Frank W*rren

[Spud]

What does the forum think of Mr W*rren?

For me, I think he is doing outstandingly well. Over the years he was bound to have lean periods but in signing Tyson Fury he struck gold.

Thoughts about Frank W*rren past & present?

[SeanBrennan]

resilient.

[Nightmare Roy]

I think he'll be in boxing long after Hearn has gone, another Bob Arum

[maverick23]

I have a lot of respect for Frank in that he’s managed to survive in a really hard industry and he’s probably making more money from it now than any time previously.

I can’t forget though about him putting him companies out of business to avoid paying fighters. Namely Joe Calzaghe and Ricky Burns.

He was co-manager and promoter of Burns and really screwed him over. Not Don King levels but not good.

[1328613]

A crooked caaant and a slimy, robbing scumbag to boot.

Anyone saying they like or respect the lying lizard eyed prick is a moron.

[tonyevs]

He is a spiv, and very successful one.

Those old Fish-eyes of his let you know all you really need to know ...

[a force]

He is what he is. A boxing promoter so he’s dodgy by nature. I don’t particularly mind him because I don’t think he’s ever tried to tell anyone he’s some sort of good guy.

[handsofstone]

He won the lottery signing Fury otherwise he'd be bathing in mediocrity with Shalom and Sauerland

[Monzon83]

I genuinely think the sport is better off without him. He’s a dinosaur at this point, he should just retire and let his sons get on with it.

[Bigdogsnose]

Not keen. He's increasingly arrogant and dismissive of real boxing fans, like we dont have a right to complain about the shit shows cos he's been in boxing far longer than us and knows far more.

He knows how to survive, he knows sweet fcuk all about giving us a product we deserve. Self serving fcukwit.

[si7dog7]

He’s a Gooner.
So Fw@nk is alright.

[SeanBrennan]

He’s a Gooner.
So Fw@nk is alright.

hahahaha he was nearly a 'goner' after some firefighter from Stepney gave him a special lung modification in 1989.

[jameswilson]

He’s a Gooner.
So Fw@nk is alright.

hahahaha he was nearly a 'goner' after some firefighter from Stepney gave him a special lung modification in 1989.

Whenever anyone mentions that I always remember the pissed up fans of Mark Hobson at the Haye v Enzo weigh in seeing Frank and shouting ‘ohhh ahhhh Terry Marsh I said ohhh ahhh Terry Marsh!’

[jwfg]

Morally challenged.

[SeanBrennan]

He’s a Gooner.
So Fw@nk is alright.

hahahaha he was nearly a 'goner' after some firefighter from Stepney gave him a special lung modification in 1989.

Whenever anyone mentions that I always remember the pissed up fans of Mark Hobson at the Haye v Enzo weigh in seeing Frank and shouting ‘ohhh ahhhh Terry Marsh I said ohhh ahhh Terry Marsh!’

brilliant, singing it now myself. Wife confused, Household game changed.

[NazNaci1]

Not a fan.

Hated his formula. Prospects vs hyped up no hopers, over the hill vets or fighters 1 or 2 weight classes lighter....

Didn't do much to enrich the sport. His fighters, somewhat and himself, definitely, but ask 'fish eyes' if he cares, the answer was no then and its no now.

He is the millionaire and I am not, so there is the answer right there (though, not sure what he would have done without the £££ backing of Mr Lewis).

Mickey Duff (RIP), knew far, far more about boxing but was a tad shady himself but bizarrely, I preferred him and his genuine knowledge over 'Allegedly'.

[Steveh583]

he gave us some great nights. benn vs mcclellen, gomez vs arthur, calzaghe vs lacy/kessler, hatton vs KT, eubank vs thompson, bruno vs McCall, naz vs robinson, warrington vs selby/frampton....the list goes on and on.

saying that, we got 50 mismatches for ever one of those.

he's written his place in british boxing folklore.

been very naughty not paying his fighters in the past.

[si7dog7]

Not a fan.

Hated his formula. Prospects vs hyped up no hopers, over the hill vets or fighters 1 or 2 weight classes lighter....

Didn't do much to enrich the sport. His fighters, somewhat and himself, definitely, but ask 'fish eyes' if he cares, the answer was no then and its no now.

He is the millionaire and I am not, so there is the answer right there (though, not sure what he would have done without the £££ backing of Mr Lewis).

