glad I wasn’t surfing around anywhere else…don’t want to accidentally see the results. Just watched the Tyson-Douglas fight on ESPN. First time I ever watched it all the way through. I really think Douglas got lucky that he wasn’t counted out in the 8th or whatever round he went down.

Looking forward to seeing Witter tonight. Don’t think I’ve seen him fight yet.

I’m quite looking forward to this, partially because things have been so slow lately, but mostly because it’s rare we get a chance to see Junior Witter in America.

Thanks, I guess. That gives me more time to go out tonight. I’m pretty sure I can comfortably skip Froch-Rybacki.

Witter comes out with his lead right high, pawing at Bradley’s jab, and then he looks to go to the body with a quick, straight left hand. Bradley ties up when Witter turns up the heat a little.

Little exchange, Bradley catches Witter on the chin with a right, and Witter throws a nice hook. Witter switches so fluidly between orthodox and southpaw. Bradley looks pretty good mentally through the first round, which is slow and a three-minute feeling out process. Many times when a guy in Bradley’s position gets through one round, he can settle down. Tough round to score, but Witter controlled the action in most ways.

Witter 10-9

i was just about to type that Witter is looking very Nasim Hamed in his style before the announcers mentioned it

Crowd gets restless a minute into the second round, and Bradley turns the heat up a little bit, scoring a little bit even though Witter uses his evasiveness to strong effect. Witter using the jab from the northpaw stance, and doubles up on it there. Sticking the left hand in very well. Bradley is lunging some and occasionally doing a little bit, but Witter’s jab is controlling. Bradley with a right, nice evasiveness from the American that time.

Witter is making Bradley miss, and making him walk into a shot there. I think what we’re seeing through two rounds is going to add up to a Witter decision, and a wide one. Bradley won’t win rounds like these in England against Witter.

Witter 10-9
Witter 20-18

Bradley briefly switches southpaw, maybe just to show he can do it, too. Bradley is coming in toward the body a lot, ducking down and lunging with his jab. Neither is scoring much in the way of hard shots through two rounds and a minute of the third. Lots of good movement from both, and when you have two guys that know how to use the ring well, even a small ring, you’ll often get lulls in action like this. The pace isn’t bad, but the connect rate is pretty poor on clean, effective punching.

Bradley does land a right, and Witter hits to the body moments later. Thus far, we’re definitely seeing Witter as the more seasoned fighter, but Bradley is holding his own physically. This round looked much like the first two. If Bradley got any of them on anyone’s scorecard, tough to argue.

Bradley 10-9
Witter 29-28

I always thought I wanted to see Witter-Malignaggi or even Witter-Mayweather, just for kicks, but the more I watch this fight the less I’d want to see either of them. A bunch of guys that are extremely difficult to hit. Bradley warned about using his head inside.

The two of them are tying up quite a lot, and Witter is getting pot-shotted now and then, which might win Bradley some rounds. Witter misses a home run right hand, and starts hot dogging. Witter keeps switching stances, but as a southpaw he can’t jab for shit, and right handed that looks like all he can do. Who is really winning this fight?

Bradley 10-9
38-38

Witter with a left to the body. Then there’s a lot more defensive dancing, and here-and-there attempts at flurries by both guys that get turned around or clinched up. Bradley with a nice right. Every Witter charge comes in too deep, it seems, and he lands nothing and they tie up.

Witter comes with a high left hand. Quick jab from Bradley, and Bradley is doing a great job keeping his hand high and picking off attempts at hooks from Witter. I’m liking what Tim Bradley is doing tonight, and I think he’s got the momentum. Witter is spoilering just fine, but that’s all there is.

Bradley 10-9
Bradley 48-47

I am hatting Witter’s style. Too boring. He isn’t going to be able to win over US fans like this. Nice shot bh Bradley!

Bradley tries to work a feint, Witter doesn’t bite. Bradley misses a right, lands a quick left. Right hand from Bradley. Commentary says it’s hard to score rounds for Bradley, but I don’t think it is. They sya he’s landing “nothing,” but he’s landing more clean stuff than Witter is. Witter isn’t doing anything but waiting.

Left hand from Bradley lands on the lunge. “Sloppy” maybe, but they count. Witter walks right into a counter shot, and Witter ties Bradley up, and makes a very clear face that says, “Aw, fuck me. What am I doing?”

HUGE RIGHT HAND BY BRADLEY
WITTER IS DOWN

WOW! Talk about a kamikaze shot!

Witter gets up easily, but he runs from Bradley the few moments left in the round. Good lord was that a shot.

Bradley 10-8
Bradley 58-55

“You got caught with a STUPID SHOT, because you were WAITING.”—Witter’s corner

Bradley comes out stalking, and I mean aggressively. Bradley is all over Witter, chasing him down and mentally strong now that he’s taken momentum for sure. No matter how you have this scored, Bradley is holding the momentum.

