Is Ricky Burns success damaging the future of scottish boxing?

All Warren prospects are fighting around 4-5 times a year at the moment. Not just the Scottish ones.

I am sure Johnson, Simmons etc will be on some non Burns bills at some point.

 

It seems all frank's fighters only fight a maximum of 4 times a year even if they are fighting terrible journeyman, they are not learning a thing.

 

It is an issue. I mentioned it last week. DeGale & Gavin should of had 15 fights by now.

 

A main example i think is michael walsh even if you dont like him he has won eight out of eight stopped all eight and only fought twice in 2010 and twice in 2009

 

the less he fights the better:yep

stopping Ian Bailey was a good win for him last time out.

i think in the next year when warren has a few more headliners and fairly decent ticket sellers were see more cards which prospects can fight on

 

Problem is Warren just doesnt put on cards unless theyre TV and he has so many fighters and few TV dates he has to juggle them about. He should put on small hall shows or at least loosen his grip and leave his prospects gain experiencef ighting on the small hall shows that go on every week run by other promoters

 

Sky need to provide a a show for Prospects.

How about once a month on Ringside its a 2 hour special with a live fight. So you have a regular ringside for an hour, in between you have an 8 rounder featuring a prospect and show highlights or knock outs from 2-3 others fights on the card. It could even be from a card on a wednesday night and they show one fill fight and the rest highlights etc.

you just do it at the York Hall or in some small venues like the hotels up North. The shows won't generate much money but they will get the fighters expirience.

 

they show things like Netball, Badminton etc. Sky pay around 70k for a British title fight. With no title fight on the card and just prospects theres no reason why they couldn't have a much small license fee.

 

In answer to the question posed , no. And I do think it does sound a bit riddiculous.

I don get your point but it has nothing to do with Ricky Burns.

The question should be more like, 'is Frank Warren damaging the future of British boxing?

 

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Most times when prospects fight Sky don't even show their fights. They only show the 'elite' prospects. So why do they all have to be on televised cards?

For example, Warren can put on a card in Scotland every month, or every couple of months, with his Scottish prospects on. Allow them to develop a local fanbase as well - especially if you price tickets accordingly (like say £10, £15).

It's actually better for prospects to develop off-tv so they don't feel as much pressure early on.

The only people who do this atm is VIP. The likes of Karl Place and Tyrone Nurse keep busy on smaller cards.

 

This has annoyed me for a long time. With the number of fighters under contract to Warren there is no reason why he couldn't have a monthly show in the Kelvin Hall. He could do the same in London and Manchester or Liverpool to give local prospects the chance to get rounds under their belts.

I think you'd easily get five hundred people turn up to watch six to eight six-rounders for £20-£30 one Sunday a month.