Witter had an off night

Witters problem is though he has too many off nights.

 

This guy wanted to put himself up there with Ricky Hatton ... a status which he has yet to reach.

Ricky Hatton lost fair and square to PBF ... there was no off night ... I don't believe in creating excuses for fighters when they lose ... an off night doesn't take away from the fact that he lost.

To make things worse he was hyping himself up by calling out Hatton and a relative unknown came over to England (his home turf) and took his title away. That shouldn't happen that often ...

 

He seemed to think that he performed well.

Losing does not = off night/past prime/lax/shot/not concentrating etc

It means that you lost.

I don't actually expect people to truly understand this but I feel compelled to post it.

 

this is very true. But this is also true for many other individual sports. it is generally accepted that Basketball, soccer, football, hockey and other team sport players have off nights. But you hardly hear about golfers, boxers, tennis players, getting off of the hook for bad performances. I think it is especially so for boxers seeing as though they only fight a couple times a year and have months to prepare for one night usually.

 

People fail to recognise that there are two people in the ring.

The opponent has a say in how a fighter looks.

He is trying to win, after all.

 

So by definition, having "off nights" is a weakness of a fighter's fighting ability.

 

Golfers and Tennis players aren't taking punches ... and boxers especially have to be more discipline than other individual sports athletes ... you can't afford to have a bad night ... you have to take every opponent the same way every fight and prepare to the best of your abilities.

 

Junior is a good fighter thats all and I don't think he had night off myself..he was out performed and given very little room to throw his shots from angles and suffered for it...........it was the typical case of the contender doing his homework, and then executing the game plan to the letter...Bradley deserves al the credit...full stop

 

This is true my Southwest Michigan friend, I was more refering to how off nights by atheletes are accepted by fans.

 

could be, I think "off nights" can be a reflection of a fighters mental state. You VERY RARELY see a fighter who is known to have a good head on his shoulders have an off night. A truly great fighter may start off with an off night, but then adjust and improve and withhold their greatness.

 

Yeah ... no one wants to admit Tiger Woods having an off night and are so quick to say that he gave a championship away rather than him being off his game.

There's no realistic way that Bradley shouldve been able to come over there and get the decision ... in Witter's home town ...

Witter has a very awkward style and I don't like watching him fight ...

I checked out the fights against Chop Chop and Harris ... now Bradley ...

 

Ya I am yet to see Witter fight, but from the sounds of it it looks like something that shouldn't be too high on my to do list.

 

One of the best boxing quotes I had ever heard ... the great fighters do adjust ... the do improve as the fight goes on ... and they do hold on to their greatness.

Rather it be surviving knock downs ... slow starts ... injuries ... being overwhelmed by an unfamiliar style.

Great quote :good

 

A good boxer, even having an "off night", should have still won that fight at a canter.