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Promoter Gary Shaw Denies Tim Bradley's Potential Exodus

Gary Shaw has one more fight remaining on his official contract with WBO and WBC champion Tim Bradley, and the promoter told FanHouse that he believes their relationship will continue beyond that, in contrast to reports and sources that Bradley will likely opt for free agent status. The 27-year-old Bradley (27-0, 11...

Devon Alexander Nurses Post-Tim Bradley Wounds, Ponders Future

PONTIAC, Mich. -- Sitting before a mass of reporters in the bowels of the Pontiac Silverdome on Saturday night, southpaw Devon Alexander wore the wounds of a beaten man. Covering Alexander's badly-ripped open right eyelid was a bandage that concealed four stitches, and there was a smaller one over the lower, left...

Does Pacquiao-Mosley on Showtime 'Upset' Top Boxing Network HBO?

DETROIT -- The departure of the mega bout featuring eight-division titlist and WBC junior middleweight (154 pounds) king Manny Pacquiao from HBO to CBS-Showtime pay per view for a May 7 defense of his WBO welterweight (147 pounds) belt against three-division, five-time titlist Shane Mosley "is not going to upset our...

Devon Alexander: Tim Bradley's 'A Roadblock' to Mega Stardom

Already nicknamed, "The Great," southpaw WBC junior welterweight (140 pounds) king, Devon Alexander, of St. Louis, Mo., once told FanHouse that WBO belt-holder, Tim Bradley, was "a road block to my becoming a mega star." The youngest of the three titlists in boxing's deepest and most talented weight class, one which...

Tim Bradley, WBC Bury Hatchet Before Devon Alexander Fight

WBC secretary general, Mauricio Sulaiman, told FanHouse that a long-running feud with WBO belt-holder Tim Bradley has been resolved, this, allowing Bradley to not only make the fourth defense of his title against southpaw WBC king Devon Alexander in an HBO televised, Jan. 29 junior welterweight (140 pounds) clash, but...

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05/14/12 World title on Witter's radar Source: Telegraph & Argus - Bradford - West Yorkshire - UK Junior Witter is chasing flamboyant American Paulie Malignaggi's world title after hinting he will box on into his 40s.
05/14/12 Witter proves you are never too old Source: Telegraph & Argus - Bradford - West Yorkshire - UK Boxing's last-chance saloon has lost a customer for now.
05/13/12 Witter claims title Source: Sky Sports News Junior Witter claimed the British welterweight title with a unanimous points decision over Colin Lynes at the Hillsborough Leisure Centre on Saturday.
05/11/12 Lynes drawn for Witter Source: Sky Sports News Junior Witter is aiming to make up for lost time when he steps into the ring for a "must-win" fight against Colin Lynes on Saturday night.
05/11/12 South Yorkshire local derby will put the smile back... Source: The Star - Sheffield - South Yorkshire - UK SOUTH YORKSHIRE will this weekend show the rest of the country a thing or two when it comes to boxing.

Background on junior witter

Junior Witter (born 10 March 1974) is a professional boxer from Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He is the current British Welterweight Champion and former WBC, European, British, and Commonwealth light welterweight champion.

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