We do shows now where we get 20,000, in the O2 Arena or up at the MEN.
He should worry. Crazy. British champion Bellew switched camps over his frustration at failing to get a rematch with another Warren client, Nathan Cleverly, having lost on a majority decision in October 2011.The exodus to the Hearn stable continued this month with British and Commonwealth super-middleweight champion George Groves moving first to be joined 10 days later by WBO lightweight champion Ricky Burns.
I said, 'We've got Naz, we've got [Frank] Bruno, and we've got Calzaghe ... if you want them you've got to take him as well'. Is the devil still in Warren himself, now that he is wealthy beyond any dreams he could have entertained as a teenager taking home, to the family's council flat in Islington, the £8 weekly pay packet he earned as a trainee solicitor's clerk with J Tickle & Co on Southampton Row?He smiles. It’s not dying for me.”This is a reference to the Sky show two Saturdays ago when three of Hearn’s fighters lost in Southern Areas and English title fights. Whatever sport you're in, you go in to negotiate with your best cards. With a twang of his natty braces, he says aggressively: “How is boxing dying? “We can sustain a bad night. We have a big job to really take control of the UK market but we are on the way.”Then, glancing at a framed pair of Muhammad Ali’s autographed shorts and his picture in the classic pugilist’s pose, Hearn spells out his vision: “There will not be another Muhammad Ali in our lifetime. So Jeffries came back to me and asked for the deal I'd offered. You can’t bluff the public or broadcasters any more.”But this talk reminds Warren of how he has seen off many a challenge from other promoters: Frank Maloney, Ricky Hatton, Mick Hennessey and even Barry Hearn. try again, the name must be unique try again, the name must be unique He said, 'Well, I'm going with it.' But like I said to him, if my kids do something wrong, I'm there for them, I'll love and support them, but I will also tell them that they've done wrong. We’re all investing in fighters but some of us are cleverer in getting other people to pay for that.”Hearn claims he is closing in on another signing from the Warren stable but adds: “We’ve told him what we tell everyone — ‘Until you give us proof that you aren’t under contract, we can’t make an offer.’ We’ll not give Warren an opportunity to get litigious with us.”The two men may not end up in court but they are clearly in for a long fight. His father never wanted it [the split], you know.
By Jeff ... By any reckoning that gives us a company worth at least £60 million. Boxing News has a readership of 10,000. I've managed more British, European and world champions than anyone. "As for Naseem and Hatton, they too eventually divorced themselves from Warren. The gun used to shoot John Lennon was still smoking when Frank Warren promoted his first licensed boxing show, at the Bloomsbury Crest Hotel in central London back in December 1980. If you are just a boxing promoter and you have a bad night when you lose 50 or 60 grand, which is quite standard, followed by another one, then you have a huge problem. “So what?” asks Hearn sounding totally unconcerned. But, for Hearn, this is not a Warren trump card but just emphasises how his rival has got it all wrong. The hard-core audience — someone who would buy a subscription channel — is too small. Calzaghe beating [Jeff] Lacy, Hatton beating Tszyu.
The landscape has changed for fans and broadcasters. She managed Lennox Lewis to the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world. Please Start your Independent Premium subscription today.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. Get 'em to the stage where they're OK even if it goes tits up." He used to moan years ago that he didn't get the same publicity as Ricky Hatton and Prince Naseem. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when A pause, perfectly timed. ... -Frank Warren is leading figure in the boxing world and has managed some of England’s best boxers such as “Ricky Hatton, Nigel … "I've had one meeting with him, at a hotel in Paddington. "If he stays focused he can do it. Fans want to sit down not knowing the result before the fight starts. But if you don't get disappointments in life, you don't appreciate the good things. "People talk about the good old days but even Wembley back then only held 10,000.
But I did a good job with him. But you never know. "In some ways he is, but he's also small-minded, with a little bit of that green eye. In August 2014, Maloney announced that she wished to be known as "Kellie" and that she was undertaking gender reassignment. In most of our shows, the worst case is 90 per cent capacity, many of them are sold out.
"Warren smiles. Find out more about cookies And Naz captured a whole generation of young boxing fans. Within two years, they all signed again with me. I’d only have put money in if I was losing on shows. The 50-50 deal with [Bernard] Hopkins was ridiculous, and not learning from it, doing another 50-50 with [Roy] Jones..."Warren shakes his head at what might have been. Promoters are too afraid of putting their fighters in proper fights and people are bored with fights where you know the result before it has even started. "Calzaghe banked £18m with me, and sure, I made money too. He invited me to meet this girl who had a musical she wanted to put on, and was looking for investors. And while Hearn’s accounts say profit growth was helped by the “resurgence in the promotion of boxing shows”, no separate boxing figures are shown.For Hearn, this broad basis is his strength. Rarely does he overestimate a boxer, which is where dozens of other managers and promoters have slipped up down the years.