By Mark Vester
In response to recent reports of pricing himself out, WBC junior welterweight champion Junior Witter said he would fight UK-rival Ricky Hatton on May 24 for "peanuts." In a recent interview with Telegraph & Argus, Witter said he would be willing to take accept Hatton's "low" offer to fight him.
"This is not about the money - it's personal," Witter said. "The pay-day is not even close to what I was getting for going out to America. I would have got well over twice as much to fight Demetrius Hopkins over there. But I'm prepared to take it just to knock Hatton out for his cheek. It might be all about greed with some people but not me. If that's what they think I'm worth then fine I'll take it just for the chance to finally put Hatton into retirement."
Hatton is scheduled to face Juan Lazcano on May date, but Witter's promoter, Mick Hennessy told the paper that Lazcano had not signed his contract (yet), so a fight with Witter is there for Hatton to take.
Hennessy said: "I spoke to Golden Boy Promotions in the early hours today and they told me that the Lazcano deal was not done yet. So my understanding is there is no contract signed between the two; the venue is not sorted as of today; HBO (American TV giants) have not confirmed they are covering it and it's not the fight the paying public want to see - which is Witter v Hatton. Junior is happy to jump in and take up their peanuts offer because he isn't greedy."
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