Mickey Duff (RIP), knew far, far more about boxing but was a tad shady himself but bizarrely, I preferred him and his genuine knowledge over 'Allegedly'.

He took over the top promoter role from Micky Duff.
Some feat as it used to be a closed shop.

Some of those 90s/2000s shows from the MEN were very entertaining

Even after Naz. Who I bloody loved as an entertainer. Great fighter too.

Hatton
Gomez
Richard “the secret” Williams
Steve Roberts
Ant’ny Farnell
Tak
And more…. Tell me who I have omitted please

Resident Ricky ref: Mickey Vann.

Great fun.

I’d have that every couple of months. PLEASE!!!

[Frostieballs]

Not a fan.

Hated his formula. Prospects vs hyped up no hopers, over the hill vets or fighters 1 or 2 weight classes lighter....

Didn't do much to enrich the sport. His fighters, somewhat and himself, definitely, but ask 'fish eyes' if he cares, the answer was no then and its no now.

He is the millionaire and I am not, so there is the answer right there (though, not sure what he would have done without the £££ backing of Mr Lewis).

Mickey Duff (RIP), knew far, far more about boxing but was a tad shady himself but bizarrely, I preferred him and his genuine knowledge over 'Allegedly'.

He took over the top promoter role from Micky Duff.
Some feat as it used to be a closed shop.

Some of those 90s/2000s shows from the MEN were very entertaining

Even after Naz. Who I bloody loved as an entertainer. Great fighter too.

Hatton
Gomez
Richard “the secret” Williams
Steve Roberts
Ant’ny Farnell
Tak
And more…. Tell me who I have omitted please

Resident Ricky ref: Mickey Vann.

Great fun.

I’d have that every couple of months. PLEASE!!!

Pretty sure Roberts and Richard Williams were Matchroom….

[si7dog7]

You are prob 100%
Just remember those cards which seemed to happen oh so regularly.

Anothers I remember with respect were Bobby Vanzie, Graham Earl, Steve Murray etc.

The SKY subscription was well worth it for a boxing fan back in the day

[CaptainSpacerod]

Litigious

[Frostieballs]

You are prob 100%
Just remember those cards which seemed to happen oh so regularly.

Anothers I remember with respect were Bobby Vanzie, Graham Earl, Steve Murray etc.

The SKY subscription was well worth it for a boxing fan back in the day

I remember them well - and was at many.

Used to be decent level championship boxing every weekend it seems. Interspersed with the odd mega card.

We bemoaned (correctly) the use of fringe titles and some of the matchmaking at the time, but it was more competitive than now.

[Gran Hermano]

Fish eyed prick

[maverick23]

You are prob 100%
Just remember those cards which seemed to happen oh so regularly.

Anothers I remember with respect were Bobby Vanzie, Graham Earl, Steve Murray etc.

The SKY subscription was well worth it for a boxing fan back in the day

I remember them well - and was at many.

Used to be decent level championship boxing every weekend it seems. Interspersed with the odd mega card.

We bemoaned (correctly) the use of fringe titles and some of the matchmaking at the time, but it was more competitive than now.

I think we can be guilty of just remembering the good fights. There was a lot of poor stuff, particularly on undercards.

We benefitted from the frequency of shows. It was pretty much one every week and sometimes two shows.

Would I swap Sky Sports boxing back then for Sky Sports boxing now? Absolutely. A crap show would be forgotten about because there were several coming up after it.

[Frostieballs]

You are prob 100%
Just remember those cards which seemed to happen oh so regularly.

Anothers I remember with respect were Bobby Vanzie, Graham Earl, Steve Murray etc.

The SKY subscription was well worth it for a boxing fan back in the day

I remember them well - and was at many.

Used to be decent level championship boxing every weekend it seems. Interspersed with the odd mega card.

We bemoaned (correctly) the use of fringe titles and some of the matchmaking at the time, but it was more competitive than now.

I think we can be guilty of just remembering the good fights. There was a lot of poor stuff, particularly on undercards.

We benefitted from the frequency of shows. It was pretty much one every week and sometimes two shows.

Would I swap Sky Sports boxing back then for Sky Sports boxing now? Absolutely. A crap show would be forgotten about because there were several coming up after it.

Yes the sheer volume of shows has much to do with it.

The whole ‘scene’ just felt more active.