To Ricky Hatton: Fight Junior Witter next

Bard of Boxrec · Post by **Bard of Boxrec** » 16 Dec 2007, 12:01

i feel uneasy about a malignaggi fight, i think he is good enough to frustrate hatton and beat him.

thepocketrocket · Post by **thepocketrocket** » 16 Dec 2007, 12:04

Riddick Blowe wrote:i feel uneasy about a malignaggi fight, i think he is good enough to frustrate hatton and beat him.

Tough fight, one I would love to see, especially on the back of Hatton being outslicked by PBF!!!

chesh · Post by **chesh** » 16 Dec 2007, 12:08

Riddick Blowe wrote:i feel uneasy about a malignaggi fight, i think he is good enough to frustrate hatton and beat him.

I feel the same. The last thing he needs at the moment is another slickster (Malignaggi, Witter) who might make him look a bit foolish. Maybe Ricardo Torres?

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 16 Dec 2007, 12:15

He should try and draw Gatti out of retirement

StepinFetchit · Post by **StepinFetchit** » 16 Dec 2007, 12:23

Southpaw Stylist wrote:He should try and draw Gatti out of retirement

MWHAHAHAHA.....Good 1

states · Post by **states** » 16 Dec 2007, 16:51

Max Molyneux wrote:
states wrote:
Max Molyneux wrote: Still disrespected him though even If It was for cameras.

Hatton contradicts himself when It comes to Witter.
It's not really contradictory, even though I feel Hatton should fight Witter. Mayweather didn't need Hatton to make money. Witter does. Also, Hatton had an awful lot to gain by fighting Mayweather. By contrast, he's only got an awful lot to lose by fighting Witter.
Tis contradictory when Hatton said Witter had to win a world title and then Witter wins one and still doesn't want him. Hatton said that before he was even a champ himself!

And why bother adding Witter Into his contract and not fight him?

Hatton got to his titles the easy way and had a silver spoon In his mouth unlike Witter who got his the hard way and couldn't turn down anyone.

I'm not denying that Hatton has contradicted himself when in comes to Witter, certainly not in terms of the point you make, i.e. winning a world title. But my point is that Floyd Mayweather disrespecting you is not really the same as Junior Witter disrespecting you. This is not a knock on Witter, merely recognition that they're on different levels. Here's hoping that we can now see Hatton - Witter, although I think Hatton has at least one fight before taking on Witter, should it even happen.

Autobarn · Post by **Autobarn** » 16 Dec 2007, 17:06

Hatton-Malignaggi...what is the big deal with Malignaggi? He's meant to be some kind of "boxing artist" yet he didn't even box vs Cotto like he was supposed to. Now he's beaten Ndou all of a sudden he's Willie Pep II.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 16 Dec 2007, 17:36

LMAO @ Malignaggi being a boxing artist.

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 17 Dec 2007, 05:50

Hattons bottling the proper fight at 140 he chooses to fight Paulie Mal?

WildWaylon · Post by **WildWaylon** » 17 Dec 2007, 06:47

Cannibal wrote:
Max Molyneux wrote:Floyd disrespected Hatton loads and so do other fighters, what does he have against Witter?

Witter has the timing, power and accuracy to beat Hatton as well.
Floyd had the advantage of being P4P #1 and that was something Hatton wanted to be but he could only get it by going through Mayweather. A lot of Mayweather's trash talk is all for show as well, think Hatton found it more amusing than insulting.

Agreed, Mayweathers taunts were on the same level as Alis were, nothing really personal and no genuine bad feeling - Mayweather post fight was complimentary to Hatton, and all the sh1t talk had dissapeared.

WildWaylon · Post by **WildWaylon** » 17 Dec 2007, 07:21

I did think at one time Hatton would have to lose before he would consider fighting Witter - Thats happened, but the fight is no more likely now than its ever been - I do think Hatton owes it to his loyal fans but apart from the reason Hatton gives for not fighting Witter, there are other reasons for not doing so - What if Hatton was to lose, his career would be over and his reputation damaged beyond repair - No way back to America after losing a domestic fight against somebody the Yanks dont rate or like - Beating Witter wouldnt up his credibility in the States or the rest of the world either - Going for the massive payday, DLH or Cotto would almost certainly result in Ricky suffering another loss - He needs a confidence builder but cant fight a nobody - Its tough at the top and Ricky and his camp have a real dilemma on their hands because he cant follow a loss with another loss, he must win his next fight or be forced to retire.

punchers chance · Post by **punchers chance** » 17 Dec 2007, 09:14

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:Why did Hatton say he didnt want Witter now? I missed it

IIRC, he said he was fed up with the stick from Witter years ago saying he'd fought nobodies, and now it was Witter fighting nobodies. Also said Witter isn't a big draw for TV, and he didn't want to line Witter's pockets after what he had said.
It was pretty unconvincing to be honest.

Chambers2 · Post by **Chambers2** » 17 Dec 2007, 11:50

punchers chance wrote: It was pretty unconvincing to be honest.

