The bottom line is I have an agreement with him, ... We have had an excellent relationship and I certainly don't want to go down any court route, but at the end of the day I have to look after Sports Network's interests. We're still talking and hopefully something will be resolved. |
The fight for me which encapsulates all what boxing is about is when Benn fought McClellan, |
The kid took the Cuban to school. |
The market is healthy. But there's still not a lot of momentum out there. |
Therefore, I had to make a fight for Joe as he had to get some rounds under his belt, |
This is a great coup for Sports Network who not only promote Britain's most prominent world champions but also the best in outstanding young talent, |
This is the fight that Joe, the media and the fans wanted and I am absolutely delighted that following some hard work over the last few days the fight is on, |
This is very sad but hopefully the start of something good for Frank. |
We look forward to continuing to promote these great young boxers managed by Frank and continuing our close relationship. We wish Frank all success in the pursuit of his private interest in the world of boxing. |
We tried to make this fight many years ago but the stumbling block was always what Roy wanted to be paid. |
We wanted to make the Lacy fight early but they insisted he wasn't ready and he would fight Reid first, |
We were thinking of keeping the same guy but we may well look to somebody a little bit better although that guy was ranked much higher than Amir. |
We've got three really talented guys here and it's exciting to be working with them. I think they can go on and make big names for themselves. |
You've got to admire anyone who has done what McBride did. He got off his backside, went to the United States, and made something of himself. I didn't think he could beat Tyson, but he took what Tyson threw at him and did it. |
Young Kevin was up at the office yesterday with his mum talking about the future and that's what charges me up, |