Jose wants Witter fight

Sheffield camp sceptical over Castillo bout

By Joe Drabble   Last updated: 8th January 2008

Jose wants Witter fight

Witter: Chance to improve American reputation

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Junior Witter has a perfect chance to enhance his reputation in America after being offered a fight against Mexican Jose Luis Castillo.

The Sheffield fighter was contacted by a US promoter to say Castillo, who lost in four rounds to Ricky Hatton last June, wanted a match.

WBC champion Witter badly wants US TV exposure, however his advisers may be against a bout with the former world champ.

Trainer Dominic Ingle told the Sheffield Star: "If Junior was to go over and beat him easily - which he is capable of doing - people will just say Castillo is washed up and was when Hatton beat him."

The Sheffield camp were hoping to get their light welterweight star back in action around April.

Retire?

Witter's last fight saw him successfully defend his crown for the second time after stopping Vivian Harris at Doncaster last September.

Ingle also believes that Sheffield-based light heavyweight central area champion, Amir Khan, is set to retire.