By Scott Gilfoid: Tony Bellew and promoter Frank Warren verbally jousted on Monday on the subject of whether a $50 million contract was sent by WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder’s management to Anthony Joshua for a unification fight.
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Warren thinks Joshua making mistake fighting Povetkin
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren thinks Anthony Joshua is potentially making a huge mistake in choosing to face Russian Alexander Povetkin instead of facing WBC heavyweight champion Deontay ‘Bronze Bomber’ Wilder in a unification fight. Warren sees the Povetkin bout being a risky one for Joshua that could go badly for him. If Joshua loses to Povetkin, then the Wilder fight won’t be as big as it would have been.
Frank Warren slams Hearn for making Dillian Whyte vs. Joseph Parker on PPV
By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Frank Warren doesn’t think too much of Eddie Hearn deciding on putting the heavyweight clash between Dillian Whyte and Joseph Parker on July 28 on pay-per-view, as he personally doesn’t view the fight as being PPV worthy. Whyte (23-1, 17 KOs) will be facing former World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Joseph Parker (24-1, 18 KOs) on Sky Box Office on the 28th of July at the O2 Arena in London, England.
Frank Warren partners with the BBC for exclusive radio rights of Tyson Fury’s comeback fight
Frank Warren has partnered with the BBC for exclusive radio rights to Tyson Fury’s highly-anticpated comeback fight against Sefer Seferi at the Manchester Arena on June 9.
Former WBA, WBO and IBF Heavyweight World Champion Fury will end an exile of over two-and-a-half years when he fights at the Manchester Arena for the first time in his career.
Warren says WBO have ordered Jaime Munguia vs. Liam Smith fight
By Trevor McIntyre: Promoter Frank Warren says he just received the notification that the World Boxing Organization has ordered WBO junior middleweight champion Jaime Munguia (29-0, 25 KOs) to defend against #1 WBO mandatory challenger Liam ‘Beefy’ Smith (26-1-1, 14 KOs) next. Warren says he expects the Munguia vs. Smith fight will take place in August or September.
Hearn says he’s going to build the largest stable in boxing
By Scott Gilfoid: British promoter Eddie Hearn says he’s planning on building the largest promotional stable in the history of boxing before he’s through. Hearn, who runs Matchroom Boxing, brags that he’s got the No.1 stable in the UK, and now he plans on expanding to the U.S to become the biggest stable over there as well.
Warren wants GGG to fight Saunders in June
By Allan Fox: Promoter Frank Warren wants Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin to cancel his May 5th fight date and wait instead until early June to face his fighter WBO middleweight champion Billy Joe Saunders in a unification fight.
Warren offering Eubank Jr. two comeback fights: Tommy Langford and Mark Heffron
By Marcus Richardson: British promoter Frank Warren says he’d like to setup a comeback fight for former IBO super middleweight champion Chris Eubank Jr. and Tommy Langford and Mark Heffron. Warren figures that both of those guys would beat the 28-year-old Eubank Jr. (26-2, 20 KOs), who is coming off of a one-sided 12 round unanimous decision loss to WBA Super World super middleweight champion George Groves (28-3, 20 KOs) last Saturday night in the semifinals of the World Boxing Super Series tournament at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England.
Warren wants George Groves vs. Billy Joe Saunders fight
By Tim Royner: Billy Joe Saunders and his promoter Frank Warren are interested in putting together a fight against WBA Super World super middleweight champion George Groves if he’s unable to fight in the finals of the World Boxing Super Series tournament on June 2.