California Kid Timothy Bradley Upsets Witter

Timothy Bradley has never travelled across an ocean to fight. He hasn't even left the great state of California for one his bouts. And he has never been in the 12th round of any fight, let alone a major title fight.  Yet in his first significant fight on any scale, he managed to do all three of these things - and win.

After 5 rounds of messy (and fairly boring) boxing, Junior The Quitter (or Shitter; whichever you prefer) Witter seemed to have a stronghold on points for the mere fact that he looked like the better of the two sloppy fighters.  In the following round Timothy Bradley landed  an over hand right dropping Witter and changing the landscape of the fight from there on out.   

Bradley pressed Witter for the next eight rounds, while Junior continued using his very awkward tactics of switching from south paw to orthodox every 10 seconds (reminding me of a 15 yr. old amateur with very little training).  When the final bell rang it was clear to everyone at ringside, even the English contingent, that no one could give the victory to Witter.  

Clear to everyone accept on judge who had Witter ahead in the score card 115- 112.  We normally expect this when a English champion is defending his title in is home country, but I find it very hard to agree with the decision.  The other two judges saw the bout the same as the majority and although not overly impressive, Timothy Bradley got the win and the WBC light welterweight title that he deserved.

Before this fight Junior Witter loudly proclaimed he was the best junior middleweight in the world (better than both Hatton or Malignaggi) and that Ricky Hatton was ducking him.  Good thing he was overmatched by Bradley, the fairly unknown #1 mandatory challenger,  so we didn't have to see The Hitman waste a fight whipping this chump around the ring.