witter V N'dou

Wales · Post by **Wales** » 06 Feb 2005, 13:48

Any truth in the rumour n'dou will step into Brancos shoes on the hops eastman undercard. If so i think its possibly the best fight witter could have hoped for.

KOJOE90 · Post by **KOJOE90** » 06 Feb 2005, 14:12

I think it's just speculation at the moment.

There is nothing on any of the major Boxing web-sites as yet.

red dragon · Post by **red dragon** » 06 Feb 2005, 14:45

well on thursday i got an email from a K.horner from sheffield
asking me to send him all the fights i had on lovemore ndou
on the friday by special delivery as he was going to america
on monday,may be he has something to do with witter,anyone heard
of a K.horner.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 06 Feb 2005, 14:50

Hmm thats an interesting development

josh fg · Post by **josh fg** » 06 Feb 2005, 15:28

Lets hope this fight comes off if he can look impressive in this fight against a well known and respected oppoent then that should repair the damage don to his reputation in the states after the Judah fight.

Sweet P · Post by **Sweet P** » 07 Feb 2005, 00:22

Witter should be able to outbox Ndou fairly easily.

bollox · Post by **bollox** » 07 Feb 2005, 04:07

How good is Witter? Judah beat him easily and I understand it was a sub-par showing by Witter. Was he simply outclassed or did he choke a bit?

N'Dou's quite a good fighter so it may be a great fight

Smit · Post by **Smit** » 07 Feb 2005, 05:24

bollox wrote:How good is Witter? Judah beat him easily and I understand it was a sub-par showing by Witter. Was he simply outclassed or did he choke a bit?

N'Dou's quite a good fighter so it may be a great fight

Outclassed...

Witter was inexperienced plus if i remember correctly took the fight at short notice?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 07 Feb 2005, 06:01

10 days notice I think it was.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 07 Feb 2005, 07:22

Witter did alright against Judah, short notice and made him look very ordinary.....

being a big guy, he must have really struggled to get the weight off at 10 days notice

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 07 Feb 2005, 07:38

It was a bad career move though it must be said.

With hindsightl, the fact he even went the distance with Judah in the light of his last two performances at welterweight is pretty impressive.

I have a funny feeling Witter might just stop N'dou.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 07 Feb 2005, 10:25

I'd be amazed if Witter stops N'Dou. It's a superb 50-50 match if it happens. Worth a large portion of the PPV on its own, for us Brits anyway.

chado · Post by **chado** » 07 Feb 2005, 11:39

If this fight happens I am having a bet on Witter stopping Ndou.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:04

If Witter only had 10 days notice then didn’t Zab only have 10 days also to prepare to face Witter?

I do not know the entire story, was it a cancellation how Witter got the chance?

But the facts I do know is that Zab turned pro only 4 months before Witter and whilst he had had 7 fights more than Junior when they fought it was Witter who had fought the more rounds altogether, and Witter is also 3 years older than Zab so probably would have been that much more mature physically.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:07

tonyevs wrote:If Witter only had 10 days notice then didn’t Zab only have 10 days also to prepare to face Witter?

I do not know the entire story, was it a cancellation how Witter got the chance?

Jason Rowland, then British champ, was ill so up stepped Witter.

I know it was five years ago, but that was an excellent coup by Warren to get Judah here. People often forget because of the late change of opponent but Judah knew he was coming to Britain to defend his title weeks in advance.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:15

Yes he may have known weeks in advance but to train for one style and have to face a completely different style must have affected him also.
Witter had been active himself up to that time also, and I am sure he was in the gym training for an upcoming fight himself, its not like the position of Delaney who enjoys his Christmas then gets a call after to fight David Haye in a week or so`s time.

I just think its worth mentioning Zab Judah was also in an awkward position, yet still won very clearly.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:27

I'm not too sure Judah would have "trained for Rowlands style". It was bordering on a mismatch as it was.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:30

Kilburn wrote:I'm not too sure Judah would have "trained for Rowlands style". It was bordering on a mismatch as it was.

A little harsh on Rowland who was ranked higher than Witter in the UK rankings. It on paper was a better match than Witter, but I do see what you mean.

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:34

Either way he was expecting one style and got another.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:37

surely knowing you are fighting and not knowing the opponent is more beneficial than not knowing you are fighting???

tonyevs · Post by **tonyevs** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:41

tonyevs wrote:

Witter had been active himself up to that time also, and I am sure he was in the gym training for an upcoming fight himself, its not like the position of Delaney who enjoys his Christmas then gets a call after to fight David Haye in a week or so`s time.

.

I repeat

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:53

chado wrote:If this fight happens I am having a bet on Witter stopping Ndou.

Yes me too, N'dou is pretty slow of foot, and pretty square on. Maybe I am overrating Witter, but I don't see N'dou getting near to him, and I can see him taking plenty of cracks as he tries to close the gap.

Witter may want to tuck that chin in though, as I seem to remember N'dou having a long reach.

Kilburn · Post by **Kilburn** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:56

My perception is that Witter won't look nearly as powerful against N'Dou, it's such a step up for him.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 07 Feb 2005, 12:59

I agree that I don't think he will be able to clout him out of there. N'dou though is a guy who gets a lot of props for lasting the course with world class fighters who don't bang him out, although he did well against Mitchell.

It will be interesting to see how Witter's power holds up, but he does have the ability to unleash a barrage of shots. I can see him stopping N'dou even though N'dou isn't badly hurt, with the ref intervening to stop him taking any more shots.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 07 Feb 2005, 13:03

witter does land from very unusual positions and angles which i suppose will increase the chance of hurting N'dou...

N'dou will push him for every second of every round and if Witter lacks the stamina either through being tight at the weight or through lack of conditioning he will get found out late