Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, has given his take regarding the last few days of controversy regarding the ongoing negotiations for a full division unification clash with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
ON FRIDAY NIGHT Sunny Edwards has the opportunity to punch himself into the flyweight history books by beating a highly decorated champion in Moruti Mthalane and taking home the IBF world title belt.
Frank Warren, co-promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is not ready to confirm the recent news of a $150 million site fee, from Saudi Arabia, to host the highly anticipated unification with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Anthony Joshua.
According to Youtube star Jake Paul, his handlers have begun discussions for a potential boxing match with cruiserweight prospect Tommy Fury, who is the younger brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury.
UNBEATEN hopeful Owen Cooper is the latest top young talent to sign promotional terms with Frank Warren’s growing Queensberry stable. Cooper (3-0) is straight into action and boxes a four rounder on Saturday’s big London card that is being televised by BT Sport.
A MATCHMAKING DILEMMA in the run up to a major show on December 22, 2018 turned out to be the making of Liam Williams, who will do battle for the WBO world middleweight title in Miami on Saturday against the champion Demetrius Andrade.
WHEN IT CAME to the final reckoning, it was just a fight and a weight too far for Carl Frampton in his bid to make history for his country on Saturday night. Father Time catches up with us all at some point and Carl can look forward to more time being a father now he has confirmed the gloves are well and truly hung up. Retirement did look on the cards at the end of 2018 following his classic confrontation with Josh Warrington in Manchester, but he decided to give it another go at another weight and now the story concludes with a world title defeat to Jamel Herring in Dubai.
OUR FIGHT NIGHT doubleheader brought about plenty of thrills and one or two spills but, for the most part, our crop of young talent took some significant steps forward at the Copper Box Arena.
OUR FIGHT NIGHT diary is now filling up nicely and we have a stream of dates and announcements to be made poised in the pipeline to be delivered across the coming days and weeks. Following on from our double-header last Friday and Saturday evening on BT Sport, we have already signposted the news that the middleweight cracker between British champion Denzel Bentley and Commonwealth champion Felix Cash will take place on Saturday April 24.
Frank Warren, promoter for WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, believes Alexander Povetkin is more than capable of knocking Dillian Whyte out cold on Saturday night. Back in August of 2020, Povetkin was down twice in the fourth round - but then he came out in the fifth and landed a perfect uppercut to knock Whyte out cold.