Witter gets title shot as WBC strip Bradley!

[VictorCharlie]

I f#cking hate Sulaimain

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Witter doesn't

[Lance Uppercut]

The WBC is a joke. They are intentionally trying to prevent unification.

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Two sides of looking at everything, yes unification is a good thing, but fighters who work up the rankings must have a way of turning the champion's hand. Otherwise the only fighters who'd get shots would be fan friendly guys and the sport would be turned even more towards being a glorified popularity contest.

However annoying Witter may be he earned his shot the first time round by going approx 20 fights unbeaten, paying his sanctioning fees, and facing everyone the WBC wanted him to face that were willing. It would be even easier to freeze out awkward high risk/low reward fighters if these mandatory procedures weren't in place. Anyway, bottom line is that Bradley is a young guy and could easily fit in a mandatory before chasing another belt.

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Two sides of looking at everything, yes unification is a good thing, but fighters who work up the rankings must have a way of turning the champion's hand. Otherwise the only fighters who'd get shots would be fan friendly guys and the sport would be turned even more towards being a glorified popularity contest.

However annoying Witter may be he earned his shot the first time round by going approx 20 fights unbeaten, paying his sanctioning fees, and facing everyone the WBC wanted him to face that were willing. It would be even easier to freeze out awkward high risk/low reward fighters if these mandatory procedures weren't in place. Anyway, bottom line is that Bradley is a young guy and could easily fit in a mandatory before chasing another belt.

Alot of this was down to TV too. Bradley wanted to face Alexander but Showtime said they had no interest in the fight and Bradley felt that without TV the fight didn't make much sense financially. I can see his point. Really, Alexander and Witter could have fought an elimanator as a build up. If Alexander were to beat an ex-champ, then maybe TV companies would show an interest.

[Kev]

Good news for Witter, I hope he can win a belt again but to be honest I doubt it.

He's 35 now and I feel he will lose a one sided decision. Like his mate Esham Pickering he's going to decline fast imo, lose this and then lose a domestic fight to a relative unknown, similar to Howard Eastman.

I hope I'm wrong though, he's a talent and never got the recognition he deserved.

[ukansodoff]

I get the feeling Bradley is gettin screwed over here. The WBC and, no infact all the organisations are so relaxed about things like this sometimes then super stern the other. When it suits them and when it benefits them and usually because of money and nothing else.

I though Bradley was just above average, I thought Witter just had an off night when Bradley beat him but the win over Holt changed my mind and i was really impressed with his performance. This is a real shame for him.

But Witter has his chance here. I dont really like him but he is talented, i have a problem with fighters that blow hot and cold i feel its a waste of talent and i question the hunger. I play amateur sports at a low level cuz im just useless at shit but i put everything i have into any sport i play and i do that EVERY time.

Not that any of this matters Witter wont beat Alexander. Hes done too little for a man of his ageand to me that alone shows the cracks in his fighting heart.