Ajose gunning for Witter

Olusegun: wants Witter

I am number six with the WBC now and the first five don't want to fight him. But I am ready to fight him. The fans want the fight, TV wants the fight, there is only one person who doesn't want the fight - Junior Witter.

Ajose Olusegun
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Ajose Olusegun started banging the drum for a fight with Junior Witter after handing Alex Spitko a beating.

The Nigerian southpaw believes he should be given a crack at the WBC light-welterweight boss after stretching his unbeaten record to 23-0 in a short-lived rematch.

Olusegun was always a class above the Latvian, who was left bleeding badly after a clash of heads just 30 seconds in at the York Hall.

It stunned Spitko and was followed by 12 unanswered punches from a man looking to get back on title track following a muted display against Nigel Wright in February.

And Olusegun was in no mood to use the six-rounder as a workout, catching Spitko twice with two uppercuts before the first bell and beginning the second by teeing off at will.

A blooded Spitko somehow made it through the session, but was offering little return and with 60 seconds of round three gone, referee Ian John Lewis put him out of his misery after a sharp left and a straight right landed in quick succession.

There were no complaints from his corner as Olusegun milked the applause before turning his attentions to mich bigger and better fighters.

Patient

"The guy was tough and he kept coming, he kept taking it and it meant I had to be patient to get the victory. But thank God I did," he told Sky Sports.

"Now I'm looking for the big boys - Junior Witter I'm getting close, so you can't run now! I am number six with the WBC now and the first five don't want to fight him. But I am ready to fight him.

"The fans want the fight, TV wants the fight, there is only one person who doesn't want the fight - Junior Witter."

Olusegun's promoter Frank Maloney claims the Witter fight is "only a phone call away" and suggested that Ricky Hatton - who he is now co-promoting - might even face the winner.

In the main undercard fight of the night, John McDermott was crowned English heavyweight champion, stopping Pele Reid in two rounds.

McDermott had lost his previous title challenge to Matt Skelton, bit came good with a sharp peformance, catching the wild Reid with an uppercut in the first and then halfway through the second, slipped another loose shot before countering with a big left.

A ferocious barrage of alternate lefts and rights stunned Reid and seizing his chance, McDermott landed with something like 20 unanswered punches - including another jolting uppercut - led the ref to step in.