Witter turned down the Khan fight

[lirva]

I heard that Witter said that he was offered the Khan fight when Kotelnik pulled out the first time but he didn't take it.

What was he thinking? What a great opportunity and he turns it down? KOing Khan would have given him a very high profile and great exposure.

[Twinkle Toes]

It's not the first time he has bailed from fights - It's no wonder he has stagnated like he has.

[emma]

Witte would have KO'D khan-fact!

[Phenomenal-Nutrition]

Should of taken it, might not get another chance, I find it hard to believe they offered it him

[mickey1975]

shitty arse

[banjo]

Should of taken it, might not get another chance, I find it hard to believe they offered it him

Probably offered to him with some ridiculous clause or something like that if he'd won.

[rhino222]

Should of taken it, might not get another chance, I find it hard to believe they offered it him

Probably offered to him with some ridiculous clause or something like that if he'd won.

plus he already had a fight lined up, a world title fight

that is the key thing, a fight v khan would not have been for a title !!!

[hitman_hatton1]

if he turned it down he's an idiot.

prep or no prep.

he's only fighting devon alexander next and no one cares about that one jot.

it probably won't even get on tv over here.

[hitman_hatton1]

that is the key thing, a fight v khan would not have been for a title !!!

who cares about the title anymore.

this is not 1985 anymore rhino.

no one cares about the alphabet titles apart from a few hardcore fans.

if he was fighting a name for this title shot then fair enough.

but he's not.

[whicker]

Should of taken it, might not get another chance, I find it hard to believe they offered it him

Probably offered to him with some ridiculous clause or something like that if he'd won.

plus he already had a fight lined up, a world title fight

Exactly!

[states]

Maybe, but beating Khan would have done far more for Witter than winning the WBC title.

[hitman_hatton1]

that is the key thing, a fight v khan would not have been for a title !!!

who cares about the title anymore.

this is not 1985 anymore rhino.

no one cares about the alphabet titles apart from a few hardcore fans.

if he was fighting a name for this title shot then fair enough.

but he's not.

fighters still care about winning a title imo unless you are superstar like Pacman or Floyd

but u tell me bigmark.

what's the bigger deal?

witter knocking out khan and getting all over the papers.

which it would do without fail.

or fighting away from home against an opponent completely unproven and who nobody really cares about.

[whicker]

Maybe, but beating Khan would have done far more for Witter than winning the WBC title.

....and losing to Khan, as a result of not training enough?

[states]

Well that's the gamble, obviously. But the fact is, Witter is going nowhere. He'll still be going nowhere, even if he wins the fight against Alexander. Khan was a gamble worth taking.

[FIGHTFANs]

I heard that Witter said that he was offered the Khan fight when Kotelnik pulled out the first time but he didn't take it.

What was he thinking? What a great opportunity and he turns it down? KOing Khan would have given him a very high profile and great exposure.

HARD TO BELIVE

[lirva]

I remember he said he was offered the Cotto fight too before Torres signed to fight Cotto.

I think the Judah experience made him wary of fighting unless he is 100% fit and ready. But Torres was hurting Cotto every time he landed in that fight. Witter could have done him. And we all know Khans limitations. Fair enough, losing to Khan would have been disastrous, but he's fighting Devon Alexander, who many think is a very decent prospect. Maybe he thinks he'll get american exposure against Alexander and will look good KOing him on US TV and picking up the WBC?

It's still a piss poor decision from Witter. He must forget that he is 35.

[danfoster]

It's true that Junior was offered the fight but it would have been on the original date that Kotelnik pulled from, June 27th, not July 18th.

If memory serves me correctly he would have had something like ten days before the fight - no time for open sparring plus he would have had to do the weight weeks ahead of his carefully planned schedule. He simply would not have been ready.

i'm sure that if there had been any way in the world he could have done the fight he would have but it was simply not possible.

anyone that says you should go in the ring with a world level opponent when nowhere near ready is talking absolute bullshit.

[m1kee50]

consider what Fwank and Amirs response would have been had the roles been reversed.

[lefthook82]

I think he wa sright to turn it down but hope he hasnt done an Aston Villa

[Stocks]

I heard that Witter said that he was offered the Khan fight when Kotelnik pulled out the first time but he didn't take it.

What was he thinking? What a great opportunity and he turns it down? KOing Khan would have given him a very high profile and great exposure.

If Witter would have won...then what??? Everyone would say "well we all knew Khan was s*it" Beating Alexander opens a lot more doors!

[rhino222]

Maybe, but beating Khan would have done far more for Witter than winning the WBC title.

yes...as prescott will justify !!

witter has been down the road of FW promoting him before, imagine what the options would have been. if witter had beaten khan then FW would have had another go at building khan up again, its all about bums on seats, khan generates money, witter does not, plus it would have been for a donkeys purse.

im with witter on this one, the alexander fight is a better one, last chance for junior.

witter is a professional athlete, not a FW 'show saver'... where were the phone calls when hattons opponents pulled out at short notice and we were served up a pot noodle as main course !!

[The_Don1]

oh well, they can always offer him the fight again with plenty of notice if he wins the WBC title.

[danieljenkins]

im shocked that warren offerd him the fight. witter is a world class fighter and given the time to prepare and depends on what witter shows up he could give the best in light welter all the trouble they could handle. he would knock khan out imo

[Dioufy]

Glad he turned it down - I hate top fighters taking fights at short notice. And like someone said, If Witter wins yhe WBC, I very much doubt Warren will offer him the fight again, with a lot of preperation.

[jim wright1]

I think Khan and his team would have fancied their chances against Witter taking into account the fact that Witter would have been drained at the weight and below 50% sharpeness due to where Witter was on his training program.

Lets see if team Khan have the balls to challenge Witter on Equal terms assuming Witter regains the WBC strap.

Offering a carrot to a fighter who has never had the financial reward he deserves on the off chance he takes the money in exchange for fighting at a disadvantage is a cheap shot in my opinion, a cheap shot that can be reversed by setting up a fight on fairer terms in the future.