Comments Thread For: Flanagan Wants Lomachenko or Linares, Says Frank Warren

[Fabes88]

Terry Flanagan apparently just fought in front of an empty Manchester Arena; Frank Warren isn't a fool, and he can see that both Lomachenko and Linares have/will have money backing from HBO (with neither guy all that interested in the UK money anyway).

Rather than do the logical move (take on Anthony Crolla, in front of a soldout Manchester Arena, in a better fight [the Petrov performance seems to make it clear that he gets washed by Lomachenko), Warren is cutting his nose to spite his face.

I'm not warrens biggest fan but it seems he's done everything to make the corolla fight it seems it's Hearn who's preventing the fight from being made and pricing him out

[giacomino]

He "wants" Loma or Linares but I bet he winds up fighting somebody like Fernando Saucedo, Malcom Klassen, Franklin Mamani or Emiliano Marsili next

[Corelone]

It's called being a bully and the worst thing is Flanagan is ****e

Flanagan is protected, but so far he's no bully.

[1hourRun]

I don't know if I should praise Flanagan or express disapproval for his illustrious ambition, leaning towards approval because I cant blame him for wanting a long sought after payday and the big stage that comes with it ( yes that's what it is to me ) instead of risking defeat fighting prospects why not lose to a respectable opponent ? because hes delusional if he thinks hes beating the men mentioned! when you arguably lost to Petrov and couldn't finish that 42 year old African! -- oh wait I'm back to hating him!!!

[No-mas-tias]

Warren knows Flannagan is trash and would even lose to Verdejo so he's trying to cash in

[Scipio2009]

I'm not warrens biggest fan but it seems he's done everything to make the corolla fight it seems it's Hearn who's preventing the fight from being made and pricing him out

It all comes down to money at this point, and on that, Frank Warren seems to have made near no effort.

Anthony Crolla versus Jorge Linares, both times, seemed to sellout/near sellout Manchester Arena; no time stamp for the photo circling the web, but Flanagan-Petrov seemed to have done nowhere near that.

I have no idea what the actual gate off of either Crolla-Linares fight was, but Eddie Hearn is apparently offering Frank Warren a chance to sellout Manchester Arena, with his Manchester fighter.

With no quibbling over the TV (Flanagan-Crolla isn't a Sky Box Office fight, so the BT Sport/BoxNation package isn't all that much a fallback from Sky), you have the parameters for a sizable event.

If the asking price, for Frank Warren to control an event that should sellout Manchester Arena, is a million dollars (805k British pounds), I'm not all that sure that that's much of a pricing out.

Anthony Joshua vs Eric Molina apparently did 3 million British pounds at Manchester Arena; Frank Warren's got a Man City fighter (Flanagan) vs Man U fighter (Crolla), fighting in Manchester for a world title and he can't find a way to half of that?

And that's before even getting into any of the TV revenues.

Crolla gets 805k, Flanagan gets 805k, Frank Warren gets his share, and then Warren and Flanagan split any other upside the way they'd split it.

[Mick Higgs]

The Linares/Garcia fight is a nearly done deal. So why isn't Warren & Flanagan talking Robert Easter Jnr!

[donjigga111]

The Linares/Garcia fight is a nearly done deal. So why isn't Warren & Flanagan talking Robert Easter Jnr!

Nobody seems to mention Robert Easter his like the forgotten champion of the division.

[Fabes88]

It all comes down to money at this point, and on that, Frank Warren seems to have made near no effort.

Anthony Crolla versus Jorge Linares, both times, seemed to sellout/near sellout Manchester Arena; no time stamp for the photo circling the web, but Flanagan-Petrov seemed to have done nowhere near that.

I have no idea what the actual gate off of either Crolla-Linares fight was, but Eddie Hearn is apparently offering Frank Warren a chance to sellout Manchester Arena, with his Manchester fighter.

With no quibbling over the TV (Flanagan-Crolla isn't a Sky Box Office fight, so the BT Sport/BoxNation package isn't all that much a fallback from Sky), you have the parameters for a sizable event.

If the asking price, for Frank Warren to control an event that should sellout Manchester Arena, is a million dollars (805k British pounds), I'm not all that sure that that's much of a pricing out.

Anthony Joshua vs Eric Molina apparently did 3 million British pounds at Manchester Arena; Frank Warren's got a Man City fighter (Flanagan) vs Man U fighter (Crolla), fighting in Manchester for a world title and he can't find a way to half of that?

And that's before even getting into any of the TV revenues.

Crolla gets 805k, Flanagan gets 805k, Frank Warren gets his share, and then Warren and Flanagan split any other upside the way they'd split it.

The asking price was 1 million British pounds from Hearn. Given the fact it's no longer a unification I thought that was a bit steep

I also know warren was open to letting matchroom promote the fight if that was what it take to get the fight done but matchroom went in a different direction

[NEETzsche]

The asking price was 1 million British pounds from Hearn. Given the fact it's no longer a unification I thought that was a bit steep

Compare the MEN for Crolla vs Linares II against how it was for Flanagan vs Petrov. If they faced each other it would be Crolla who packed out the arena, not Flanagan, so he needs to be paid the lion's share