Comments Thread For: Frank Warren on Dirrell-DeGale, Abril-Mathews, More

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Ask Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal, Roy Hodgson or Stuart Lancaster and they’ll tell you there’s no place like home. So it is in boxing.

Home advantage can be crucial, the difference between victory and defeat. I always try to ensure that any fighter I promote or manage has his own crowd behind him, cheering him on. I want everything loaded in his favour.

That’s why we have paid big money to lure the Cuban émigré holder of the WBA lightweight title, Richar Abril, to travel to Liverpool next month, when local lad Derry Mathews aims to become the next Briton to claim a World Championship. Abril has recovered from a bout of dengue fever to keep a postponed date on 18 April with Mathews at the Echo Arena.
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[Mick Higgs]

Didn't Wayne Rooney claim to be related to Bob Fitzsimmons, I don't recall him offering a donation for a statue to be erected in Helston when asked though!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Didn't Wayne Rooney claim to be related to Bob Fitzsimmons, I don't recall him offering a donation for a statue to be erected in Helston when asked though!

What the ***

[chocolate]

That is a mental day on Boxnation Abril vs Mathews to warm up then Crawford vs Durlorme and Provodnikov vs Matthysse on split sights at night can't wait. Shame according to the Daily Mail that Warren might not get the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight after offering the bigger upfront fee to buy the rights with the American promoters wanting a fee and cut of PPV money. He actually has been showing the last several Mayweather and Pacquiao fights and is not a fairweather friend like Sky who want to cash in on the event.