Frank Warren contacted Boxing Scene to respond to rival promoter Eddie Hearn's comments that he is ready to make a big offer for Joshua Buatsi (6-0, 4 KOs) to fight Anthony Yarde (15-0, 14 KOs).
Tyson Fury’s comeback opponent has been chosen to avoid the same pitfalls that undermined David Haye, his promoter Frank Warren has revealed. Albania’s little-known Sefer Seferi will be the former IBF, WBA IBO and WBO heavyweight champion’s first opponent when he returns to the ring after an absence of over two and a half years at the Manchester Arena on June 9.
I SHUDDER TO think just how many boxing events I have put on or attended over the years, but Saturday night’s epic spectacle at Elland Road is now right up there with the clutch that will live longest in the memory. It was a night that ticked all the boxes. The weather was with us, a crowd well in excess of 20,000
Frank Warren is hoping to announce Carl Frampton's next opponent next week. Frampton (25-1, 14 KOs) was in Leeds on Saturday night to witness the thrilling battle between Lee Selby and Josh Warrington (27-0, 6 KOs), which saw the latter walk away as the new IBF Featherweight champion.
BOXNATION DELIVERED TO UK fans an undoubted contender for Fight of the Year in the early hours of Sunday morning. We witnessed something very special between Vasyl Lomachenko and Jorge Linares, where Lomachenko prevailed in round ten courtesy of a crippling body shot. I am now convinced Lomachenko is the best fighter I have seen since Sugar Ray Leonard.
IT WILL NOT have gone unnoticed among the boxing fans who keep their eyes permanently peeled on the lookout for fight announcements that we were able to reveal a fistful of potential humdingers over the course of the last week. The WBO world middleweight title defence by Billy Joe Saunders against Martin Murray at the 02 Arena on June 23 will now be handsomely supported by two contests that will certainly capture the imagination of the fight fraternity and beyond.
Willy Hutchinson, the most promising young boxer in Scotland, has signed a promotional deal with Frank Warren. The 19-year-old Light-Heavyweight from Carstairs currently stands at 3-0 (2 KO’s) since making his professional debut against Attila Tibor Nagy at The O2 in October 2017.
Liam Smith could fight for the world title in September. The mandatory challenger to the WBO super-welterweight crown was set to come up against Sadam Ali on May 12. Smith, a former holder of the title, was forced out of his clash against the 2008 Olympian recently after suffering an allergic reaction to a virus treatment.
THE LONG-TERM just got longer as far as our, so far hugely successful, partnership with BT Sport is concerned and I was delighted to make public the extension of our agreement to stage boxing on behalf of such a major and progressive broadcaster.
The efforts of Anthony Joshua (21-0, 20 KOs) and Deontay Wilder (40-0, 39 KOs) to unify the heavyweight division are in vain until they defeat lineal champion Tyson Fury, according to promoter Frank Warren. Joshua and Wilder are in talks for a mammoth bout to unify their five main belts, with the former holding the IBF, IBO, WBA and WBO straps previously owned by Fury.