Did Kotelnik get robbed against Witter?

I scored it watching it a day or so after it happened I believe I had it a draw or Kotenik by a point, I remember Witter winning the first part of the fight easily and then Kotelnik winning the second part just as easily.

 

I don't think much to your scorecard, Kotelnik got clearly outlanded in several of the rounds you gave to him.

The Kotelnik trumpeting has gone a bit crazy, he catches a load of punches on his gloves yes but still gets outlanded and people still give him the rounds :huh

 

Problem with Kotelnik's style, which will probably always be a factor in his fights unless he adopts a more aggressive approach, which you might say he did to a degree against Alexander, is that he spends too much time shelling up and allowing the opponent to get off, dictate the pace.

When you are allowed to get off first and dictate the pace it can appear that you are more effective than you actually are, which is most probably why Alexander got the decision over him.

 

No. It was a close fight, could have been a draw, could have gone either way. That's not a robbery.

 

Agree.

I mean normally, you would attribute a slow start to a fighter trying to get into his rhythm, and this my tie in with that, but unlike a pressure fighter who likes to get cranked up before he is at his most effective, Kotelnik is a guy that likes to counter off the front foot, so maybe getting his timing down is why he started so slow, or maybe he just showed Alexander too much respect?

 

Yeah that sounds plausible, it did look as though he lacked a bit of belief early, like he was just there to make Alexander look good.

Gotta say, that new trainer has certainly had an impact on him imo.

 

Drawish result if I remember correctly, should'be been an option for that. No robbery though.

 

who was witter meant to have fought when Tim Bradley stepped in?

 

Kotelnik was the negative fighter for the first 5 though mate and he was hardly that aggressive after that but I had him winning 6-11

Kotelnik is basically a worse version of Clottey, going into a shell being very hard to hit clean and throwing about 15 punches a round of which 14 are jabs and most but not all land.

 

I think Bradley was the mandatory? He wanted Hatton though

 

did you even watch those mbaye fights? they were hardly robberies