Ricky Hatton’s father Ray believes that his son will one day face Junior Witter, but says the fight will be made on his terms.
Witter’s revelation to setantasports.com that he would be prepared to fight Hatton for free, has turned the focus back on Hatton and his unwillingness to face a man many within the game has the style to beat him.
Related Links Boxing The Bradford-born fighter is next set to defend his WBC light welterweight title against Timothy Bradley on the undercard of Carl Froch’s super middleweight eliminator against Denis Inkin in Nottingham on May 10.
Despite possessing a world title, some feel that Witter could end up like another Ingle-trained fighter Herol Graham who missed out on big-money fights with Nigel Benn and Herol Graham, but Hatton Snr believes a fight against his son will happen at some stage.
“No disrespect to Junior, we’ve met him and he’s a nice guy,” Hatton told Setanta. “I just basically think people around him have advised him wrongly and read Ricky Hatton wrong.
“You’ll never meet a nicer person than Ricky, but he does have a stubborn streak when he digs his heels in.
“He said: ‘Dad, one day I think I’ll wake up and say make the fight now, get it made now.
“But I want to feel that I’m making the fight. I don’t want to feel that I’m forced to make the fight.'”
After Lazcano, Hatton is likely to face either Paul Malignaggi or Manny Pacquiao before a rematch with Floyd Mayweather.
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