Fans Not Impressed With Hatton-Lazcano, Want Witter!

Ricky seems to be full of shit these days. What happened to him? He went over to America and got an ego.

At this point of his career Hatton should not be wasting his time with tune ups that are worth nothing. He can fight Mallignatti for a belt and beat him without much trouble. He could choose to fight Torres, at least. I think he is right not fighting Witter right now, it's a risky fight for him and he needs to be in perfect mental condition for this fight. It should happen later some time.

oh my god is it PPV. lol. No thanks.

he wont fight witter any time soon. hes going for paulie poof at the garden.

i think after this fight hatton will fight witter and malignaggi in the 140 division - they are the only two fighters who he really needs to beat and to b honest the only 2 fightes wort beating after that he may have another pop at money mayweather or maybe even gavin rees. but i think if after his next fight with lazcano hatton doesn't make it clear that he intends to take on witter he will lose alot of respect and support. ________ Winning intern

Hatton turned down 1 million dollars (which is probably more than Witturd made in his whole career) by having the fight at a proper time in the UK. HBO wanted to show the fight in prime time for the yanks and was willing to give Ricky 1 million on top of what he's going to make to do so and Hatton said no, because he wants kids to be able to come to the fight which they would not be able to if he was fighting at 3 in the morning. This is a tune-up fight and a thank you to his loyal fans which will most likely be his last in the UK with Hatton's three fight deal with HBO starting after Lazcano, with a unification bout with Malinaggi at MSG this year. Then Hatton is most likely going to go after a rematch with Floyd or a fight Pacman should they both win. Witters best bet to get a fight with Hatton is to get another belt from Torres or Rees. With both Hatton and Witter fighting for DLH the fight will no doubt happen in 2009 should both fighters not lose before. No wrong. HBO are not interested in the Lazcano fight because a week later there showing Zab Judah Vs Shane Mosley... Hatton going for a rematch with floyd or even fighting pacman just shows he aint looking to do nowt at LW.... The Malinaggi fight is just for the money nothing else... After the "head the ringpost" incident Hatton said he's going back down to LW to show he's still the man at 140... How does fighting Lazcano, then Malinaggi, then a rematch with floyd then Pacman prove your the man @ 140???? please help me out here because I'm having trouble seeing the obvious!!! For him to come back to 140 and show he's the man he as to fight witter, torres, Malinaggi and even gavin rees.. Hatton is no longer the warrior he once was (or better put claimed to be) he as now become the sports personality who as the ability to pick and choose who he wants to fight. Just like de la hoya, only difference is he aint no de la hoya.

its a tune up for witter or mallinaggi ...i love how now that hatton lost everyone hates him lol ..you ppl make me sick ... hatton is gonna make witter look so bad when they finally fight Just what I was thinking. It's only the beer guzzling, football fan Hatton lovers that will see this as anything other than a tune up! My god, is it really SO strange in modern boxing that after a tough fight you need to bounce back against a 2nd tier opponent before going back into the limelight! Hatton will be back later this year to confirm his dominance at 140.

1. This is a bounce back fight after losing to the #1 pfp champion. Nothing wrong with that. 2. Everyone is a Hatton hater all of a sudden. 3. There isn't a clear challenger. To me it's Witter. Second comes Malignaggi. Hatton is "the man" at 140, why don't they fight each other to determine who the best opponent is? 4. Lazcano is a poor opponent. I would have liked him to fight at least another beltholder, even Gavin Rees. 5. I don't buy all the "good will" with the fans. Yes he's a nice 'bloke' but they shouldn't be going on about it 24/7. 6. If you don't want to buy the fight, just catch a stream. It'll be on regular HBO in the States and plenty of people will be streaming.

I have no problem with this fight. Keep in mind that Hatton has been knocked out in his last fight so he needs these confidence builders. Getting your first lost can be hard (and especially by knockout), you start to doubt yourself. Lazcano is still a good fighter and good enough to answers questions about where Hatton is mentally after the loss. It should be a decent fight and i don't mind watching it. When Hatton is back at 100%, then he can go and fight a Junior Witter or a Pauli Mallinaggi. But until then, he has to bulid himself some confidence.

There is a way for you to come across with credible points without exposing yourself as a complete fool/tool, Read all my previous post not once did i say Hatton should fight Witter straight after Mayweather, We the british public want the fight expect for idiots like you (Hatton dickriders who i dont class as fans anyway), Hatton has come out and said Witter isnt in his plan which mean NO matter what Witter does Hatton would alway have an excuse to Duck the fight, Hatton has the power(Media) and fan base to avoid this fight for ever. I dont care what Hatton cumdrinkers like you says I have Zero respect for Hatton until he takes the Witter fight(Win or lose). Should have read your post more carefull mate, full apologies. have to admit I just kinda glanced at it. Apologies!

