Terry Flanagan Returns Home For First Title Defense
Terry ‘Turbo’ Flanagan is set to make the first defense of his WBO lightweight title on a blockbuster card on Saturday 10th October at the Manchester Arena.
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Frank Warren Statement on Ricky Burns and Paul Smith
As a consequence of a high court judgement in the Frank Warren v Ricky Burns litigation, Frank Warren's solicitors lodged a claim with Burns' Trustee in Bankruptcy in the sum of £447,000 plus interest. Lawyers acting for the Trustee in the bankruptcy of the estate of Mr. Burns have now confirmed that they have withdrawn the appeal lodged by Mr. Burns against the Judgment and Mr Warren is now pursuing the recovery of sums due to him .
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Warren: WBC Did No Favors To Joshua With #2 Ranking
The WBC have done no favours to Anthony Joshua by placing him at number two in their heavyweight rankings. I am the first to admit that London's Olympic champion has done well so far, but he is not ready for such a ridiculous elevation after only a dozen bouts, none of them for a meaningful title and mostly against old warhorses who have seen better days. It is ridiculous for a governing body to rank him so highly at this stage of his career. It makes no sense at all. What would happen if the No.1 contender suddenly lost a fight? Would Josh be pushed into a world title shot? It would be daft.
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Frank Warren on Mitchell Smith, Buglioni, Pascal, More
Keep an eye on Mitchell Smith, a young man angling for the big-time Just like show business, boxing relies on new faces for its future. At Queensberry Promotions we have a whole clutch of talented youngsters making their way up the bill who I believe will be star turns in years to come. One of those who excites me most is Mitchell Smith, the cheeky chappie from Harrow who reminds me of the young Naz, full of self-belief, spiteful in the ring and cool as a cucumber.
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Frank Warren on Price, Lee-Saunders, Crolla, Frampton
When Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders step into the ring at Thomond Park in Limerick on Saturday 19 September it will be the 275th world title fight in which I have been involved as a promoter during my 30-odd years in the game. And I have to say the WBO World Middleweight championship between the two engagingly talkative Travelling men rates very high on my list of those I have most anticipated. I am licking my lips already. In many ways it is the perfect match: dignified champion, a big puncher who can take someone out with one stunning dig, and a zestful young challenger who has real style, is a beautiful boxer and can punch himself a bit when he needs to.
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Frank Warren on Froch-Calzaghe, Flanagan, More
I could not be happier for Terry Flanagan. His historic acquisition of the WBO World Lightweight title as the first Englishman to reign in this division was another tremendous boost for British boxing, which currently is on so much of a high. How many world champions does the UK and Ireland have now? I think it is ten including three interim title holders, but I seem to have lost count! And there may be a fistful more to come before the years is out.
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Frank Warren: Price's Shot To Produce Something Special
Tonight, BoxNation exclusively screens David Price’s attempt to become European heavyweight champion against German Erkan Tepor in Baden-Württemberg. I have to say, I think this is the big Liverpudlian’s last chance to get back into the big time, and Tepor is no slouch, especially on home turf. At 28 he is three years younger than Price, and also carries a big dig. His two previous British opponents, Martin Rogan and Michael Sprott, were each summarily despatched in a round. Price has a great jab as well as his formidable punching power, but that chin is so vulnerable.
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Lee, Saunders Show Respect Ahead Of Title Clash
WBO middleweight champion Andy Lee and mandatory challenger Billy Joe Saunders (21-0, 11 early) took to the stage at a press conference earlier today to discuss their September 19th showdown. The fight will be shown live on BoxNation and takes place at Limerick’s Thomond Park Stadium.
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Ricky Hatton: Flanagan Win is Fantastic For Manchester
Promoter Frank Warren and boxing legend Ricky Hatton have congratulated Britain’s latest World Champion Terry Flanagan. The Manchester ace won the Vacant WBO World Lightweight Championship on Saturday night at the Velodrome after American Jose Zepeda dislocated his shoulder in the second round, with the fight being ruled a third round TKO. The 26-year-old from Ancoats become the first ever Englishman to win a world title in the 135lb division and the first Manchester boxer since Hatton to win a world title.
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Frank Warren on Mayweather/WBO, Flanagan, Butler
BoxNation viewers can expect a fistic treat for the third weekend in a row when Manchester’s Turbo-charged Terry Flanagan contests the WBO World lightweight title with American Jose Zepeda on Saturday night. It follows Jamie Conlan’s pulsating victory over the Mexican Junior Granados in Dublin last week, a cracker of a contest in which the Ulsterman twice climbed off the canvas to claim the WBO Inter-Continental super-flyweight title in what surely must be a strong contender for Fight of the Year. This sets Conlan up nicely for a showdown with former world champion Paul Butler in what would be a sizzling domestic punch-up in either Liverpool or Dublin.
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