By Frank Warren
BERNARD HOPKINS has agreed to fight Jean Pascal, with the fight scheduled for December 18. Talk about an early Christmas present.
Pascal is the man at light-heavyweight after his triumph over Chad Dawson. But if anyone can burst his bubble it is Hopkins, still in great shape at 45.
WHEN I announced my Magnificent 7 show, some pundits told me the Pope was more likely to visit Birmingham than all the fights go ahead.
Well, Pope Benedict will set foot in England's second city, and most of the fights are still on.
Darren Barker has pulled out but Nathan Cleverly, Kell Brook, James DeGale and Frankie Gavin are in action, plus a crossroads heavyweight fight between Derek Chisora and Sam Sexton.
AMIR KHAN'S next fight looks set to take place in the US in December, unless he takes up my six-figure offer to fight winner of Kell Brook v Michael Jennings.
I'm still waiting for a reply!
ONE of the most iconic Olympic moments almost did not happen, it has been revealed.
Few will forget Muhammad Ali's lighting of the flame at the 1996 Atlanta Games. It even reduced President Clinton to tears.
But Ali did not want the job and only friend Howard Bingham persuaded him to do it.