Even though its only a tune up fight i expected a better choice of opponent. This should not be a box office fight. My take on the Witter v Hatton story is that when Frank Warren was in charge of Hatton he was making good money filling out arena's blowing away easy opponents with not much risk, so along comes Witter who is a high risk low reward fight at the time. I think Hatton would have got past him but im not sure Warren wanted to take the risk. Hatton demanded a fight with KT and he has never looked back since. So i think prior to the KT fight warren was avoiding the fight to secure his easy paydays in taking a high risk low reward opponent After the KT fight a match against Witter would have been a backwards step. But after the Floyd loss and Witter being a beltholder in the division he has gone down to, there would no reason for Hatton to aim for any fight other than this as a priority, there is no bigger fight for him at this weight. No excuses now im affraid

Hatton turned down 1 million dollars (which is probably more than Witturd made in his whole career) by having the fight at a proper time in the UK. HBO wanted to show the fight in prime time for the yanks and was willing to give Ricky 1 million on top of what he's going to make to do so and Hatton said no, because he wants kids to be able to come to the fight which they would not be able to if he was fighting at 3 in the morning. This is a tune-up fight and a thank you to his loyal fans which will most likely be his last in the UK with Hatton's three fight deal with HBO starting after Lazcano, with a unification bout with Malinaggi at MSG this year. Then Hatton is most likely going to go after a rematch with Floyd or a fight Pacman should they both win. Witters best bet to get a fight with Hatton is to get another belt from Torres or Rees. With both Hatton and Witter fighting for DLH the fight will no doubt happen in 2009 should both fighters not lose before. Yeah thats a real thank you to his fans:ugh: PPV, people just take in any rubbish hatton spit out. He isnt losing any money and the fight isnt for his fans..he cameback to fight in the UK to get a win under his belt just like Naz did after he lost to barrera.

Hatton turned down 1 million dollars (which is probably more than Witturd made in his whole career) by having the fight at a proper time in the UK. HBO wanted to show the fight in prime time for the yanks and was willing to give Ricky 1 million on top of what he's going to make to do so and Hatton said no, because he wants kids to be able to come to the fight which they would not be able to if he was fighting at 3 in the morning. This is a tune-up fight and a thank you to his loyal fans which will most likely be his last in the UK with Hatton's three fight deal with HBO starting after Lazcano, with a unification bout with Malinaggi at MSG this year. Then Hatton is most likely going to go after a rematch with Floyd or a fight Pacman should they both win. Witters best bet to get a fight with Hatton is to get another belt from Torres or Rees. With both Hatton and Witter fighting for DLH the fight will no doubt happen in 2009 should both fighters not lose before.

This is why i like haye more than hatton haye will fight anyone anywhere and has taken many more risks in the early part of his career, He could have just moved up and make more money at heavyweight but instead he cleared up the domestic scene hatton needs to do the same, imo Haye should be the people's champ in the UK not hatton. Thank you, This is what am saying but some idiot think am discrediting Hatton because i said i wouldnt respect him until he takes the Witter fight, Haye just gave us what we want but there is too many idiot who call themselves Boxing fan but in actual fact are Hatton fanatic who are preventing this fight from happening.

People like you are complete dickheads mate. Why do boxing fans like you show a complete lack of reason. Are you telling me you would expect Hatton to come off a career chattering loss and confifence killing loss and jump straight into a fight with Witter? If you are your a dick. Who the fuck has been begging for a Witter fight for 8 years. That is pure lies and you know it. Until very recently people didnt give a shit, apart from the few who wanted to see hatton beat the tar outa Witter (I think Witter beats Hatton by ko). Get some perspective mate. You are a twat if you are telling me you dont respect Hatton because he hasnt taken a fight with Witter YET. Wise up. There is a way for you to come across with credible points without exposing yourself as a complete fool/tool, Read all my previous post not once did i say Hatton should fight Witter straight after Mayweather, We the british public want the fight expect for idiots like you (Hatton dickriders who i dont class as fans anyway), Hatton has come out and said Witter isnt in his plan which mean NO matter what Witter does Hatton would alway have an excuse to Duck the fight, Hatton has the power(Media) and fan base to avoid this fight for ever. I dont care what Hatton cumdrinkers like you says I have Zero respect for Hatton until he takes the Witter fight(Win or lose).

I think people are more annoyed with Hatton saying that it's for the fans but it being put on Sky Box Office. Ticket prices are pretty good though to be fair I agree, this shouldn't be a pay per view fight.

I think people are more annoyed with Hatton saying that it's for the fans but it being put on Sky Box Office. Ticket prices are pretty good though to be fair

lol is everyone in this thread a hater? hatton's just been knocked out by the p4p number 1 an deserves a nice homecoming bout. lay off the poor fella

i ain't even buying the next hatton fight. it will only do like 100k on PPV in the uk now anyways.... if that. Yup, me too.

no hatton is good , your just a hater but just of late hatton has handled himself not verywell. also fighting some chump who i can't even rember what his name is. i feel the same way i saw an interview recently and ricky was comin with some talk along the lines of why shud i put food on his plate he isnt worthy etc. i was ova dissappointed