Witter slips, and I don’t know that Junior took Bradley as seriously as he should have. But then all of us were saying he should dominate. Then again, we all thought he’d come out harder than this. This was a chance for him to showcase what he can do, and when he really does that, it’s impressive. This has looked like the bad Witter, the guy with great technical ability that doesn’t score much.

Right hand again by Bradley. He’s in Junior’s head. Witter has a cut under his right eye, and this fight is just not going his way. This would be an instant contender for Upset of the Year. Left hand from Witter, beautiful. His best shot of the night. If Junior opens up with combination punching, he can win this fight with relative ease.

Bradley is getting hit coming in with his new aggression, lots of lunging and bull rushes. Witter really only landed the one punch, even though it was the best punch of the round. He spent 2/3 of it trying to get his sea legs back.

Bradley 10-9
Bradley 68-64

Bradley is doing a good job coming in with fury, but he’s warned again for using his head. Witter is just not pushing any action whatsoever. I mean, that’s not generally his style, and I get that and appreciate it, but he’s not doing much counter-punching or anything either. Bradley has neutralized what Witter does well tonight.

Witter with some sneaky shots, a left to the body lands solidly and that’s a score. Witter has to know he needs something special, or at least it couldn’t hurt to have it. Witter badly misses a left hand. Tim Bradley is putting himself in line with Witter and Malignaggi as the super 140-pound slicksters. Witter could be winning plenty of rounds tonight depending on what you like. And I generally like his style. But Tim Bradley has rendered it pretty ineffective and has landed the vast majority of the good punches.

Witter 10-9
Bradley 77-74

Potshots from Witter, and one of those quick straight left hands seems to knock Bradley a little bit off balance. Farhood makes a good case for that B.S. about needing to “really beat” the champion. I hate that as much as he appears to. If you win, you win, and if you lose, you lose. I don’t care who has a trinket.

Two thirds of this round and back to the same thing as we saw early. Sloppy fight, really, and Witter is just doing nothing. I’ve been totally unimpressed with Junior Witter’s performance tonight, and I have no idea what he’s been doing. He’s not boxing with any purpose. Bradley is. This is Bradley’s shot.

Bradley 10-9
Bradley 87-83

Witter looks both like a desperate man and a man that just doesn’t know what to do. I don’t think Bradley has solved Junior Witter, really; but I do think he’s solved Witter more than Witter has solved him.

Hard shot from Bradley, and Witter gets on his bike. There’s a low blow, referee missed that one. Another one—both from Witter, and this time he’s warned. Bradley is pressuring, and Witter is just trying to hang on. Farhood thinks Witter looks old, with nothing on his punches. I have to agree. It’d be too bad if Junior Witter’s prime was highlighted with a win over Vivian Harris, but that’s how it is.

Right hand lands from Bradley. He’s doing a hell of a great job tonight. Witter is defeated, looks tired, and like he’s just not in this fight. Big right grazes Witter’s chin. Left hook to the body from Bradley. He’s now pounding on Witter.

Bradley 10-9
Bradley 97-92

Tim Bradley is in firm control.

If anyone has Witter winning the fight at this point, I think they’re crazy. They might have it closer, because the first five rounds were all tough to score, but this is Tim Bradley’s night. This is the first time Bradley has ever been in an 11th round.

Witter is starting to look at the referee for help. Witter is just not landing anything. Bradley is walking in on him, forcing Witter to tie up or get hurt. Witter now smells a little blood, and Bradley hits him with a grazing overhand right again. I can’t explain Witter tonight. Maybe he’s old. Maybe he’s just not there tonight.

Witter has a cut outside of his left eye. Another right from Bradley. He caught him before Witter could get off with a loaded up shot. Another Tim Bradley round.

Bradley 10-9
Bradley 107-101

If you ask me, Witter needs a knockout. But we’re in a hometown situation, so you just never know. And the first five WERE legitimately very tight. Farhood has it 106-102 for Bradley right now.

Bradley wants a big right hand, but Witter is making him miss that, at least. If Witter loses this fight, and he should, then we’re talking about a guy who’s going to be stuck in no man’s land. With a title, people have to fight him. Without one, they can say, “Thanks, but no thanks.” Being a good fighter doesn’t always get you fights. Ask Winky Wright.

A minute to go in the round and I’m shocked by how passive Witter has been this round. Even when they exchange, Bradley is still winning. If Witter wins this fight by decision, it’s highway robbery. Bradley has beaten him up and down the block.

Ten seconds to go, and Bradley should be your new WBC junior welterweight champion. Goodnight, Junior.

Bradley 10-9
Bradley 117-110

Boos are out for Witter, who raises his arms and and all that jive.

Before the cards come in, Witter puts Bradley in a sleeperhold during photo ops. I think he knows he lost.

Split decision, oh God

115-112 for Witter
115-113 for Bradley
114-113 for Bradley

Thank God, TIMOTHY BRADLEY IS YOUR NEW WBC JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION

He won that fight. The first card is a joke.