Witter: "Ricky Hatton is Flawed and Hates Me"

[MJ406]

Witter got spot when Castillo lost, but how did Castillo get that spot?

just to point this out. 138 is over the lightweight limit at 135 so therefore in that fight Castillo was a light-welter.

not really. 138 isn't a weight class.

check again but weight classes go 135, 140, 147 etc

true 138 is above 135 the lightweight, but 138 is not Junior Welterweight. its not even an official weight class. its a catch weight.
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Piggy your correct that Junior Witter moved up to #1 when Castillo lost to Hatton. that is a factual statement.

but so is this. Castillo only got ranked #1 in 140 because Miguel Cotto the previous #1 moved up to Welterweight.
in fact at the end of 2006 Cotto had his first Welter fight.

so that makes the #2 ranked 140 pd contender Jose Luis Castillo move up to Miguel Cotto's previous spot.

just like that .. without a single fight, Castillo was already ranked #2 .. and moved up to #1. thus making the Hatton vs Castillo fight a fight vs Hatton's #1 ranked challenger

(which you correctly said Hatton did beat the #1 ranked challenger)

and again I think Castillo was ranked highest by the Ring.
(so if the Ring is the only 1 ranking Castillo so high, how is it legit?)

what other boxing sources and etc besides the Ring regarded Castillo highly as a Junior Welterweight?

so that fits into how Hatton defended his title against the #1 Challenger
1. Castillo started off ranked #2
2. Miguel Cotto the previous #1 left the weight class
making Castillo #1.

sure these statements are whole heartedly true "Hatton has already defended his Ring belt against the number one ranked contender as judged by The Ring."

but the fact that Castillo started off ranked #2 in the weight class .. and only moved up when Cotto left its more right place right time for Jose Luis.

and what ever legitimacy Castillo had as a #1 contender was erased IMO opinion after Castillo's terrible performance January 20th

*funny how all HBO could say was that Castillo wasn't trying, took his foot off the gas, etc all the excuses to cover for his poor performance

you don't have to agree with the above, and I wasn't on here when either Herman/Castillo or Castillo/Hatton happened

but seeing that fight (Herman vs Castillo), eliminated any credibility Castillo had being #1 by anyone let alone the Ring. and I fully went into the Castillo/Hatton fight expecting it to not last long and be very one sided.

yeah Witter is #1 now because of that Castillo loss to Hatton.

but the difference between Witter and Castillo is that Junior Witter has a belt, and is relatively established as a 140 pounder (already mentioned but victories over Corley, Lovemore and Harris) .. again its not hall of fame worthy stuff .. but 140 is a shallow division, and 2 of the named opponents (Lovemore & Harris) were ranked top 10.

.. where Castillo basically just slipped into the #2 spot without doing anything .. you can't argue that, because it did happen.

yes Witter's a prick, but he does have longevity at the weight class, which I do respect.

can you at least give Witter that? and his record is pretty good actually.

[squealpiggy]

malignaggi is tied up and wont be ready to fight again till probably late summer, but honestly, i dont think hatton would get passed paulie anyway

Perfect. Gavin Rees in spring, Malignaggi in late summer, Christmas showdown with Witter.

[big paulie]

Perfect. Gavin Rees in spring, Malignaggi in late summer, Christmas showdown with Witter.

hatton v witter has been brewing for years, do you honestly think it needs any more building and a potential loss to malignaggi to throw a spanner in the works, nah, witter will be another year older, this fight needs to happen asap, but mark my words, hatton will never be a wbc champ!!

[squealpiggy]

hatton v witter has been brewing for years, do you honestly think it needs any more building and a potential loss to malignaggi to throw a spanner in the works, nah, witter will be another year older, this fight needs to happen asap, but mark my words, hatton will never be a wbc champ!!

Hatton v Witter has not been "brewing for years". Witter has been making noise about Hatton but the rivalry is all one way. For this to be a really big fight for Hatton it needs to be built up.

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Despite receiving warnings from the camp of UK rival Ricky Hatton, WBC junior welterweight champion Junior Witter continues his verbal assault in the press. Several weeks ago, Hatton's camp told Witter that as long as he continues to slag Ricky in the press, he would never get the chance to fight him. [details]

if there is a fight that makes sense more than any other, this would be the one. Witter vs Hatton hasn't happened yet, that is crazy. They are the top 2 fighters in their division and they are fighting in the same country. Who are they fighting if not each other? I know hatton vs mayweather fine. but he should've fought witter along time ago. The only reason this fight hasn't happened yet in my opinion, is cuz hatton is ducking witter. This fight has stories from all different angles. It would be very easy to build up, and it could easily sell out the biggest stadium in england.