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Upset: Lupo shocks Witter

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:53:00 +0300

In his first fight since August 2009, former WBC super lightweight champion Junior Witter (37-4-2, 22 KOs) shockingly lost a ten round majority decision against Victor Lupo (19-1-2, 9 KOs) in a welterweight bout on Saturday night at the Hershey Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Team Khurtsidze File a Protest: N�Jikam Loss, Anti-Doping

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:52:00 +0300

A recent contest for the vacant WBA interim middleweight belt (WBA super champion is German Felix Sturm, WBA regular titleholder is Kazakh Gennady Golovkin) turned out to be an instant classic and one of the worthiest (yet obscure at the same time) candidates for a Fight of the Year prize in 2010. Battling in front of a partisan home crowd at Palais des Sports Porte de Versailles in Paris, France

Alexander claims WBC 140lb world title

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:30:00 +0300

In a clash for the WBC super lightweight title, unbeaten Devon Alexander (19-0, 12 KOs) claimed the vacant belt by making former champion Junior Witter (37-3-2, 22 KOs) quit after round eight. Alexander was in command throughout, staggering Witter several times before Witter suddenly called it quits

SHOWTIME Weights!

Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:29:00 +0300

Timothy Bradley 139 vs Nate Campbell 138.5 (WBO junior welterweight championship) Junior Witter 139 vs Devon Alexander 138.5 (WBC junior welterweight championship) Venue: Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Promoter: Gary Shaw

Witter-Alexander Lands on Darchinyan-Agbeko Card

Sun, 24 May 2009 13:59:00 +0300

According to the Times Online, the junior welterweight bout between Junior Witter and undefeated Devon Alexander will land in the co-feature position of the July 11 Showtime televised card at the BankAtlantic Centre, in Sunrise, Florida

Bradley dethrones Witter!

Sun, 11 May 2008 13:16:00 +0300

#1 rated challenger Timothy Bradley (22-0, 11 KOs) seized the WBC super lightweight championship with a split decision over defending champion Junior Witter (36-2-1, 21 KOs) on Saturday night at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England. Witter got off to a good start, but Bradley turned the tide by dropping Witter in round six and outworking Witter over much of the remainder of the fight to prevail by scores of 115-113

Hatton set for five more fights

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:45:00 +0300

Ricky Hatton will fight another five times over the next two years, his manager and father, Ray, has revealed. The 29-year-old suffered the first defeat of his career 11 days ago when he was stopped by Floyd Mayweather in their welterweight title bout. But Ray Hatton confirmed his son will have two fights next year followed by three more fights in 2009. Ray Hatton ruled out Junior Witter being his son's next opponent but said that fight was likely at "some stage".

Harris - I have to defeat Witter

Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:52:00 +0300

Vivian Harris has admitted his career as a top fighter hinges on him beating Junior Witter in Doncaster on Friday. The former WBA champion, who is out to relieve the Bradford fighter of his WBC light welterweight title, said: "This fight is do or die for me. Witter will have to kill me in that ring to beat me.

In the opinion of many experts Kotelnik beat Witter. �fficial protest?

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:40:00 +0300

... his guy ahead by several points �At the end of the fight I saw Andrej four rounds ahead. I was in good hope that we would be given the victory on foreign turf�, Timm said. �The British audience booed their own man. That tells the whole story. In rounds one... ...�Everyone who I talked to about this fight has seen Kotelnik win�, Poszwa said. �This includes all British persons who I talked to. We will now consider filing an official protest.�

Listless Witter lucky to keep title

Sun, 10 Jul 2005 01:18:00 +0300

Bradford power-puncher Junior Witter was fortunate to hang on to his European light welterweight title after a strange performance against Ukrainian Andreas Kotelnik at the Nottingham Arena, Nottingham, Saturday night. Since his negative performance against Zab Judah five years ago Witter has recreated himself as an exciting switch-hitting puncher out of the Naseem Hamed mould but, after a bright

Kotelnik in for a tough night against Witter

Sat, 09 Jul 2005 16:10:00 +0300

...�You have the chance to conquer every opponent�, coach Michael Timm said. �Recently we witnessed two big surprises in this weightclass when... ...Ukrainian, who challenges European light welterweight champion Junior Witter, was a pound and a half over the 140lb limit at the first attempt. �Seeing that he struggled slightly to make the weight obviously makes me feel slightly more confident� said Witter, who also received massive cheers afterwards. �But I am always confident, I am always comfortable with what I do. Come tomorrow night it's my time to shine again".

Witter: I would've KO'd Kostya!

Tue, 05 Jul 2005 13:13:00 +0300

Jr welter contender Junior Witter, who defends his European title against mandatory contender Andreas Kotelnik at the Nottingham Arena on Saturday night, believes that he would have knocked out the Kostya Tszyu that fought Ricky Hatton last month. "Lets face it, Tszyu was a shadow of what he used to be," said Witter. "I don�t know if age caught up with him or if it was the fact that he had only boxed three rounds in two and a half years, but he definitely wasn�t right.

Witter speaks on European title defense

Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:35:00 +0300

If his predictions are correct the Bradford switch hitter � trained by the Ingle family at the fabled Wincobank gym in Sheffield � will be extended beyond the fifth round for only the second time in 17 fights by his Hamburg based opponent. �I have been watching videos of Kotelnik,� explained Witter, who last time out dominated the world-class Lovemore N�Dou in Hollywood. �He is a talented operator. He has excellent hand speed, decent power

Golden Boy inks Witter!

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:35:00 +0300

Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions has signed jr welterweight contender Junior Witter to a three fight pact following his exciting win over Lovemore N'Dou on Saturday night. The bout was a WBC eliminator that puts Witter into a final eliminator with Gianluca Branco for the WBC's mandatory slot. Witter, however, will be unable to train...