Junior Witter is out to restore some pride into Yorkshire boxing when he defends his WBC light-welterweight title against American Timothy Bradley at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, 10th May live on ITV1 and a delayed ShoBox special in the US..
Witter (Bradford, England) makes the third defence of his prestigious world title on a Hennessy Sports in association with GoldenPalace.com show. After seeing his fellow Yorkshire man Clinton Woods lose his IBF light-heavyweight title on points to Antonio Tarver in April.
‘The Hitter’ is promising to produce his best and denies Bradley’s claim he has taken him lightly.
He said: “This is a chance for me to pick up Yorkshire boxing after Clinton’s loss. It was disappointing because I really wanted him to win, but Clinton was well beat.
“The big lights seemed to get to him but I bet if the fight was in Sheffield Clinton could have beat Tarver.
“It’s up to me now to make sure I keep my world title because there are not that many world champions left in Britain now.
“I’ve not taken Bradley lightly and have had a long training camp for this one, so expect to see the best from me.”
Junior Witter (Sheffield) vs Timothy Bradley (USA)
12 x 3 – WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World
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Carl Froch (Nottingham, England) vs Rubin Williams (Michigan, USA)
12 x 3 –Super Middleweight International Contest
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John Murray (Manchester) vs John Fewkes (Sheffield)
10 x 3 English Lightweight Championship
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Adnan Amar (Nottingham) vs Mark Lloyd (Telford)
10 x 3 English Welterweight Championship
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Paul David (Sheffield) vs Tyrone Wright (Nottingham)
10 x 3 Midlands Area Light Heavyweight Championship
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John O’Donnell (Shepherd’s Bush) vs TBA
6 x 3 Welterweight
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Nadeem Siddique (Bradford) vs Dessi Higginson (TBA)
6 x 3 Light Welterweight
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Nathan McIntosh (Nottingham) vs Martin Gordon (Dudley)
4 x 3 Light Welterweight
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Dave Ryan (Derby ) vs TBA
4 x 3 Light Welterweight
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Jack Perry (Derby) vs Tom Glover (Maldon)
4 x 3 Light Welterweight
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Keiron Gray (Telford) vs Lee Duncan (Sheffield)
4 x 3 Middleweight
Tickets can be purchased from Trent FM Arena Nottingham 24hr Ticket Hotline on 08444 124 624
or via www.nottingham-arena.com