Just watched the Witter fight...

Totally agree, any injury was minor at most

He didn't quit because of injury, he quit because his head was wrong for some reason


Poor show and he kinda disgraced himself a bit

 

And he's probs 5 years to old some boxers can box well into their 30's some cant

 

Rewatched it, Witter was taking some helacious shots early in the fight, Junior was fighting well and got some good shots off early but Alezander was just boxing and fighting better and rounds 3-5 really turned the heat up. Because of some of those shots Junior got negative, nothing he tried worked, he was hitting and holding and didnt want to fight inside. He knew he wasnt going to win after the 8th. The ref told him 'no more holding', he knew his only shot to win/survive was if he grabbed and jabbed and thought '**** it, its over, I'm beat'. He should have gone for it in the 9th before quiting but in all honesty he was beat and nothing was going to work

I think both Alexander and Bradley will go on to be very good, maybe 1 will make P4P lists

 

Witter was at his peak when he fought N'Dou. He's missed the boat.

 

yeah it was poor form from witter.

he was hardly getting worked over in there.

alexander was hardly busting a gut himself.

to just wrap it up like that was baffling really.

taxi for witter. :hi:

 

maybe tim bradley.

even then i'm not certain he'd make the list one day.

don't think much of alexander tbh.

would definitely favour amir khan to outbox him. :bbb

 

I didnt think Witter looked any different from when he first won the title.

As in the Bradley fight when he gets pressured and things dont go his own way he goes into a negative shell (why ive always believed Hatton would beat him).

Witter won his title off an old Corley, beat a journeyman in Morua and then beat an under achiever in Harris.

When he did fight a guy who wasnt willing to be bullied he lost.

He came back against a no hoper and looked good, then he fought against another very good fighter in Alexander and lost.

Im not knocking Witter, but i think people over the years have hyped him into being better than he is/was.

 

I haven't seen the fight, but was disappointed to learn the result. I've always championed Witter and been a fan (still am), and he's a really sound bloke too (despite his "media" persona, he's a very grounded guy), but I find it hard to see where he goes from here.
He was always the president of "The Who Needs Him Club" and this was the worst possible thing that could have happened.

Whatever happens from here I do sincerely wish him the very best. He did things the old fashioned way - British, Commonwealth and European titles before winning world honours and he was never given any breaks, he had to work for any opportunities he had.

I do echo the sentiment that he "missed the boat" though, not necessarily his fault. Kind of strange to think of a guy as an underachiever when he was a world champion (and not of the XYZ kind but a legit WBC champ) and a multi title holder before that. I suppose that's a testament to the potential many felt he had. Kind of similar in situation to Naz who won all those featherweight world titles and dominated the division, yet many feel he underachieved in relation to his potential.

 

you have to think about it, his style of fighting has been played out. Unless you have super speed and power, it can work, but not for the aged witter.

 

I saw the fight earlier today, and Witter was way off balance, his timing was off, and he looked 35 years old in there. See his style is based around reflex, speed, timing, and balance, but at 35 all these start becoming harder to pull off.

I think Witter should now call it a day, yeah nearly forgot that counter hook which caught Witter in the 5th i think, wow great punch and timing from Devon.

BTW Devon is a good little fighter, seems well tuned for his young age. Now that he is the WBC 140 champ, maybe Roach and Warren should look at Devon for Khan. I think it is a winnable fight for Khan.

 

I also couldnt believe in how easily he quit.
His cornerman asked "Done?", to which Witter replied, "done" and that was it,fight over??

 

Any proof he had an injury?

 

as much as i dont like khan, i would favor him to beat alexander....

i cant believe witter quit as well, he was either really injured or felt he was far behind....which i had it 77-75 alexander at the time of the stoppage, a close fight till witter quit...