WBC Light Welter Title Fight - Junior Witter v Vivian Harris RBR

[superheavyrhun]

Well, as we return to September and the summer (or so it was billed) fades into history for another year, boxing in Britain returns to our screens, with Junior Witter's mandatory defence of his WBC Light-Welterweight title against "Vicious" Vivian Harris.

This is Junior Witter's (35-1-2, 20KOs) second defence of the WBC title he won in a 12-round snoozer against DeMarcus Corley last September, where even the referee struggled to fight off the yawns, and mostly remembered for a 30 second period in one of the middle rounds where both fighters faced each other without throwing a single blow. Witter's counter-attacking style which has brought him slowly to his WBC LWW title is no doubt effective, as he is difficult to hit, but it has failed to excite fans and media alike, and left him in the shadow of his more succesful peer Ricky Hatton. In his last fight against Arturo Morua in January he looked sluggish against the inferior Mexican for eight rounds, before an explosive finish in fantastic style woke up those drifting off. If he can create the devastating combinations which destroyed Morua more frequently, Witter could yet gain international recognition, and earn himself a lot more money in the process, but that has to be earnt.

Vivian Harris (28-2-1, 18KOs) has mixed among a greater level of combinations over recent years, and will likely be the biggest challenge for Witter since his early career defeat against Zab Judah. Harris made 5 defences of his WBA LWW title between 2002 and 2005 before a shock 7th round KO against Carlos Maussa derailed his career. Harris is used to being the away fighter after two impressive wins in Germany over Oktay Urkal, and could find Doncaster to be a warm welcome compared to the German crowd. Harris is coming off a good win in the eliminator against Juan Laczano, where he showed he can box as well as punch, and will prove whether Witter really deserve the WBC title he won after it was vacated by Floyd Mayweather.

Not too much on the unercard to be honest, and the show starts at 10pm UK time, 5pm EST.

[SalTheButcher]

what time is this starting?

[ICB]

what time is this starting?

Any live stream Sal ??

[superheavyrhun]

what time is this starting?

10pm UK, 5pm EST....the rest of the world will have to figure it out, as that is the extent of my time zone knowledge. Basically, in about 1 hour 20 minutes.

[No Contest]

If anyone knows a sopcast channel please pm me oh and CC for the RBR.

[Kel]

what time is this starting?

Any live stream Sal ??

No SKY sports 1 ICE?

[CutMeMick]

CC#673 Rhun, once again rhun pulls through with the Euro rd. by rd.



Gonna make this a sticky.

[Kirkland Laing]

I just know Witter is going to make me sit through a boring points victory. I hope Harris knocks him out.

[CutMeMick]

Witter wins via late KO.
Harris will gas out like he did agains Lazacano but only this time Witter will be smart enough to bring it on and stop him.

(Or at least I hope cause I hate Harris)

[RozzySean]

Any word on a site to get a stream for the fight? I'll definately throw somebody a cc you can PM me...

[SalTheButcher]

what time is this starting?

Any live stream Sal ??

dont know yet, its 430PM EST,. and the event starts at 5 , if i had to guess i would say no

[SalTheButcher]

btw, i hope junior witter gets KTFO

[skel1983]

btw, i hope junior witter gets KTFO

Sal your all heart

[killersheep]

Does anyone actually like either of these guys?

[superheavyrhun]

Does anyone actually like either of these guys?

Surely their respective mothers must have a small space in their hearts for the two fellas. Anyhow....showtime is an ad break away, and I'll be back with the build up in a few minutes.