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Junior Witter recently stated that he intends to fight Mayweather, Cotto and a number of other elite welterweights in what would possibly be a permanent move to the heavier division. His mentor, Brendan Ingle, claimed outright that Witter could beat Mayweather by out-boxing him as well as asserting that his fighter possesses the greater punching power.
Lets assume Junior Witter carried all of his skills up to the welterweight division without compromise: the speed, power, reflexes, movement, punch resistance, durability, stamina etc.. What chance would Junior Witter have against the best p4p fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jnr, and could he potentially match, or even supercede, Mayweather in the key departments? Could Witter truly present a noteworthy challenge to Mayweather and the rest of the elite welterweights?
Side note: The Zab Judah defeat was 8 years ago, accepted on 9 days notice against a world champion who had been in a 10 week training camp. It was Witter's 18th professional contest and lasted the full 12 rounds. Considering the circumstances, in my opinion he did well in that fight, even though he lost. Had any of the other boxers who beat Judah (Tszyu, Mayweather, Cotto, Spinks, Baldomir) faced him with only 9 days notice, they would have likely suffered defeat in the same way Witter did, if not by KO.
Lets assume Junior Witter carried all of his skills up to the welterweight division without compromise: the speed, power, reflexes, movement, punch resistance, durability, stamina etc.. What chance would Junior Witter have against the best p4p fighter in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jnr, and could he potentially match, or even supercede, Mayweather in the key departments? Could Witter truly present a noteworthy challenge to Mayweather and the rest of the elite welterweights?
Side note: The Zab Judah defeat was 8 years ago, accepted on 9 days notice against a world champion who had been in a 10 week training camp. It was Witter's 18th professional contest and lasted the full 12 rounds. Considering the circumstances, in my opinion he did well in that fight, even though he lost. Had any of the other boxers who beat Judah (Tszyu, Mayweather, Cotto, Spinks, Baldomir) faced him with only 9 days notice, they would have likely suffered defeat in the same way Witter did, if not by KO.
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