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Posted: 14 Mar 2005, 19:07
by DK2112
The thing I like about Witter is his courage. I genuinely think he would take a fight with ANY of the top light welters in the world. In my opinion, Witter would take out Hatton inside 5 rounds. It would be very interesting to see him in there with the likes of Gatti, Mayweather or Cotto. The ranking organisations are messing him around a bit it seems but the 'top' guys won't be able to duck him forever. And I guarantee that when Hatton is destroyed by Tszyu he will be calling Witter out.
Posted: 15 Mar 2005, 06:12
by jamesmcdonnell
Ian 'Mr' McNeilly wrote:jamesmcdonnell wrote:I enjoy watching Bernard fight. If anything made the fight with Eastman boring it was the fact that Eastman wasn't able to force the fight. Hopkins is already a champion, and his 'job' is to retain that title, there's no onus on him to make his fights exciting, certainly not at the age of 40 when fighting a different style is only going to play into the hands of his opponents.
Watching him fight is a bit like swilling a fine cognac around a glass, there's nuances there to be appreciated, but it's not a real rush.
Fights like Witter v N'dou are more like getting bladdered on Alcopops. Instantly gratifying with a few sketchy moments towards the end of the
night but ultimately more fun.
Witter went out there to make a statement, and by and large he succeeded, to the extent certainly that Golden Boy have become believers.
I for one hope to see Witter in the ring again soon, against someone like Leija perhaps who can give him a few rounds and the benefits of experience. However, he would probably just go through Leija at this stage.
I actually thought the Eastman fight was one of his more palatable ones. Then again, some of the crowd booed him as well so at least they are consistent.
Hilariously, some started to boo Ikeke's fight incredibly early in and it wasn't as if either fighter was running away!
Indeed, interesting analogy. I take it the cognac would be one old, expensive one!
Californian crowds are notoriously hard to please. They boo pretty much everyone unless they are involved in a ferocious tear up, it's part of the reason California ceased to be a popular fight town.