Scoring Punches; The Witter fight

[donnydarkoIRL]

One point;

A Hatton/Witter fight would not have been a treat for fans.

It would have been a significant fight, but not a pleasing spectacle, so fans have lost nothing.

Kids like you have lost nothing because you don't rememeber or know the history.


You're right though Hatton-Witter would have been a mess.

But unless two fighters meet it's IMPOSSIBLE to ever know who the better man was. Obviously on accomplishments it's Hatton hands-down.. but he'll always be questioned for ducking Witter.

Kids like me live boxing every second of every day.

Kids like me get to socialise with the fighters in their environment and kids like me actually get to speak with the fighters on the subject rather than formulating unresearched opinions based on bias and persoanl emotion.

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

Those are more out of frustration then anything....Some guys use them on the inside to rattle a guy and deter him from being in the clence...some guys will keep hitting the same spot so after a while it becomes tender and a good place to target....Wittert though was not doing that....He just wanted to land something...anything...The whole fight was UGLY to be honest....Witter just did nothing?....I don't understand why...he could have won that fight had he moved more and just kept jabbin...hell that is the only punch he needed that night...the first 3 rounds he looked great almost as if this was going to be an education then he just fizzled out....

Those tiny hooks, I just can't understand.
I donno Daxx, I expected a little one then a big hook, but no....tap, tap, tap....i was really frustrated with his boxing.

[ono]

I'm shocked that a lot of you are suprised at how poor he was. Like you never saw him fight N'Dou, Kotelnik, Lynes or Judah. It's happened pretty much everytime he's faced anybody in the top 10.

Hatton's excuses for not fighting him were poor. But the occassion would have been a complete fraud and actually Hatton should have taken advantage of it. Let's face it, the media bought into the hype as did a lot of fans.

[DaxxKahn]

One point;

A Hatton/Witter fight would not have been a treat for fans.

It would have been a significant fight, but not a pleasing spectacle, so fans have lost nothing.

Kids like you have lost nothing because you don't rememeber or know the history.


You're right though Hatton-Witter would have been a mess.

But unless two fighters meet it's IMPOSSIBLE to ever know who the better man was. Obviously on accomplishments it's Hatton hands-down.. but he'll always be questioned for ducking Witter.

Kids like me live boxing every second of every day.

Kids like me get to socialise with the fighters in their environment and kids like me actually get to speak with the fighters on the subject rather than formulating unresearched opinions based on bias and persoanl emotion.

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

Those are more out of frustration then anything....Some guys use them on the inside to rattle a guy and deter him from being in the clence...some guys will keep hitting the same spot so after a while it becomes tender and a good place to target....Wittert though was not doing that....He just wanted to land something...anything...The whole fight was UGLY to be honest....Witter just did nothing?....I don't understand why...he could have won that fight had he moved more and just kept jabbin...hell that is the only punch he needed that night...the first 3 rounds he looked great almost as if this was going to be an education then he just fizzled out....

Those tiny hooks, I just can't understand.
I donno Daxx, I expected a little one then a big hook, but no....tap, tap, tap....i was really frustrated with his boxing.

Guys use that little inside shots to soften a spot up when there is a lost of holding...A place to target...during the fight....Key words there are "During the Fight"......Meaning you have to fight....Witter did not fight he just tried to soften up a spot incase he decided to