JimJim2009 wrote:Wonder if fwank will answer the phone if Mick calls ?
Also wonder how long Hughie's contract with mick runs for. I think some management contracts automatically renew or extend if the fighter becomes a champ, and I've wondered sometimes what the rush is with Hughie. There's absolutely no need to rush him into a world title fight. That isn't necessarily a reason not to, but if you're gonna go for this at this early stage of his life, you owe it to your fighter to prepare him right. All seemed rosy for price when he was bowling over domestic opposition easily but it didn't prepare him for the step up. If Hughie gets knocked out badly by Parker it will be interesting to see what happens next from a management perspective.
Hughie is still, as of right now, featured on Warren's website as one of his fighters. There's been no press to state that Hughie has left Warren, and Warren clearly did sign him. I assume there's some sort of co-promotional deal going on somewhere, and if Hughie has indeed left Warren it seems very odd, (not to say utterly amateur hour) for him to still be there, front and centre, on Warren's own site, if Warren has nothing to do with him anymore. Remember, Warren made the purse bids for the cancelled fight in New Zealand.
I know there have been situations in the past where to the untrained eye it can appear Warren is promoting a fighter when in fact he's essentially promoting the fact that the fighter is on BN, (this was often the case with Tyson), again, a TV deal doesn't even seem to be nailed down for this.
Just a total promotional mess.
