Frank warren

The numbers of the last two Khan fights on PPV were dismall. Sky can say yes or no to Khans opponents. Warren made this fight becasue Sky forced him to put Khan in there with someone that had a shot agaisnt him.

 

MAB was there because he had a name, not because he had a shot to win.

 

Arthur vs Gomez - Not a big fight

Woods vs Johnson - He didnt make the fight, he simply won the purse bids that were orderd by the IBF. Warren needed big names to go with Khan on his ITV cards so he started going for purse bids for Woods and Froch fights. He also wanted Johnson to win, he said after the fight he throught Johnson won.

Enzo vs Haye - Warren had a big money deal with the 02 to host Calzaghe vs Woods, when that feel through (because of Calzaghe wanting Hopkins in Vegas) he made the Enzo fight with Haye, at that time he only he 3 fiighters capable of selling the 02, Khan, Calzaghe and Enzo. Khan was nto ready to step up, Calzaghe wanted Hopkins, and Enzo would only sell in a unification fight agaisnt Haye. He even pushed for setanta to buy the rights to Haye vs Mormeck so that there would be more interest in the fight.

 

I'm torn. On the one hand, he's built the career of nearly every major fighter to come from these shores, but on the other, he's quite obviously an enormous dickhead who starts blathering about 'verbal contracts' whenever one of his fighters wants to go abroad and make a name for themselves or get paid fairly. Shame that doesn't stand up in court Frank, lol.

 

With Warren it depends on how good the fighter is. If you're a Calzaghe or Hatton then Warren's cautious matchmaking will hold you back.

If you're a Gary Locket, Michael Jennings type i.e British/Euro level then Warren's perfect. He gets you fights, good money and eventually a WBO title shot for a career high payday.

 

Despite the fact that he has helped British boxing enormously over the years, the man is still a ****.

 

Didn't he publicly say that if Haye beat Enzo he would retire?

Obviously a man of great integrity. :roll:

 

reading thes quotes one thing is for certain he provokes alot of emotion however i feel that grievesys comment is well ott, warren makes his fighters good money unfortantly sometimes with bad fights that are no to low risk then i would say thats his job if i was a fighter a could earn 50k for fighting a pushover or 50k to have a hard night against a tough oppenent what would you do?

 

Could you share the actual PPV numbers for the MAB fight please Rob?

 

You honestly believe that?

I don't believe that anybody gets to where he is at without being a complete **** which I am sure he is.