Witter had an off night

Sure you can have an off night in boxing too. But boxing is not quite like other sports where you fight a couple of times a month or even a week. In professional boxing you need to come and perform on the night because you have months to get ready, normally; certainly for a world title defence! Thus, you can excuse Witter for having an off night, but you cannot excuse him for coming unprepared for his opponent's style and strengths and for not digging in deep in the last two rounds to win the fight. Even on an off night, you'd expect that of a beltholder.

 

I believe in off nights. Boxers are human too and have problems like you and I. Look at Buster Douglas as when he fought Tyson and his mother had passed away. I don't know about you guys, but I could not have fought anyone in that mental condition. My point is a boxer could have issues during his training wheather it be injuries, problems at home, or looking past Bradley for a fight with Hatton. Witter talked the talk and did not walk the walk. Great win for Bradley. Again, I posted last week that Witter needs to stop talking **** and concentrate on the man in front of him. Now he needs to get back in line. Unbelievable how someone wins a title and all of a sudden he is the best and everyone is afraid of him from 140 to 147.

 

I do not believe that "psychology" should be separated from a fighter's whole being.

There is only the fighter.

Psychology is part of a fighter's make-up, almost as much as his body-type.

This "all in the mind" stuff is outdated.

If you want to make a fortune as a psychologist go into Tennis or Golf. You will have a field day whilst not actually helping anything in the long run.

Except your bank balance of course.

 

Imo an 'off night' from a fighter means that he simply couldnt adapt to his opponents style, true of witter last night, witter does have the tools to beat a lot of top dogs, there seems to be something missing from him some nights tho, and that i believe is the adaptability. He cant adjust enough if a fight aint going his way, im a witter fan but he is very very flawed. Ive a feeling he may come back and win a title and will produce a few good ko's , also he will provide a stinker again if the styles clash....thats witter innit.

 

he just got beat.simple as

 

You know what gets you the bigs fights ?Its winning the fights your supposed to win !!

If you can't get rid of a mando who has barley no bigtime experience what does that say about you as the fighter ??


Off night my ass !!!!!

 

Their is only the fighter you are right. But most sports including boxing are 80% mental and 20% physical

 

No.

If this were true then, in theory, a fighter would spend little time training his body.

The physical aspect is always the most important.

 

But as you are training your body, hitting the bag and pads ro whatever the excersize, this is just as much of a mental drill as it is physical. Building instinctual reactions and ring knowledge, knowing when to throw what punch at all times.

 

And much of which is inherent and can't really be taught separately.

Matter of semantics.

We probably agree somewhat.

 

Yes, I think we can stand on neutral ground haha

 

That pretty much is his style. Witter looks bad pretty much everytime he doesn't knock his opponent out. Looked poor against Corley (who fortunately was worse), horrific against Lynes, should've lost against Kotelnik. Same story everytime, decent start, then goes downhill when his power doesn't get the job done, punch output gets lower and lower, combinations disappear.

What's the truth, has he really had four 'off nights' in his last six fights or is that just a true reflection of his level?

 

He always has his hands right in front of him, and uses his 'jab' to almost touch up his opponent at times.

What disappointed me was his failure to adjust to the style that Bradley brought to the fight - his workrate (rds 7-12 espec) was shocking, when it was clear that Bradley was the aggressor for the most part and controlled the centre of the ring. Why not go toe-to-toe and have a war? Try something different?

There are many questions that could be asked of him (and his corner), and I now feel his days at the top table are over, unless he gets a rematch and does the job properly.

Witter was always able to get the job done (i.e. look **** and grind the result out). He failed to do that this time, and paid the price.

 

there are two people in the ring.

witter losing as more to do with bradley winning that any 'off night' syndrome

 

The biggest problem for Witter is that the two worst nights of his career have also been the two most publicised and watched fights of his career.

When given the big opportunity, Witter seemed to be unable to rise to the occasion, while Bradley fought his ass off with what he had.