16.01.08 - Matthew Hurley: WBC junior welterweight champion Junior Witter, 36-1-2 with 21 KOs, who has been clamoring for a showdown with Ricky Hatton, is now tentatively scheduled to take on Demetrius Hopkins, 28-0-1 with 11 KOs on March 22nd at a site yet to be determined in the United States.

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