Nothing dull about the August 1, Saturday Showtime Special from far out California territory - the good news on paper a twin bill of 140 pound action.

Junior (The Hitter) Witter in with Devon Alexander (the Great)  for the WBC jr. welter strap, followed by Timothy "Desert Storm"� Bradley facing former lightweight champion Nate "Galaxxy Warrior" Campbell for the WBO bauble.

Curtain opens with Witter having the edge when switching from starboard to  portside - results in a temporary pause in the younger southpaw Alexander expected modus operandi.

The veteran Englishman from Yorkshire, UK helped make it interesting with the switch-hitting, coupled with sneak lead right hands when working in orthodox fashion - but the Alexander constant pressure would eventually slow Witter to a proverbial walk.

The kid (age 22) from St. Louis, MO  wobbles Witter during stanza four with a straight left hand - continues in command over round five before Witter can claim numero six - but the handwriting on the wall hinted the former European champ had lost interest.

Alexander the fresher of the two grabs number seven and eight  - and following a  corner visit between eight and nine, with veteran house hack Dr. Lou Moret threatening a near beaten Witter with a ludicrous point deduction, The "Hitter" Witter opted to call it a night.

The cop out plea from Witter, a wounded left elbow - enters books as Alexander via KO8. 

Post Scripts: Devon (the Great) Alexander (19-0, 12 KO) ~ age 22 - quick and busy southpaw. Loads of confidence and physically strong. Circle the name, worth the peek.
                    Junior (The Hitter) Witter (37-3-2, 22 KO) ~ age 35 - first peek and easy to see what made him tough opponent when at prime time - very elusive with unorthodox actions - not big puncher but quick reaction time when  squeezing the trigger. But today is yesterday news. Was flat out of ammo with four candles to go in a losing effort.

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Bradley-Campbell followed in duel for the WBO crown - regardless of the end result with Campbell victim of "inadvertent" head butt during stanza three - it was the poor judgment of third hack in charge of the action David Mendez converting a correct "no contest" call into a Bradley TKO3 win. 

Matters not that Bradley was the busier of the two in grabbing the opening two  stanzas - until the nasty left orbit injury it appeared Campbell was looking to slow the pace while waiting for the opportunity to catch Bradley napping. 

We'll never know if this one would have become a Bradley rout - or a more competitive second half barn burner - the unfortunate "meeting of the minds"� resulted in Campbell opting to sit out the rest of the story claiming his vision was impaired by the blood flow from the cut over the damaged orbit. 

The injury became the center of attraction - nobody could deny it was result of the from the Bradley head butting - that is, other than referee Mendez - his initial response was it was from a punch that he saw - problem is the camera eye gave all TV viewers the head butt finding the target. 

The Bradley follow up flurry was more an out for Mendez than the cause of the bleeding - Mendez, in defense, after seeing the replay said both fighters were guilty of billy goat butting - and insisted a punch to the eye was the cause. 

Campbell repeatedly argued his case - said the call was wrong and his complaint is in having a TKO on the record - when it should have been a no decision. 

The ongoing debate among both camps, left with the call holding up although Campbell has the option to appeal to the California commission. 

In ring post- fight interviewer Jim Gray with Bradley promoter Shaw, asked if he would give Campbell a return fight - the responses repeatedly went "Yes, if the money is right."