Junior Witter Jumps in, Calls Out Malignaggi

[hulme#1]

And becasue I dont like him.. I do not wish him any success.. Finacially or In the ring...

I've thought about this some in the past. Conclusion I came to was that anyone who makes their living in the ring is entitled to success (especially financial), whether I think they're a jerk or not. There are worse things to be than a jerk, and Junior Witter isn't an exceptional enough case for me to resent any success he might earn. Boxing's a weird sport, it does mad things to people's emotions... the fighters themselves are no exception to that. I don't think Junior is that bad a guy.


Either way, I enjoy watching him fight. As such, I'm interested to see if his abilities can hold up against the best junior-welter opposition around. He blew it against Judah, but seven years on I think he might be starting to show the mentality needed to deliver when faced with bigger challenges.
The last 2/3 of the Andreas Kotelnik fight were shameful, but he's also not the first to be given a gift against opposition he should've dealt with capably.
The reason I don't put too much stock in the past with Witter, is because I think the Junior Witter of '08 is a mentally much improved version of the Junior Witter from just 2, 3 years ago.

[hulme#1]

In addition to what's already been said, Hennessy's recent words seem to suggest that Ricky's concerns about giving Junior a massive payday needn't apply.
If this is any accurate reflection of Witter's attitude toward a projected fight with Hatton, all Ricky has to worry about is turning up and beating Junior.

"It's never been about the money with Junior and we could make this fight in a flash. All Junior wants is the opportunity to prove that he is the best light-welterweight in the world.

If Ricky can continue to bring the same level of profile and support, we won't be greedy and we would be happy for him to take the lion's share of the purse. It would make sense.

We'd fight him anywhere he wanted. Junior's got no mandatory commitments coming up so May would be perfect for him. If Ricky's people are serious about making the fight we can get it done."

Can't see this thing happening as early as May - but if Junior could use the meantime to unify his and Gavin Rees' WBA title, the knocks on Hatton's door would become too loud to ignore.

[flat1985]

The problem is.. Most of you didn't even know who Witter was last week... Until he started calling out Hatton..

There is a Reason you haven't heard of him... He has Fougt NOBODY.. he might have a Belt.. BUT it was VACANT belt He beat DeMracus Corely for..
The Same Corely who 3-3 in his six fights leading up to Witter (this gets you a Shot at a belt???) and is Now 3-6 in his last 9 fights..

Before Corely.. Witter LOST 2wice.. and was Given a Gift BOTH times.. especialy in the Koletnik fight.. Which was a Blatant Hometown Robberey


He KO'd aGlass Chinned Harris.. But so Did Maussa NUff said on that one..
He has also LOST to Zab Judah....

Does this sound like A world beater to you???

All Witter is doing is trying to cash in on Hatton's name.. he has always been Jealous Of Hatton..And his Green Streak is rearing it's BIG UGLY head with serious intent this time..

Witter is a Chump

Who Obviously needs hatton Way more than Hatton needs him..

True, Witter is waste

[Jim_Davis]

Witter's my boy and he'll knock that metro punk ass Maligfa.ggi out.

[K-Nan]

The Witter fight would be more entertaining.

[PeROxiDE]

Witter doesnt want Malignaggi at all, hes just trying to **** Hattons plans. Hatton is the number one in the division, and its not even that close, so HE picks who he fights, not this ****ing prick. Someone should end Junior Witters career, preferably with a pump action *******..

[K-Nan]

Witter will always be a Big Mouth Self obbessed Chump to me..

When he got the that Gift against Koletnik.. and acted like he Dominated the fight.. any chance he had with me Vanished forever...

I dont care who the better boxer is..

This is about one guy Not being able to handle the popularity of another.. and Showing the ugiler side of humanity when confronted by it...

I dont care if Witter beat Klitchsko and Mayweather in the same night... I would still think he was a CHUMP.....

A chump is a chump.. no matter what clothes you dress them up in..

I knew about Witter since he fought Zab. That's a while back. And he acted like a little punk in that fight.

But still-- Hatton would just maul Paulie and make the fight ugly. At least with Witter we can see some clean punching. Hatton would mesh better with Ricardo Torres.

[Jim_Davis]

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You beat me to it!