Junior Witter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Junior Witter
Occupation	Boxer
Date Of Birth	Mar 10, 1974(1974-03-10)
Age	50
Birthplace	Bradford
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Junior Witter Biography

Junior Witter is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on March 10, 1974 in Bradford, England, United Kingdom. Junior Witter (born 10 March 1974) is a British professional boxer who fought between 1997 and the year 2015. He was the holder of the WBC light world title from 2006 to 2008 and was a challenger to win the IBF light world title in 2000. At the regional level he was titles including the British as well as the Commonwealth light worlderweight title from 2002 until 2005 as well as his EBU European Union lightweight weight title in 2003; as well as in 2003, the EBU European light worlderweight title from 2004 until 2005, and also the British Welterweight title in 2012.

After the Bradley loss, Witter returned to the ring on the 8th of November 2008, and scored a 3rd-round beating against Argentinian Victor Hugo Castro. Witter knocked down his opponent in the second round but was unable to finish the fight due to the bell ending the fight in the next round. Witter was then offered the opportunity to defend his former WBC title after the month of May, 2009 Timothy Bradley was stripped of the belt after he decided not to face his mandatory opponent Devon Alexander. This gave Witter an opportunity to face Alexander to win the vacant belt. The fight was held in California 1 August 2009, with Alexander being far too tough to the previous champion Witter taking a knee injuries in round 4 and being forced to withdraw after round eight. Because of the injury, Witter would not return to the ring until the 19th of February, one year and a half after losing to Alexander. The second fight, this time located in Ontario, Canada, resulted in another defeat for Witter after he was defeated in a bout of the course of 10 rounds Romanian boxer Victor Puiu for the WBC International silver title in the welterweight division. On the 7th of June, 2011, Witter took part in the welterweight portion of the Prizefighter event in the York Hall in London and defeated Nathan Graham and Kevin McIntyre in the final. At the end, Witter fell short of a majority points win in favor of Moroccan Born fighter Yassine El Maachi, who won the tournament’s top prize amount of PS32,000.

Witter’s first fight as a professional took place in January 1997 and scored a draw over Cameron Raeside at the Green Bank Leisure Centre in Derbyshire. He scored his first win as a professional in his next fight, travelling to Yarm to beat John Green over six rounds. Five more fights happened in 1997 (all wins) for Witter to end the year with a record of 6-0-1. Witter’s next year as a professional started in the same way as his first; a draw over Mark Grundy! Despite this he fought four more times during the year meaning that at the end of only his second year as a pro he had compiled of record of 12-0-2 scoring decent wins along the way over the likes of Jan Piet Bergman (35-1) and Mark Winters (13-1). The beginning of 1999 begun with a two-round win over Malcolm Melvin.

On 16 November 2013 Witter faced an Albanian upcoming boxer Timo Schwarzkopf. He lost by majority decision

In February of 2005, Witter travelled to Los Angeles to take part in an WBC Leicht Welterweight eliminator against the Australian-based Lovemore N’dou. The match, which doubled as a second defence of the Commonwealth title was concluded with an 11-round points decision victory for the man who hails from Bradford. In July of that year, Witter was back at Nottingham’s Ice Arena in Nottingham to beat Ukrainian Andriy Kotelnik. It was a close-fought battle that was also a defense of his European title. Witter concluded the year by winning over another fellow Brit Colin Lynes in a fight that put the winner’s British, Commonwealth and European titles on the line simultaneously. The fight, which took place on York Hall in London, York Hall in London, was a second victory on points in 12 rounds Witter.

Junior Witter Net Worth

Junior Witter is one of the richest Boxer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Junior Witter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Witter’s response to his initial loss was to take the usual route in order to take another shot at the World belt. Witter continued to fight six times following the Judah defeat , beating some of the top names in the sport like Steve Conway (TKO 4) and Colin Mayisela (TKO 2) prior to, in March 2002, he faced Alan Bosworth for the vacant British light welterweight title, claiming the belt by stopping at the end of the third. His next match saw him clinch his vacant Commonwealth title after a victory by beating Ghanain Laatekwei Hammond. Two other combats that he took part in during the year 2002 helped him knock out Lucky Sambo in a non-title fight, and Italian Giuseppe Lauri in an eliminator to win the WBO light Welterweight title.

Two fights only during 2003 allowed the two-time champion to complete his record when, in April of 2003, he defeated Belgian Jurgen Haeck to claim victory in the European Union title. The first time he defended his Commonwealth title was held during September in the MEN Arena in Manchester with an impressive win in the second round, which saw him defeat Kenyan Fred Kinuthia. Witter eventually fought in the final round for his European championship in the month of June of 2004 defeating Italian Salvatore Battaglia at the Ice Arena in Nottingham. The year came to an end for Witter by making his first defense of his European title on the Conference Center in Wembley beating Polish fighter Krzyztof Bienias.

September 2006 finally saw Witter win a world title when he challenged American Demarcus Corley for the vacant WBC light welterweight belt at the Alexandra Palace in Wood Green. Eighteen fights and eighteen wins since losing to Zab Judah in 2000 Witter had finally achieved the pinnacle of his career so far. Two defences of the title followed in 2007 with wins over Mexican Arturo Morua (TKO 9) and Guyanan Vivian Harris (KO 7) before on 10 May 2008, losing the belt to mandatory challenger Timothy Bradley via split decision. Following his loss to Bradley, Witter declared he would continue fighting at a professional level and vowed to return to the ring to reclaim his WBC crown. Bradley commented that he would be happy to offer Witter a rematch if the money was right.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Junior Witter Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Junior Ranked on the list of most popular Boxer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Junior Witter celebrates birthday on March 10 of every year.

Where is Junior Witter now?

Now 46, Witter is a coach, and has been running Witter’s Boxing Club in Rotherham for the last two years, where he trains two local pro fighters. Dom Hunt from Wakefield has enjoyed an unbeaten start to his career in the paid ranks while Matthew Hunter, from Sheffield, won his debut fight at the beginning of March.

How old is Junior Witter?

48 years (March 10, 1974)