Frank Warren has put together a nice stable of fighters.

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  • Motorcity Cobra
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    Frank Warren has put together a nice stable of fighters.

    I'm curious, why would free agents like Frampton, Fury, & Degale choose Warren over Hearn when Hearn is the biggest promoter in the UK?

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    Doesn't Hearn got his guys on that PG-13 caliber public engagement policy that a lot of these Warren guys would have trouble with first off?

    And I'm sure plenty of these guys don't like the "Hearn-type" or that he's a trust fund baby or a million other rich kid put into a position of power without paying his dues type situations they don't trust or wannabe associated with. Or maybe Warren is just paying them better than Hearn.

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    • Randall Cunning
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      Because Warren was willing to more per fight than Hearn. Degale Id imagine was a waste of money, he'll jump on whoever he unifies withs tv channel. Hearn werent willing to pay Fury what he wanted for **** tuneups, Warrens banking on him being PPV in the future, if he aint as good as he used to be he'll be losing money. Frampton was a good signing though for sure

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      • Randall Cunning
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        #4
        Originally posted by Eff Pandas
        Doesn't Hearn got his guys on that PG-13 caliber public engagement policy that a lot of these Warren guys would have trouble with first off?

        And I'm sure plenty of these guys don't like the "Hearn-type" or that he's a trust fund baby or a million other rich kid put into a position of power without paying his dues type situations they don't trust or wannabe associated with. Or maybe Warren is just paying them better than Hearn.
        Yeah theres a few fighters that wont go with him because of that

        More importantly though Hearn pretty much has a monopoly over the top amatuers. Got most of the last Olympic team, no doubt the same with the next. Has Okolie and Kelly already headlining shows. Yeleussinov and Ritson are great signings. Warren maybe winning a few skirmishes, but Hearn is set up for the future far better.

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          It's partly to do with which fighters each promoter already has signed. Fury was reluctant to go with Hearn partly because he knew that Joshua would always be Hearn's priority. Likewise, Warren was probably more in need of a decent heavyweight to add to his roster.

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            #6
            Originally posted by Eff Pandas
            Doesn't Hearn got his guys on that PG-13 caliber public engagement policy that a lot of these Warren guys would have trouble with first off?







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            • EnglishOxide
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              Warren is a man who has gone out of business repeatedly.

              These fighters know that he can pay them well for low risk, low interest fights.

              They will jump ship, like they all do, at some point over the next couple of years when they realise he cannot secure the big fights on home turf for them.

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                Beefy Smith is definitely what sets the the two rosters of who gives a ****s apart...

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                • asgarth
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                  decent stable. I dont know who is the one on the leftmost and the fourth guy from the right, but
                  fury, saundes and frampton are top level guys. I hope Dubois and Yarde are going to progress well. Never hurts to have another heavyweight player, even though dubois looked a little bit stiff in his last outing.

                  Dont care about Liam Smith and Davies though.

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                  • Tom Cruise
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                    Basically because Warren is flush with BT cash at the moment.

                    But also, Hearn has a way of pissing people off, as you guys have seen already, and many prefer Warrens more old school image.

                    People would do well to remember Warrens regime in the past when he was the dominant promoter. Wasnt exactly a golden age, and Warrens lawyers were probably the most overworked in the UK dealing with all the lawsuits from fighters not being paid purses and trying to escape **** contracts

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