Junior Witter

I think being seen as "boring" impacted his career so much thats its hard not to mention it. It stopped him getting the big fights and forcing a fight with Hatton.

The performance against Zab, although understandable for young fighter coming in as a substitute, really affected what fights were open to him where the American networks were concerned for the rest of his career.

As a fighter I think he has a decent dig, a little too lazy and too content to just win rather that be a crowd pleaser.

Sorry if this sounds negative, I've no axe to grind agianst the guy, but I think a bit more "devil" in his work would have paid dividends.

 

he is a fighter that dosnt have the best style but is still a good fighter and sometimes blows hot and cold he should have beat bradley and if he gets a rematch he will

 

He is a very good technical boxer who should reclaim his title and push on for a rematch against Bradley. I am with you LHL (aka the minority) and I am fan of Witter's although he can be frustrating to watch (Bradley), but can provide some great performances (Harris).

 

underated by some and overrated by many

he's a good fighter, however i'm not a fan of his style, i call him a broke naz like so many from that gym the switch hitting for example doesn't work and really just confuses him, its all smoke and mirrors he has a lot of character flaws and deficiencies

one of those british fighters much like enzo mcc who might be slightly above domestic level but short of world class and against top level opposition, judah for example although it was at short notice and that was a zab who was being compared to sweet pea

i think he's got his work cut out against Alexander although he's nothing special witter will struggle with his style

btw i think prime hatton beats him and that says it all because i don't think much of hattons skill set

 

Simply put.........wrong boxer regarding wrong time.

His fault ? NOTHING.

All the best to him........he does, definately deserve it.

 

LHL/ Kos,

Do you think he gets a fair crack around here?

 

No.

Probably because he's seen as boring, and people have to draw their line in the sand with Hatton and it gets forgotten what Witter did in his own right.

He's been one of Britain's better fighters of the last half decade or so.

 

By some posters he does, although their are some who just don't like his fighting style (which is fine, its not the most pleasing on the eye) or don't like him because they are overly supportive of Hatton (I like both) and both of these things can cloud peoples opinions of him.

Edit: TFFP beat me to it!

 

But there are also people who overate him just to get at Hatton. If you look at his career, he's been WBC champ and a solid would class 140lber for 10 years but still just gets mentioned by Hatton haters when a Hatton thread comes up. For a fan thats got to be a PITA?

 

Exactly, and I agree. It just shows that Witter is underrated, underappreciated and under-talked about in his own right!

How many people talk about Witter, except in that context? I include myself, of course, I'm a major culprit.

When the achievements you mention are pretty good, better than most will ever attain.