who is MORE respected?

[no1p4p]

Mayweather Jr. We all know about floyd ducking cotto, but hatton has been ducking witter for 7 years. And he looked **** againest Lazcano

[abadger]

Mayweather Jr. We all know about floyd ducking cotto, but hatton has been ducking witter for 7 years. And he looked **** againest Lazcano

This "Hatton ducking Witter" thing is bull****. When it started everyone knew that Hatton would destroy Witter, who is at least one class below him. Over the years Witter carried on talking about it so loud and so often that the idea buried itself in our brains, bypassing our rational thought circuitry until suddenly Hatton - Witter seemed like a good fight.

Then Witter got hammered by Bradley and we saw that he'd been **** all along.

All along, Witter and his promoter have been talking up a Hatton fight because they knew Witter was not a top level boxer and the only big payday that would ever be available to him was a domestic clash against the bona fide superstar Hatton, which he would lose. Hence, hatton did not, and does not care to fight him. Good.

[Ray*]

This "Hatton ducking Witter" thing is bull****. When it started everyone knew that Hatton would destroy Witter, who is at least one class below him. Over the years Witter carried on talking about it so loud and so often that the idea buried itself in our brains, bypassing our rational thought circuitry until suddenly Hatton - Witter seemed like a good fight.

Then Witter got hammered by Bradley and we saw that he'd been **** all along.

All along, Witter and his promoter have been talking up a Hatton fight because they knew Witter was not a top level boxer and the only big payday that would ever be available to him was a domestic clash against the bona fide superstar Hatton, which he would lose. Hence, hatton did not, and does not care to fight him. Good.

Bradley beating Witter doesnt give Hatton any credit, He did duck Witter for 7 to 8 years and counting, Funny how you think Hatton isnt ducking Witter but Mayweather is ducking Cotto.

Witter would have KO hatton and i would still put my money on it now.

[Flawless]

How can Hatton be respected because Witter lost he doesn’t deserve a match against Hatton. By that standards Hatton shouldn’t get a rematch with Floyds because he lost and Margarito should be banned from fighting with 5 losses.

[Ray*]

How can Hatton be respected because Witter lost he doesn’t deserve a match against Hatton. By that standards Hatton shouldn’t get a rematch with Floyds because he lost and Margarito should be banned from fighting with 5 losses.

Some of this guys just amaze me, Witter losing to bradley doesnt make Hatton look good..in fact it make him to worse. He duck Witter when both fighters were nobodies THAT to me is a fighter i dont respect.

[abadger]

How can Hatton be respected because Witter lost he doesn’t deserve a match against Hatton. By that standards Hatton shouldn’t get a rematch with Floyds because he lost and Margarito should be banned from fighting with 5 losses.

You're right he shouldn't. And the point about Witter is that he was never anywhere near as good as Hatton and him constantly calling Hatton out pissed Hatton off to the point he didn't want to fight him, which I think is fair enough.

[squealpiggy]

How can Hatton be respected because Witter lost he doesn’t deserve a match against Hatton. By that standards Hatton shouldn’t get a rematch with Floyds because he lost and Margarito should be banned from fighting with 5 losses.

Witter's loss puts him off the radar. It's a long climb to get back on it. There's a difference between getting a title shot after a loss and rematching the fighter that beat you.

A further difference is that in a rematch Hatton can offer Floyd a 100,000 fan megafight in a stadium. I'm not sure that 15 spectators, a dog and some kid who got lost on his way to the changing rooms at the Doncaster Dome holds quite the same allure.

Among the boxing community Floyd is rightly repsected for his ability and his achievements. Outside of that Hatton is more respected for his personality, willingness to make fun of himself and his unwillingness to give up after a loss while, as was pointed out above, Floyd has taken some care in presenting his persona as some sort of rapper (although he isn't the best at portraying that image, he comes across like the third member of Kriss Kross.)

[abadger]

Some of this guys just amaze me, Witter losing to bradley doesnt make Hatton look good..in fact it make him to worse. He duck Witter when both fighters were nobodies THAT to me is a fighter i dont respect.

You are too combative, looking for arguments. Bradley beating Witter doesn't make Hatton 'look good', he always was better than Witter, and he knew it. The only thing that losing to Bradley shows is that Witter is not as good as people like you have believed him to be.

Are you seriously suggesting that Junior Witter is as good as Ricky Hatton and that Hatton is obliged to fight him when he has (as he has for a long time) much bigger fights on the table?

[Ray*]

You are too combative, looking for arguments. Bradley beating Witter doesn't make Hatton 'look good', he always was better than Witter, and he knew it. The only thing that losing to Bradley shows is that Witter is not as good as people like you have believed him to be.

Are you seriously suggesting that Junior Witter is as good as Ricky Hatton and that Hatton is obliged to fight him when he has (as he has for a long time) much bigger fights on the table?

Dont twist my words mate, Why do you critise Mayweather for not fighting Cotto but you're now trying to tell us how Hatton didnt duck Witter? Hatton is on a different level to Witter in terms of fanbase and revenue he could offer other fighter but in terms of boxing ability we would never know until they fight each other.

Only time would tell us what how the bradley lost would show what sort of fighter Witter was, Maybe he had a off night or Maybe Bradley was on a different level to Witter.

[Ras44]

The question is too open. Respected as what? As a man? As a fighter? As a boxer? As a warrior? As a human being? As a fair sportsman?