Junior Witter | |
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Born | Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | 10 March 1974
Nationality | British |
Other names | The Hitter |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) |
Reach | 67 in (170 cm) |
Stance | Orthodox Southpaw |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 53 |
Wins | 43 |
Wins by KO | 23 |
Losses | 8 |
Draws | 2 |
Junior Witter (born 10 March 1974) is a British former world champion professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2015. He held the 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 and Commonwealth light welterweight title from 2002 to 2005; the 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.