Witter Forced to Quit, Campbell Furious at Decision – Boxing Results
August 2nd, 2009
By Liam Santiago: Junior Witter has said he will not retire after quitting against unbeaten American, Devon Alexander. Witter injured his elbow in the early rounds and simply could not use his arm whatsoever. Although, the fight was either man’s for the taking, the Sheffield ‘Hitter’ and his corner agreed to pull out. Witter tried constantly changing his stance and changing his style but nothing worked. The injury preventing him carrying on.
After the bout, Devon was very emotional ; even in tears. This was the moment he had waited for since the age of seven. Witter’s career is not over, however, and if he wants to look at the positive side of the result, it might lead to a fight with Manchester man, Ricky Hatton. Both coming of defeats, maybe it could happen. Ricky Hatton is currently resting after losing to Manny Pacquiao in a bout which he was mentally of his game and physically past his peak. So, both fighters have lost, but not as a result of their quality as a fighter. Would Witter beat Devon next time? Maybe. Would Hatton beat Pacquaio next time? Yes, I am sure.
On the same card was Timothy Bradley vs Nate Campbell. Bradley won after Nate pulled out due to being blind in one eye from heavy set of head buts. The fight was stopped in the third round, so, technically the bout should have been ruled a no contest.
That’s boxing for you. Nate made his thoughts known after the fight and so did promoter Don King. The pair agreed on a rematch there and then but this should defiantly have been a no contest. The fight was held in California, Campbell’s hometown, so maybe this should be expected. Bradley did look the more effective in the first couple of rounds, but fights are not won over the first couple of rounds. I am very disappointed at the referees decision, considering he could see the head but replays on the big screen before making his decision.
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devon is one of my best friends. please believe me when i say this dude takes boxing very serious. he goes hard in the gym, and runs about six miles everyday. when ever you (readers) see my name on a comment predicting one of his fights, you better go with it. i shocked a whole lot of people on almost all his fights
time 2 call it aday when fighters are cuming out with excuses after every loss,they are full time pro,s with months of notice,they want 2 fight at a fews days notice lose half a stone have cracked ribs broken noses get paid peanuts,then they will no wot tough is.NOT INTERESTED
Witter is not the fighter he used to be. I hopped he could pull this off.
Bradley was well on top against Campbell and was going to win a easy decision even though the decision should of been a No contest not a TKO
Gutted for Witter, hope the elbow injury was legit and hope he bounces back but 10 months inactivity was never gonna help.
Lucky for me I had my son in the pushchair when i passed the bookies, otherwise i’dhave lost a tenner on him to win.
I do feel for Nate Campbell but I became a big fan of Bradley as soon he beat Witter just for the fact that he had never fought out of California let alone the states but did his homework, his come foward style and high workrate makes him exciting to watch also.
Funny how there was zero indication of an elbow/shoulder/hand injury in Witters corner until after the fight.
Witter was awful. He jumped in with wild swings and looked like an amateur from the opening bell.
Holding on everytime he got close, it was incredible to think of all that self promotion of how great he is in the tabloids.
I’m disappointed with Witter. Fair enough if he hurt himself but the fact that he fought for four rounds and kept the fight close then surely he could have attempted to take it to the score cards… if not only for the sake of the £20 I had riding on him!
Don’t think he has anywhere to go from here as neither Khan or Hatton will be interested.
I watched the fights last night and all I can say is that Witter bottled it.
I’ve never been a fan of his what so ever. I can’t stand his style of boxing…there’s something arrogant about it and the holding is ridiculous!!!.
He ran from Judah, Got scholled by Bradley and quit against a youngster in Alexander on his stool.
I saw he retires because right now he is irrelevant and I don’t see a way back for him.
Good luck, Witter.
*Althought that doesn’t take away the fact that not one channel in the UK gave a fvck about this fight, which is very sad..
at 22 years pold who had hatton fought to the quality of judah witter took that fight at nine days notice silly maybe but it would take hatton 9 days to drag himself from the bar (guiness pump) oh and deano have you heard out of hatton ? i havent oh yeah his heart murrma lol heart defect down another beer
Did he have an elbow injury? I want to defend a fellow Brit but i have to call them as i see them and i saw no signs of him strugglin with any injurys at night.
It became very clear very quickly which Witter had turned up last night, the same one that lost to Bradley. His wild style was never guna win him a fight over Alexander on points and he began to get tagged when he lunged in and was losing that battle too.
I may be wrong, he may be injured but i dont think so. Very dissapointing. Hes a wasted talent in my eyes. Somebody compared it to Barrera beating Hamed, i think thats spot on. The same Ingle camp Sheffield style but Hamed was much much better at it, he was much more accurate with his wild shots and had more success with them cuz he was so powerful.
