Frank Warren on DeGale, Mayweather-Khan, Tyson, More
By Frank Warren
JAMES DeGALE was this week goaded by Victoria Derbyshire into saying he would take a 50 per cent pay cut to have his fights on the BBC.
No one in boxing wants to see the sport on one channel only, but we must not forget what a brilliant supporter of boxing Sky has been.
Believe me, DeGale's a lovely guy, but sometimes being 'nice' can get you compromised.
His comments on Five Live are a case in point. What really annoys me is Derbyshire's line of questioning when BBC TV have long since abandoned boxing. Even if he took a pay cut would they be there? The answer is a big 'No'!
I have held meeting after meeting with executives there in a bid to get fights back on to terrestrial TV. But they are simply not interested, despite the excellent viewing figures boxing delivers.
Their attitude to the sport - which smacks of patronising arrogance - was best summed up by their decision not to send a commentary team to New Delhi for the boxing at the recent Commonwealth Games.
Plenty of minority sports had a commentary team out in India - but boxing was done from a studio in the UK.
The BBC's disgraceful decision was undermined by the medal count, with the Home Nations, as usual, doing exceptionally well.
If the BBC were banging down the doors of promoters, I could understand why Derbyshire would put the question to DeGale.
But as they are not, she should have kept her mischief making to herself or asked her bosses why they aren't televising the sport!
Haye rumour is no big deal
THERE were rumours David Haye got floored in sparring by Tony Thompson.
So what? Haye has been on the canvas before. All that matters is whether Audley Harrison can do it next Saturday.
You Khan forget Floyd
AMIR KHAN says he has been offered a fight with Floyd Mayweather.
But he should focus on his December 11 bout with Marcos Maidana.
The clash with the Argentine is made for him.
It's a coo for Tyson
MIKE TYSON is launching a TV series on pigeon racing.
Iron Mike famously found his inner anger after bullies killed one of his pet pigeons when he was a kid.
His Animal Planet show, Taking on Tyson, will run for six episodes and see him battle established racers.
