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'''Junior Witter''' (born 10 March 1974) is a British former world champion [[professional boxer]] who competed from 1997 to 2015. He held the [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] [[light welterweight]] world title from 2006 to 2008 and challenged once for the [[IBF]] light welterweight title in 2000. At regional level, he held the [[British Boxing Board of Control|British]] and Commonwealth light welterweight title from 2002 to 2005; the [[European Boxing Union|EBU]] European Union light welterweight title in 2003; and the EBU European light welterweight title from 2004 to 2005; and the British [[welterweight]] title in 2012. Witter is Bradford's first World Boxing Champion.

Following the Bradley defeat Witter returned to the ring on 8 November 2008 and scored a third-round knockout of Argentinian [[Victor Hugo Castro]]. He knocked his opponent down in the second but was unable to finish it due to the bell instead finishing the fight early in the following round. Witter was then given the chance to fight for his old [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] title when in May 2009, [[Timothy Bradley]] was stripped of the belt for choosing not to fight his mandatory challenger [[Devon Alexander]].<ref>[httphttps://sportswww.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4108299 ESPN | Bradley stripped of WBC title]</ref> This handed Witter an opportunity to fight Alexander for the now vacant belt. The contest took place in [[California]] on 1 August 2009 with Alexander proving too strong for the former champion with Witter, claiming an elbow injury in round four, having to retire at the end of round eight.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/8174122.stm BBC Sport | Witter loses to classy Alexander]</ref> The injury meant that Witter did not fight again til 19 February 2011, a year and a half since the loss to Alexander.<ref>[http://www.boxingnews24.com/2011/01/hennessy-sports-ready-for-two-pronged-attack-on-february-19th/ Boxingnews24 | Junior witter vs. Victor Puiu]</ref> The fight, this time in Ontario, Canada, resulted in another loss for Witter as he was beaten over 10 rounds by [[Romania]]n boxer [[Victor Puiu]] for the WBC International silver welterweight title.<ref>[http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=26968&more=1 Eastsideboxing | Have we seen the last of Junior Witter?]</ref> On 7 June 2011, Witter entered the welterweight version of the [[Prizefighter series|Prizefighter]] tournament at the York Hall in London and defeated Nathan Graham and [[Kevin McIntyre (boxer)|Kevin McIntyre]] on the way to the final. In the final, Witter lost a majority points decision to Moroccan born fighter [[Yassine El maachi]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Norman |first1=Adam |title=Witter stunned by El Maachi |url=https://www.skysports.com/boxing/news/12183/6970077/witter-stunned-by-el-maachi |website=Sky Sports |accessdate=17 November 2020 |date=23 October 2012}}</ref>

Witter studiedtrained at Carltonthe BollingBradford College,Police aBoys highamateur schoolboxing locatedclub in Girlington, Bradford, Westunder Mr Allan (Pop YorkshireAllan).

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