Scoring Punches; The Witter fight

[killersheep]

Watching Junior Witter fight the unheralded Timothy Bradley last Saturday night I noticed something which made me wonder.

When in the clinches he employed to defend himself from Bradley's aggressive forward momentum, Witter often used whatever space he had to throw hooks to the head. These hooks were not punishing blows, they would certainly not have hurt Bradley and they also seemed to ineffective to score.

Witter is a very seasoned pro, he knows how to score rounds and this tactic seemed ridiculous when viewing the fight as Bradley was obviously exerting the more force and pressure.
So, why would a knowledgable pro throw these tapping hooks on the inside?
I realise it wasn't a great fight for Witter, yet he did this continuosly despite it's ineffectiveness. Why?

Would you score a tiny, chopping/tapping hook thrown from a clinch, against an opponent throwing much harder and numerous punches

He did the same thing against Judah.

[donnydarkoIRL]

Watching Junior Witter fight the unheralded Timothy Bradley last Saturday night I noticed something which made me wonder.

When in the clinches he employed to defend himself from Bradley's aggressive forward momentum, Witter often used whatever space he had to throw hooks to the head. These hooks were not punishing blows, they would certainly not have hurt Bradley and they also seemed to ineffective to score.

Witter is a very seasoned pro, he knows how to score rounds and this tactic seemed ridiculous when viewing the fight as Bradley was obviously exerting the more force and pressure.
So, why would a knowledgable pro throw these tapping hooks on the inside?
I realise it wasn't a great fight for Witter, yet he did this continuosly despite it's ineffectiveness. Why?

Would you score a tiny, chopping/tapping hook thrown from a clinch, against an opponent throwing much harder and numerous punches

He did the same thing against Judah.

I felt the Judah fight showed a Witter that was intimidated, not only out of his gameplan, but also out of any chance of victory.

Do you consider it a possibility that when Bradley "turned up the heat" and indeed volume after Round six, Witter was not able to cope mentally with the mental toll such a physical fight was having on him?

[killersheep]

Watching Junior Witter fight the unheralded Timothy Bradley last Saturday night I noticed something which made me wonder.

When in the clinches he employed to defend himself from Bradley's aggressive forward momentum, Witter often used whatever space he had to throw hooks to the head. These hooks were not punishing blows, they would certainly not have hurt Bradley and they also seemed to ineffective to score.

Witter is a very seasoned pro, he knows how to score rounds and this tactic seemed ridiculous when viewing the fight as Bradley was obviously exerting the more force and pressure.
So, why would a knowledgable pro throw these tapping hooks on the inside?
I realise it wasn't a great fight for Witter, yet he did this continuosly despite it's ineffectiveness. Why?

Would you score a tiny, chopping/tapping hook thrown from a clinch, against an opponent throwing much harder and numerous punches

He did the same thing against Judah.

I felt the Judah fight showed a Witter that was intimidated, not only out of his gameplan, but also out of any chance of victory.

Do you consider it a possibility that when Bradley "turned up the heat" and indeed volume after Round six, Witter was not able to cope mentally with the mental toll such a physical fight was having on him?

I think mentally Witter had lost this fight before it began, you could see he was not 100% focused to begin with and by the time the knockdown happened. Bradley was absolutely correct when he said Witter was thinking of Hatton. I think Witter trying to gain his mental center was a lost cause. How often does this happen, a fighter ignores the fight in front of him and gets clowned.

I think Witter also has a bit of Judah syndrome, where has shown he can't adjust. He's great when everything is working for him, but he can't stop himself from falling apart.

[ICB]

Witter wasn't throwing any punches to score, he had no work rate at all it was ridiculous. He didn't fight like a champion at all, Bradley wasn't that good either IMO.

[No Contest]

Witter looked flat. That was the crappiest I've seen him, after about halfway through his punches were weak. His stupid snake charmer jab was about one of the dumbest things I've seen in the ring next to Litzau's frog leap. Just makes em look stupid doesn't do anything, and isn't effective. It's just a wannabe Sugar Ray Leonard impression IMO.