What the biggest Fight Frank Warren has ever made?

Warren occasionally makes big fights, he's more concerned with reward vs risk though, which although not good from a fan's perspective is I suppose from a fighter's.
I really can't say if he "****ed" Calzaghe's career or not, for example if there was a fight made with Jones when Jones was top of his game Calzaghe wouldn't be unbeaten today, probably ditto Hopkins and so on and so forth. Calzaghe was definately protected, I think they're thick as thieves in that regard, Calzaghe didn't want to risk a loss to make a big fight and Warren certainly didn't, Warren isn't entirely to blame.
Maybe Warren made Calzaghe's career, he might have lost and maybe that would have meant he didn't stay in the game as long, he certainly wouldn't be getting all this praise if he wasn't unbeaten. On the other hand if he'd gone for huge fights and lost he'd get more respect from the fans who are fans of boxing rather than those who just like a couple of different fighters and defend them to the hilt no matter what.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

 

benn - mclellan?


edit: sorry didn't read the OP properly

 

rooq,

I also though of the Benn - McLellan fight.

I guess it was a coup getting Kostya Tszyu over as well.

Then he did a few Tyson fights in the UK as well until Tyson beat the **** out of him over unpaid bills.

 

Tyson damn near poked his eye out......not the brown eye

 

Who promoted Lewis-Bruno??

 

Maloney I believe.

 

maloney promoted that one

yeh warren was tysons co promoter and i think he did the francis fight

tsyu hatton and mclellan benn were good

was he ever involved in any of the fab fours fights

 

I think Calzaghe vs Kessler was the biggest fight he made without an ulterior motive.

I bet when he made Hatton vs Tszyu he was DESPERATE (even more than TFFP & Scurla) for Hatton to lose. Not lose badly though.... give him a toughie for five or six and go out on his shield.

That way he could retain him and keep him away from the big names, making a shitload of cash for himself.

Surely Warren himself must have known, with their relationship declining that if Hatton won it was all over.... Ricky would leave and take control himself.

 

With Joe Calzaghe's debut on the undercard!

I think bringing Kostya given his P4P status has to rank as the biggest. Closely followed by Naz v Kelley at MSG?

 

As said Benn-McClellan and Zoo-Hatton.

 

Got Don Curry over here in his first ever World Title fight promotion......thats a good coup

Fought Colin Jones

 

I went on my first ever "proper" date that night. Me and a mate had a double date at the cinema and missed the fight.

I didn't know that was a Frank Warren fight.

 

It was his first World title fight promotion in 1985

WBA title fight

 

I'm sure I read him saying he made an overall loss on that one.