar and Ricky to do those numbers. He has never done anything like that before off his own bat, and the reason why is he's just not that popular. He's a genius, but he alone doesnt put bums on seats,

Mayweather just did a million PPVs with Marquez. He did 850,000 in the States with Hatton, no?

The fact Hatton-Witter goes back to before they were even world-class is why it's such a shame it never happened. AS Ricky was the one in control obviously he gets the flack for it not happening.

Only Tsyzu, Castillo, Floyd and Pac are justifiable better fights for Hatton than Witter. As I said, if he can sell 55,000 for Lazcano he's got no excuse to not fight Witter.

Again your missing the fact hatton even in beating and humiliating witter would still of been giving the very man who showed him so much contempt over the years the payday of his life

And what the hell does junior witter bring to the table that juan lazcano doesnt?

As said by ricky himself "if junior witter were fighting in my back garden id close the curtains"

The payday excuse is pathetic. No fight would ever happen if all fighters took that attitude. There's always a bigger draw.

What Witter brings more than Lazcano is a near 10 year Brit rivalry. He was also rated no.2 lightwelter behind Hatton at the time. So Witter-Hatton was between the two best lightwelters in the world.

Do you honestly believe boxing fans would have chosen Lazcano over Witter? Even Hatton lovers like you would prefer Hatton smashing Witter on his record instead of Lazcano, right?