Kelson Pinto Hits Town

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 31 Mar 2004, 12:49

Bloody hell, where has this come from, is this an official source? Just about to write a newflash for maxboxing and wallop, now this.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 31 Mar 2004, 12:52

A reliable guy on another forum has a mate over at camp Hatton. He confirmed the Pinto Jr birth and it seems press conf is now on for tomorrow.

Not official of course, but it's looking a helluva lot more promising than it was a 1/2 hour ago!

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 31 Mar 2004, 12:53

jamesmcdonnell wrote:Bloody hell, where has this come from, is this an official source? Just about to write a newflash for maxboxing and wallop, now this.

The twists and turns of a story, eh, James!

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 31 Mar 2004, 12:56

MightyWarrior wrote:
bennie wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:Told you not to worry folks, he'll be here tomorrow
Press conference tomorrow, 4pm.
All is well with the world again

Guess your BN preview can run now bennie - what's your pick??

Hatton, mate. The one time Pinto stepped up (against a fading Augustus) he couldn't budge him.

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 31 Mar 2004, 13:10

Hatton TKO9. This fight has come too soon for Pinto, and he's going to pay the price. Beating Burton, and beating Hatton are two very different propositions.. Burton is easy to hit, slow and is a very tough but ultimately limited fighter who has lost against every top flight operator he's faced.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 31 Mar 2004, 13:21

Yes I've gone for Hatton TKO8.
But I've got a bet down on an early win for Pinto too.
The jet lag will affect him, but probably not till mid rounds, where I think his chances are slim anyway, considering the body attack Hatton will be laying on him.

If he comes out sharp in the first few rounds there might be a few shocks.
Maybe Burton, for all his faults, has a better chin than Hatton?

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 31 Mar 2004, 13:39

Quite possibly, but he gets hit a lot more often too, Hatton doesn't really allow himself to get hit that much...against Tackie and Phillips he really took very few shots, against Rios he just barged in there and bullied him, and I actually think he did very well to stop him too.