Witter going to do it for Yorkshire by British Boxing May 6th 2008

Junior Witter is out to restore some pride into Yorkshire boxing when he defends his WBC light-welterweight title against American Timothy Bradley at the Trent FM Arena Nottingham on Saturday, live on ITV1 and a delayed ShoBox special in the US.   Witter - a true Yorkshire nomad (from Bradford, trains in Sheffield, based in Doncaster) makes the third defence of his prestigious world title on a Hennessy Sports in association with GoldenPalace.com show. After seeing his fellow Yorkshire man Clinton Woods lose his IBF light-heavyweight title on points to Antonio Tarver in April.   ‘The Hitter' is promising to produce his best and denies Bradley's claim he has taken him lightly. He said: "This is a chance for me to pick up Yorkshire boxing after Clinton's loss. It was disappointing because I really wanted him to win, but Clinton was well beat.   "The big lights seemed to get to him but I bet if the fight was in Sheffield Clinton could have beat Tarver.   "It's up to me now to make sure I keep my world title because there are not that many world champions left in Britain now.   "I've not taken Bradley lightly and have had a long training camp for this one, so expect to see the best from me." Junior Witter (Sheffield) vs Timothy Bradley (USA) 12 x 3 – WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World * Carl Froch (Nottingham, England) vs Rubin Williams (Michigan, USA) 12 x 3 –Super Middleweight International Contest * John Murray (Manchester) vs John Fewkes (Sheffield) 10 x 3 English Lightweight Championship * Adnan Amar (Nottingham) vs Mark Lloyd (Telford) 10 x 3 English Welterweight Championship * Paul David (Sheffield) vs Tyrone Wright (Nottingham) 10 x 3 Midlands Area Light Heavyweight Championship * John O'Donnell (Shepherd's Bush) vs TBA 6 x 3 Welterweight * Nadeem Siddique (Bradford) vs Dessi Higginson (TBA) 6 x 3 Light Welterweight * Nathan McIntosh (Nottingham) vs Martin Gordon (Dudley) 4 x 3 Light Welterweight * Dave Ryan (Derby )  vs TBA 4 x 3 Light Welterweight * Jack Perry (Derby) vs Tom Glover (Maldon) 4 x 3 Light Welterweight * Keiron Gray (Telford) vs Lee Duncan (Sheffield) 4 x 3 Middleweight   Tickets can be purchased from Trent FM Arena Nottingham 24hr Ticket Hotline on 08444 124 624 or via www.nottingham-arena.com

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