Frank Warren obviously wouldn’t pick against Tyson Fury, yet he is especially confident that the heavyweight champion he co-promotes will handle Oleksandr Usyk in their title unification fight.
Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, does not believe Francis Ngannou will enter the ring to simply collect a paycheck. Ngannou, a former UFC champion, will make his professional boxing debut against Fury on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. The WBC title will not be at stake.
Frank Warren has seen pretty much everything during his Hall of Fame career but the sheer scale of this weekend’s event in Saudia Arabia has taken even him by surprise. Promotion for ‘The Battle of the Baddest’ has been plastered over billboards around the world and tagged onto the front of YouTube videos for months.
From Tyson Fury’s co-promoter’s perspective, they had little choice but to announce that Fury has signed a contract to finally fight Oleksandr Usyk before he faces Francis Ngannou on Saturday night.
WE HAVE BEEN back on the press conference beat over the last week, setting the ball rolling on a sequence of fights that you can call, without hesitation, proper bangers!
Promoter Frank Warren says he will “appeal” the appeal to the controversial low blow sequence during the heavyweight title match between his client, Daniel Dubois, and champion Oleksandr Usyk.
Oleksandr Usyk will enjoy an uninterrupted path to the next title fight of his choosing. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the WBA ruled against an appeal filed by Queensberry Promotions, who sought to have the verdict overturned in Usyk’s ninth-round knockout of Daniel Dubois. An independent panel reviewed the fight
Promoter Frank Warren is certain that a pair of “super” fights he will be helping to stage in Saudi Arabia in the next few months will not be the last—far from it.
Zhilei Zhang is apparently very fond of his promotional deal with London-based Queensberry Promotions, not least of which has to do with Queensberry’s business ties with well-heeled benefactors in Saudi Arabia.
OVER THE LAST week or so, there has been a deluge of exciting announcements emerging from Queensberry HQ to make the boxing world sit up and take notice.