Witter looked better when he started using his hab but thats not something he likes to use and soon gave it up and went back to lunging like a madman.
Im really dissapointed with the result of the Bradley-Campbell fight. I hope they appeal the decision and get the right call. The only reason why the referee had that decision was because he missed the accion right in from of him and opted to go with the call that in his personal believe was going to have the best acceptance because Bradley at the poing was dominating the acction.
I dont know why all that technology stuff when in fact they dont use it when it matter the most, maybe just to frustate more the boxing fans i guess because in the replays (that obviously the all have quick access to them) its clear that reason for the cut of a head clash.
The fight was entertaining while it lasted, hope the fight a rematch in the course of this year.
witter is a bit old but i like him where have all you hatton haters been for the past 5 years witter would beat hatton now and khan he as the ability just doesnt seem that intrested anymore mind you can u blame the guy being ducked from most big uk fighters better luck nxt time witter u can win the world title b4 ritireing and isnt it funny this great fighter hatton is 30 past his peak and witter 35 still not looking to bad in the ring not great at the minuite but not bad all you hatton fans u see witter talkin to the cameras stright after the fight any 1 heard from hatton yet after all he advised you all to put your houseon him he cant see how he could lose lol
Khan is one big Joke, which nobody will he fight next??? Sure won’t be Maidana or a Prescott (Rematch)
Ricky The Excuses Hatton.
Agree with Popeye. . .Khan is chinny. & Hatton love him or hate him he ducked Witter ffs.
I think Witter is feeling his age now but at least Witter can take a punch, unlike glass jaw Khan.
And as Froch said, you can’t put muscle on chins.
Prescott would do him again.
I agree Hatton ducked Witter, Witter had the WBC and Hatton still made excuses, Witter even offered to fight him for free.
Khan will continue to fight nobodies in that poor division.
Boxing Bravado is all about selling tickets and to wind fighters up – it’s part of the game.
Chinny Khan has fought nobody, he got a weak champion in the weakest division at the right time.
Witter in his day would have beaten Hatton, he held the WBC and Hatton ducked him.
However… Witter was poor today, sloppy, all over the place, he should have had a few warm up fight after the loss to Bradley.
I wonder if Khan will fight John Murray now?
liam for once your article is readable unlucky witter and as for khan can any one tell me who they will mismatch him with next?
Witter got beat the same way MAB beat Hamed…Khan will beat Alexan the same way.
I think whitter is a prick and would love to see garron knock him out
Liam Santiago – This is a better article from you.
Do you honestly believe Hatton would beat pacman in a rematch tho? or was that comment designed to spark a flurry of pac fans comments?
Anyway, what I would propose to Pacquiao is this (and the boxing public)
Alexander fights Khan on November 14th-
Bradley fights Maidana -also November 14th-
Then the 2 winners of those 2 fights fight each other around March 2010, then the winner of that fight fights Pacquaio around – July 2010…
The reason for this is also so pac fights the best guy in the world at 140lbs, none of this bull shi* about fighting at 145lbs/143lbs or whatever, I know its about money, but the point is, Pac just fights the baddest man on the pkanet at 140, job done.
The only bad thing thing bout witter losing he is has an excuse , so hes still going to shout his mouth off
I didn’t see the witter fight so i can’t pass judgement on that. However the bradley fight was ridiculous, bradley was battering campbell in the 3rd round AFTER he got hit with consecutive headbutts! There is no way in hell that cut was caused from a punch and i think as the fight went on campbell would have probably shifted the momentum. That bout should have been ruled a no contest!
go ahead tell hatton to ask a rematch with pacman and look for a promoter to promote it. have a good day. A–HOLE
get rid of these armless pretenders, they fight best only with their mouths and heads.
liam santiago. good start with your predictions
hardeep j. totally agree with you
nate j. what you talking about, khan would run away throwing soft punches and then get knocked out. dont get carried away with the kotelnik win, he is no mayweather. all 4 of the boxers from last nights show fight at a completey different level to khan and would prob beat him very quickly.
It’s a shame for witter but the ref in the Bradley-Campbell fight was a complete idiot, who on earth could that have been a KO for Bradley. Pretty dissapionting really i was looking forward to a great fight, lets hope they get the rematch on soon.
Khan would wipe the floor with him… would love 2 see that fight later this year…
i’m glad he lost. because he’s one of the planets largest c unts with his boasts about beating Hatton and Khan. Is that the way to try and bag a fight with these boys?