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Junior Witter lost to Devon Alexander (19-0-0, 12 KOs) by 8th round RTD at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage, California on Saturday, August 1, 2009 on the Timothy Bradley vs Nate Campbell card. Witter's corner threw in the towel during the break between the 8th and 9th round. After the bout Witter said he had suffered an injury to his left hand and could not go on. Devon Alexander took home the vacant WBC light welterweight title in addition to his victory. It was the first boxing event at the casino and was televised live on Showtime.
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Junior "The Hitter" Witter
Junior Witter, a switch-hitter from Bradford, England is currently the WBC world light welterweight champion, Commonwealth (British Empire) light welterweight champion and former BBBofC British and European (EBU) light welterweight champion. Witter's only professional loss has been to Zab Judah in 2000.
In 2005 on his US debut fighting on the undercard of Bernard Hopkins vs Howard Eastman, Witter had an impressive win over Lovemore N'dou. He became the first to ever floor N'dou who was down in rounds three and four.
On Friday, September 7, 2007 at Doncaster in the UK, Witter stopped former champion Vivian Harris by KO at 1:00 in the 7th round retaining his WBC junior welterweight belt. Witter ended the fight with a perfect left hook to the head of Harris which sent Vivian straight to the canvas.
Witter's victory over Harris was his 2nd successful WBC junior welterweight title defense after capturing the vacant title (Floyd Mayweather Jr had relinquished it to move up to welterweight) on September 15, 2006 in London, England by 12-round UD against American DeMarcus Corley.
On Friday, November 8, 2008 at York Hall in London Witter beat Argentine Victor Hugo Castro (29-5-0, 12 KOs) by 3rd KO. It was Witter's first fight since he lost his WBC light welterweight title in an upset to Califorian Timothy Bradley (21-0-0, 11 KOs) by a 12-round split decision on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at Nottingham Arena in the UK. In that bout the scores were 115-112, 113-114 and 113-115. An over hand right by Bradley sent Witter crashing to the canvas in round 6. It was one of 34 year old Witter's worst performances since losing to Zab Judah in 2000.
