
Frank Warren: Buglioni Rejected Over 100K For Yarde Fight
ANTHONY YARDE headlines the bill at the Brentwood Centre on Saturday when he defends his WBO Intercontinental Light-Heavyweight title against Argentina’s Walter Gabriel Sequeira.

ANTHONY YARDE headlines the bill at the Brentwood Centre on Saturday when he defends his WBO Intercontinental Light-Heavyweight title against Argentina’s Walter Gabriel Sequeira.

On Tuesday at a hearing the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission (MSAC) determined that it would not issue a licence to Billy Joe Saunders for him to defend his WBO World Middleweight title against Demetrius Andrade in Boston on October 20 following an adverse finding in a test carried out by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA).

WE CERTAINLY GOT the rounds in up in Leicester on Saturday and, as is often the case, it really was no bad thing. Properly matched fights tend to go long and that is how it played out at the excellent Morningside Arena, where the fans stuck with the action until well after midnight. I was, however, a bit disappointed that the much anticipated match-up between Jack Catterall and Ohara Davies didn’t live up to its explosive billing, but all we can do is make the fights that people look forward to seeing between fighters at the top of their game.

Frank Warren, who promotes unbeaten heavyweight Tyson Fury, has reacted to some of the recent comments from promotional rival Eddie Hearn, who questioned the entertainment value of Fury.

NEW YORK – Frank Warren ridiculed Eddie Hearn’s demand that Deontay Wilder’s team must finalize a deal for a Wilder-Anthony Joshua fight April 13 before Wilder faces Tyson Fury. Warren is confident Fury, the lineal heavyweight champion he promotes, will beat Wilder on December 1 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. And even if Wilder wins, Warren doesn’t think Hearn has any genuine intention of making a Joshua-Wilder fight for April 13.

NEW YORK – Frank Warren is confident Billy Joe Saunders still will be allowed to defend his WBO middleweight title against Demetrius Andrade on October 20. Warren, Saunders’ promoter, told BoxingScene.com on Tuesday that he expects the Massachusetts State Athletic Commission to approve Saunders’ license application at a hearing Monday in Boston. The Saunders-Andrade fight, scheduled for two weeks from Saturday night at TD Garden in Boston, is in jeopardy because Saunders tested positive for oxilofrine, a banned stimulant, in an exam monitored by the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association on August 30.

British promoter Frank Warren is confident in many things - and one of them is the ability of Deontay Wilder or Tyson Fury to close the show on Anthony Joshua. Joshua has been stung in several fights, but fighter has been able to put him away. Joshua has been able to weather the storm in every occasion.

Barry Hearn has warned rival boxing promoter Frank Warren that Anthony Joshua will not accept a 50-50 purse split for a prospective all-British super-fight against Tyson Fury in April next year. Hearn, head of Joshua's promoters Matchroom, responded furiously to an assertion from Warren on BBC 5 Live's Sportsweek programme that the pair would share the proceeds of the big-money bout.

TWO OF THE finest middleweights in the land showed the world what boxing is all about in Las Vegas in the early hours of Sunday morning. It was a demonstration – from both Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin – of skill, strength, stealth, brutality, durability and incredible heart, among many other attributes you might care to mention.

We’ve now got Britain’s superfight two look forward to between Josh Warrington and Carl who Frampton, like Canelo and Golovkin, are also at the top of their game and as somebody said to me, it is like the apex of the sport.