Clinton Woods Comes Out To Defend Junior Witter
By Terence Dooley
Clinton Woods took time out of training for his IBF light-heavyweight showdown with Tavoris Cloud to offer a few words of comfort to Junior Witter. Clinton, 37, watched with dismay as Witter quit in the corner during his make-or-break fight with Devon Alexander, the performance has left Witter in no-mans land; however, Clinton told the South Yorkshire Star that Junior has not had any lucky breaks during the course of his boxing career.
“At the end of the day, he is a professional boxer, and I know he trains hard and he's been at it a long time,” stressed Woods. “Over his career, he has never really got the big fights. If you look at my career, I have had some big fights in England defending my titles. I have been to America and had good paydays. Antonio Tarver is a massive name, I fought Roy Jones Jnr at his peak, Glen Johnson, they are all big names. Junior really hasn't had that luck.”
Woods will be hoping that he is due some luck of his own; he is taking on Cloud in Tallahassee, Florida, and will have to produce a big performance to defeat the highly touted American fighter.
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