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Frank Warren on Wrapping Hands, Collins, Gavin

Frank Warren on Wrapping Hands, Collins, Gavin

•Jan 26, 2013

WRAPPING up properly during the big freeze got me thinking about the importance of protecting a fighter’s hands. Many careers have been wrecked by long-term damage. In the present game, heavyweight David Price and middleweight Billy Joe Saunders have both suffered badly. And the latest is Stockton-on-Tees light-welterweight Bradley Saunders — no relation to Billy Joe — who I signed early last year. The 26-year-old is touted as one of the hottest prospects in boxing. Frighteningly heavy-handed, Saunders scored spectacular stoppages against the globe’s amateur elite.

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Frank Warren Discusses Broner-Burns, Britannia Card

Frank Warren Discusses Broner-Burns, Britannia Card

•Jan 19, 2013

LAST Monday it gave me huge pleasure to announce the Rule Britannia promotion. It will feature several of our elite stars in high-grade title fights at Wembley Arena on Saturday March 16. Top of the bill pitches Scotland’s WBO lightweight king Ricky Burns in a lip-smacking unification showdown with IBF champion Miguel Vasquez of Mexico. It provides the 29-year-old from Coatbridge with a gilt-edged opportunity to surpass lightweights Ken Buchanan and Jim Watt as the most decorated Scottish boxer since the war. All this nonsense about Burns swerving Cincinnati megaphone Adrien Broner, the WBC champ who now defends against Welshman Gavin Rees in Atlantic City on February 16, makes me laugh.

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Frank Warren on Frankie Gavin, Jabs Prizefighter, More

Frank Warren on Frankie Gavin, Jabs Prizefighter, More

•Jan 12, 2013

FRANKIE GAVIN is the man to lead a boxing renaissance in Birmingham. The city has fallen a long way down the pro sport’s pecking order, despite a thriving amateur scene. But 27-year-old southpaw Gavin definitely possesses the technical tools to become a world beater. The welterweight has the innate instincts to improvise that you simply cannot teach from a coaching manual and, at full throttle, his speed and skill-set are breathtaking. The man from Hall Green remains England’s only-ever world amateur champion, having captured the lightweight title in Chicago in 2007. Next Friday, at Walsall Town Hall, I expect the pride of Brum to sizzle in his maiden defence of the British title against tough local lad Jason Welborn.

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Frank Warren Lays High Praise on Anthony Joshua

Frank Warren Lays High Praise on Anthony Joshua

•Jan 5, 2013

IT was fantastic to see boxing receive royal recognition in the New Years Honours List. Olympic champs Anthony Joshua, Luke Campbell, and Nicola Adams plus performance director Rob McCracken were rewarded with MBEs. Hearty congratulations to all for the acclaim they have brought to our sport. With 3½ years before the next Olympics in Rio, our elite amateurs face some important decisions.

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Frank Warren on Cleverly, Froch, Burns, Murray, Rees

Frank Warren on Cleverly, Froch, Burns, Murray, Rees

•Dec 29, 2012

By Frank Warren THIS has been a great year for the fight game in Britain — yet 2013 has the potential to be even better. In Nathan Cleverly, Carl Froch and Ricky Burns, we have three established world champions one win away from becoming sporting superstars who transcend boxing. Clev endured a frustrating 2012 despite retaining his WBO light-heavyweight belt twice. But he has to take care of Germany’s mandatory contender Robin Krasniqi in late February or early March, and then I’ll do my utmost to deliver the Welshman a unification fight against Kazakhstan’s WBA belt holder Beibut Shumenov, WBC king ‘Bad Chad’ Dawson from Connecticut or the victor of the pending IBF showdown between Tavoris Cloud and Bernard Hopkins. If WBO lightweight boss Burns comes through a mark-time third defence of his belt in late January, as expected, I’d love to pair him with any of the other 135lbs world title claimants, but particularly overhyped WBC czar Adrien Broner from Cincinnati.

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Frank Warren Reflects on Britain's Highs, Lows in 2012

Frank Warren Reflects on Britain's Highs, Lows in 2012

•Dec 22, 2012

IT’S time to reflect on what has been another fantastic year for our fantastic sport domestically. And the only place we could begin is with the Olympics, where Great Britain demonstrated to the world how to plan, promote and present a boxing tournament. The atmosphere at The ExCel Arena in London’s Docklands surpassed any other Olympic venue with every session a 10,000 sell-out.

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Ricky Burns Eyes Adrien Broner Unification For The Spring

Ricky Burns Eyes Adrien Broner Unification For The Spring

BoxingScene Staff

•Dec 17, 2012

Ricky Burns is looking to meet Adrien Broner for a world title unification fight in the spring - but not in his next contest. WBO lightweight champion Burns saw a scheduled defence cancelled on Saturday after both Liam Walsh and Jose Ocampo pulled out. Promoter Frank Warren had been keen to set up unbeaten WBC champion Adrien Broner for his subsequent fight, but Burns will stick to the plan.

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Ricky Burns No Longer On 12/15 Show, Eyes Jan. Return

Ricky Burns No Longer On 12/15 Show, Eyes Jan. Return

•Dec 12, 2012

By Jake Donovan - Ricky Burns is officially off of Saturday’s show at the ExCel Arena in London. The red hot lightweight titlist was set to headline the show, but the late withdrawal of Jose Ocampo left the event handlers short on time to find a suitable replacement. Burns will instead sit out the remainder of 2012, with plans to return to the ring on January 26 in Glasgow. “It’s a very disappointing time and I feel for Ricky who has put in a lot of hard work to prepare,” promoter Frank Warren said in a statement. “First for (Liam) Walsh, then for Ocampo. [N]ow he won’t be on the show this Saturday, but will be return(ing) in late January.”

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Frank Warren Talks Groves, Flintoff, Haye, More

Frank Warren Talks Groves, Flintoff, Haye, More

•Dec 8, 2012

SUPER-MIDDLEWEIGHT is one of boxing’s newer divisions but it has proved a fertile hunting ground for British talent. Since the 12-stone class was added in 1984, we have delivered 10 world champions. And I expect current Commonwealth king George Groves to soon join an impressive roster that includes Benn, Eubank, Collins, Calzaghe and Froch. The 24-year-old from Hammersmith is a former two-time ABA champion and has already bagged British and Commonwealth titles while running up an impressive 15-fight unbeaten slate in the pros.

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Frank Warren Discusses Tyson Fury's Credibility, More

Frank Warren Discusses Tyson Fury's Credibility, More

•Dec 1, 2012

THE jury is still split over Tyson Fury’s credibility as a viable world heavyweight title contender. But it appears the 6ft 9in foghorn from Wilmslow, Cheshire will secure his shot at a Klitschko in 2013 if he can see off Atlanta’s Kevin Johnson in an official WBC eliminator at Belfast’s Odyssey Arena this evening. Fury, 24, is still learning. He needs to work a bit more on his defence and strategy but is young enough to do so.

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