It was a piss poor excuse and in all honesty it narked me

Ricky claims to be the peoples champ, he claims he likes the BIG challenges and yet he crawls up his own arse and disappears when Witters name is mentioned.

Dioufy · Post by **Dioufy** » 17 Dec 2007, 11:59

Cotto broke Malignaggi's cheekbone and beat him by about six points on my card - but what I'm trying to say is that Cotto was very weight-drained at 140lbs and Hatton should hurt Malignaggi, as he's overrated for me.

Phenomenal-Nutrition · Post by **Phenomenal-Nutrition** » 17 Dec 2007, 13:28

Autobarn wrote:Hatton-Malignaggi...what is the big deal with Malignaggi? He's meant to be some kind of "boxing artist" yet he didn't even box vs Cotto like he was supposed to. Now he's beaten Ndou all of a sudden he's Willie Pep II.

I don't know he supposedly won every round against Ndou. Cotto, Witter and Micthell all could not manage that so thats a testiment to his abiility

As for the Cotto fight I gave Mailgnaggi 5 rounds, he made Cotto look foolish at times

Hatton should probably fight Delahoya, Cotto or Mayweather again and just cash in rather than risk it all and lose it to Witter and Malignaggi because theres less to gain and they are still risky fights.

Witter is as dangerous as Delahoya and Cotto. So why not go for Delahoya - thats a no brainer in terms of risk reward and I'm a Witter fan

Cannibal · Post by **Cannibal** » 17 Dec 2007, 14:38

Here is how you get a Witter/Hatton fight.

First, in early 2008 you get a Hatton UK comeback against Gavin Ree's. Being that Ree's is with Warren you could even put it in the M.E.N for old times sakes, a reminder of Ricky's best moments. This gives Hatton a confidence boosting win and another world title.

In the same time span have a unification fight between Malignaggi and Witter at MSG. If Witter could go over there, get the win and look impressive doing so against a fighter a lot of people rate, then that will increase his reputation with the American public.

Then in the summer, Hatton/Witter in a stadium show to determine the undisputed champion of the division. The stadium atmosphere, the undisputed title and Witter's win over Malignaggi should be enough to get HBO's and America's interest.

That is the only possible way I see the fight happening.

banjo · Post by **banjo** » 17 Dec 2007, 15:48

Phenomenal-Nutrition wrote:
Autobarn wrote:Hatton-Malignaggi...what is the big deal with Malignaggi? He's meant to be some kind of "boxing artist" yet he didn't even box vs Cotto like he was supposed to. Now he's beaten Ndou all of a sudden he's Willie Pep II.
I don't know he supposedly won every round against Ndou. Cotto, Witter and Micthell all could not manage that so thats a testiment to his abiility

As for the Cotto fight I gave Mailgnaggi 5 rounds, he made Cotto look foolish at times

Hatton should probably fight Delahoya, Cotto or Mayweather again and just cash in rather than risk it all and lose it to Witter and Malignaggi because theres less to gain and they are still risky fights.

Witter is as dangerous as Delahoya and Cotto. So why not go for Delahoya - thats a no brainer in terms of risk reward and I'm a Witter fan

ndou was past it when malignaggi got to him, witter was on the verge of stopping him but he damaged his hand

StepinFetchit · Post by **StepinFetchit** » 17 Dec 2007, 16:10

Cannibal wrote:Here is how you get a Witter/Hatton fight.

First, in early 2008 you get a Hatton UK comeback against Gavin Ree's. Being that Ree's is with Warren you could even put it in the M.E.N for old times sakes, a reminder of Ricky's best moments. This gives Hatton a confidence boosting win and another world title.

In the same time span have a unification fight between Malignaggi and Witter at MSG. If Witter could go over there, get the win and look impressive doing so against a fighter a lot of people rate, then that will increase his reputation with the American public.

Then in the summer, Hatton/Witter in a stadium show to determine the undisputed champion of the division. The stadium atmosphere, the undisputed title and Witter's win over Malignaggi should be enough to get HBO's and America's interest.

That is the only possible way I see the fight happening.

U really think Fwank is gonna give up Gavin Rees just for Hatton to get a confidence booster.....look i don't rate Hatton but we all know he will beat Gavin Rees....unless he's completely shot now.

Fwank would want options on Hattons next fight if he served up Rees and would be creaming himself at the thought of being involved with Witter V Hatton right now and i can't see anyone except Fwank wanting to go for that.

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 17 Dec 2007, 16:23

Hatton will not fight again for 6 maybe 9 months after his loss, maybe then it'll be a crap fighter. Witter needs to be trying to close off other options and proving he is the man to beat at the wight. I would like to see him fight Malignani and try to unify the titles.

Hatton is ether a distaistful prick who is acting realy badly toward witter in which case I don't respect him as a person or he is using it as an excuse in which case I don't respect him as a fighter.

He beat Tsue who hasn't fought since, and had some good wins, however he is yet to prove himself the best LWW in the country.