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Following his knockout win over Vivian Harris, WBC junior welterweight champion Junior Witter told Sportinglife that his most recent win should give him the proper recognition in America and show the world that he can no longer be ignored. [details]
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he needs to beat Malignaggi first before he can say he is the best in his divison -
i doubt paulie or his team will want this right now. they have been talking about fighting some bums lately.Comment
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Tell ya what, Junior, why don't you bring your ass over here and fight a few times, like your boy Ricky Hatton did? Maybe then you'll be able to get some recognition.
Here are a few fighters and venues for you:
Ricardo Torres in Miami, Fl
Paulie Malignaggi in New York
Kendal Holt in Atlantic City or NY
Demetrius Hopkins in Las Vegas (great way to get under the GBP banner)
Juan Lazcano in Las Vegas or LA
Herman Ngoudjo in NY or even Canada on FNFs.
If you hurry, you might even be able to get on the Dec 8 card right under Mayweather-Hatton, especially if you pick D-Hop as your opponent as I'm sure B-Hop wouldn't mind giving his nephew a title shot on that card. It will also be a pretty easy win for you as I doubt D-Hop would go the distance.Comment
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You dont need to fight in America to get recognition not many of your fighters fight outside America (Mayweather, Hopkins when they wud earn more money). Malignaggi is to scared he aint getting any recognition from me, Witter will beat Paulie easily I think. You got to get in Witters face to beat him. Ricky wud take him apart. I wud not fight Hopkins cos u can get ****** decisions like the Forbes fight which he clearly lost.Comment
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I am obviously a big Hatton fan but I think he would give Ricky problems, I don't think he could beat him but certainly make him perform.
Witter IMO is too strong, slick and fast for Malignaggi (who is himself very quick) and could given the right road could end up facing Hatton (regardless of the Mayweather result)
I personally would like to see him against Torres or perhaps move up and face Cotto simply because it would be a great fight.
BTW I have in the past made derogatory remarks about Witter based on his trash talking and brashness but I hold my hands up and admit I was wrong as he is very good fighter.Comment
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He needs to fight in America to get the recognition in America and increase his marketability. Right now, nobody in the USA really knows Witter but the hard-core fans. Witter needs to get two or three fights in the USA to be able to command the kind of money that Ricky could command right now to headline a PPV show (even if it weren't against PBF or DLH). Ricky could probably fight Collazo again on PPV and get 200K buys whereas when he fought him the first time, a PPV event might've received 30K buys.
If Witter wants to make the big money, he needs to come to America and win over American fans. PBF was smart and he took down Gatti in Atlantic City and basically won all of Gatti's fans to his side. If Witter can do the same against other fighters here in the US, he'd be set for a big payday.Comment
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How can you get American recognition for a fight that you didn't have in America. I think he needs at least 1 or 2 fights over here if he wants recognition. I have to admit though, he is a threat to anyone in that division and has the best chance to unify those belts.Comment
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Its true that to gain the kind of recognition that would make a fighter a big name,and therefore get him big fights in America, u should fight in America.
But at the same time, i feel Witter is suggesting that amoung fight fans and boxing writers, his win over Harris should be appreciated. His performance alone should gain him recognition in America.
If his win over Harris was in America, would it be any more respected?Comment
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