Junior Witter

Twinkle Toes · Post by **Twinkle Toes** » 13 Mar 2004, 19:28

What did you guys make of his BBC appearance last night?

Has he actually split with allegedly now or was last night just part of the forthcoming promotion featuring him?

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 13 Mar 2004, 19:30

Niely at one point referred to Witter as Froch's stablemate. I wasn't sure oif it was just a typical Niely error, or if Witter had been signed by Hennessey. Personally i think he was probably there to support Rhodes and Hague who are both trained by Brendan Ingle.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 13 Mar 2004, 19:39

Well, he was sitting amid all the Hennessy fighters at ringside (Dave Walker and co.), so it does look like he's one of the camp. The writing was on the wall when Junior failed to get his fight with Hatton, then pulled out of the Pinto fight at late notice with a hand injury. His fight with Pinto was scheduled for December 13 in Manchester (on the Hatton-Tackie bill). On December 11, he was strolling around the York Hall at a Hennessy promotion with no sign of an injured hand (according to Boxing News).

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 13 Mar 2004, 20:36

So what anyway?

If allegedly is setting up his fighters (as was the case with the Witter-Pinto fight) then that's what he gets.

I'm glad Witter pulled out, at first, I was on the tip that he was running scared, but I've thought about it, and it was the best move for Junior.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 15 Mar 2004, 09:55

Warren was probably only using Witter as a test stick to see how good Pinto was for Hatton anyway, he must know how good or overrated Pinto is by now as he has carefully hand picked his foes for Ricky thus far.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 15 Mar 2004, 10:55

Incidentally, when Witter pulled out, Warren said in BN: "Pinto isn't the great fighter everyone says he is."
Then came the announcement of Hatton-Pinto fight and Pinto is now the next coming of Thomas Hearns.

stujones · Post by **stujones** » 15 Mar 2004, 10:58

bennie wrote:Incidentally, when Witter pulled out, Warren said in BN: "Pinto isn't the great fighter everyone says he is."
Then came the announcement of Hatton-Pinto fight and Pinto is now the next coming of Thomas Hearns.

Very interesting post.

Southpaw Stylist · Post by **Southpaw Stylist** » 15 Mar 2004, 11:11

Yep, it shows the hypocrisy of allegedly.

steve689 · Post by **steve689** » 15 Mar 2004, 19:40

Yes it is a good point indeed, i have said all along that i believe Warren knows something about Pinto that we don't, come fight night if Pinto sparks Hatton early then Frank really will have egg on his face. As much as i like Hatton i just know Warren will not send him in with a genuinely dangerous puncher if he isn't flawed somehow...look at his big fights so far all of his opponents had flaws...Phillips was too old, Tackie was one dimensional, Magee had lazy patches and didn't press the fight for 12 rounds, Pendleton was past it, Krivalopav was a durable punchbag etc etc

adamiw · Post by **adamiw** » 15 Mar 2004, 19:41

There is alot of body for Ricky to aim for,. Maybe Warren knows that Pinto has a weakness there or something.

bigynzing · Post by **bigynzing** » 15 Mar 2004, 20:00

steve689 wrote:Yes it is a good point indeed, i have said all along that i believe Warren knows something about Pinto that we don't, come fight night if Pinto sparks Hatton early then Frank really will have egg on his face. As much as i like Hatton i just know Warren will not send him in with a genuinely dangerous puncher if he isn't flawed somehow...look at his big fights so far all of his opponents had flaws...Phillips was too old, Tackie was one dimensional, Magee had lazy patches and didn't press the fight for 12 rounds, Pendleton was past it, Krivalopav was a durable punchbag etc etc

In all fairness Steve you could say that about any fighters, for example.........Judah..no chin, Tsyzu..flatfooted, Mitchell..no Heart, Cotto.....er...........er.............er.....er....lightweights..yes that`ll do..lightweights...

I think the biggest clue is in the record of Pinto...he`s fought no-one

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 15 Mar 2004, 20:23

Southpaw Stylist wrote:Yep, it shows the hypocrisy of allegedly.

Yeah but what do you mean by that post Southpaw? First off you hint that Warren is setting up Witter as a fall guy against Pinto, then you imply that Pinto isn't that good after all, which is the reason FW is matching him with Hatton - c'mon mate, is Pinto any good or isn't he?!?!