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PUNTERS probably have about as much empathy with promoters as they do politicians but we do bleed, you know - though unlike the boxers our pain is more likely to be stress or felt in the pocket.
Sometimes putting on big fights can be pure aggravation. I have just endured one of the most frustrating weeks of my 30-year promotional career sorting out a viable opponent for British lightweight champion Derry Mathews, who tops the bill in his home town of Liverpool this weekend.
It began early in March when he was due to challenge the US-based Cuban Richar Abril for the WBA lightweight title. Then the news came that Abril, who now lives near the marshy Everglades in Florida, had pulled out because a bout of dengue fever caused by a mosquito bite. I'd never seen that one on a fighter's sick note before.
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Sometimes putting on big fights can be pure aggravation. I have just endured one of the most frustrating weeks of my 30-year promotional career sorting out a viable opponent for British lightweight champion Derry Mathews, who tops the bill in his home town of Liverpool this weekend.
It began early in March when he was due to challenge the US-based Cuban Richar Abril for the WBA lightweight title. Then the news came that Abril, who now lives near the marshy Everglades in Florida, had pulled out because a bout of dengue fever caused by a mosquito bite. I'd never seen that one on a fighter's sick note before.
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