Warren wins Mitchell-Katsidis purse bid!!!!!!!!

Warren made a bid of $515,000. Purse split will be 80-20 in Katsidis' favour and the fight will be in England! Date and venue to be announced.

 

Great news. Hopefully Mitchell gets the fight where he wants it.

 

Some quotes:

Warren said, “I’m delighted that I won the purse bids for this cracking contest and I’m sure it will be an explosive encounter. Both guys are come forward, all action, fighters throwing plenty of punches so it’s hard not to see this fight developing into real war.”

Mitchell, 25, added, “Frank has done a fantastic job getting me the fight and bringing it to England. I know all about Katsidis, I’ve watched him over here against my then stablemate Graham Earl and I’ve watched all his fights on DVD. My trainer Jimmy Tibbs is the best in the business and he’ll work-out the plan to beat this guy. This is the kind of fight I’ve dreamed of since I was kid and now I’ve got it I can’t wait. The English and the Aussies have got a big rivalry and we kicked their arses last year to regain the Ashes, so I’m looking forward to kicking Katsidis’ arse to win the title.”

Fightnews also reckon the fight will take place in May.

 

That's a serious bid by Warren.... assuming it's US$

Around £370k :yikes

 

expected this from warren since khan left him, the man will have to dip in his pocket now an again to keep mitchell, cleverly an brook sweet.

 

Great stuff. Hopefully Warren sticks this in a big arena with a stacked undercard a'la Khan v Barrera and the like.

 

will this be for an interim version or the full belt

 

interim, fightnews says winner has to face Marquez withing 180 days but I think Marquez will drop the belt.

 

Aussie dollars ?

 

Great news :happy

 

Dunno..... the WBO offices are in Puerto Rico.

The £ gets you 1.49 US$, or 1.65 AU$.... so either way it's still a lot of cash.

 

Ayes i was thinking maself, regardless its a stack.

As ya mentioned, P Rico too.

**** knows

 

blinding news with a decent undercard this could fill out a 10000 seat arena, i know kevin wants it at upton park
whereever it will be it should be a great night and a great fight
remenber everyone get on the mitchell express post for a chance to win 2 tickets to the fight

 

Fantastic news :happy:happy:happy:happy

Hope Warren puts on a great card for this one! Could be the UK card and fight of the year! Cant wait!!!!!!!!

C'mon Kev!

 

its USD.

warren new he had to put a big bid in becuase this fight would sell anywhere and mitchell is his biggest fighter at the moment