Neil Sinclair hits back...
Posted: 03 May 2004, 12:16
Neil Sinclair today said he was "glad" to be moving on after being axed by promoter allegedly. Sinclair insists he will fight on despite Warren saying he no longer wanted to promote the former British welterweight champion.
"It's not a blow for me," said Sinclair. "In fact it has clarified things for me and I will weigh up my options."
He believes it will not be long before he can hook up with a new promoter.
The major alternatives would seem to be Tommy Gilmour, who recently signed up fellow Belfast man Damaen Kelly, or his former promoter Barry Hearn, who has promoted three Brian Magee title fights within the past six months.
Warren said that his final decision to part company with Sinclair came after the 30-year-old accepted and then turned down a shot at WBU light-middleweight champion Takaloo.
Sinclair said: "I wasn't going to be bullied into any fight. I'm a welterweight. I have found the weight hard recently because I have been out of the ring for a year but once I get fighting regularly I'll make welterweight, no problem as I have always done.
"I've been waiting to see what he (Warren) was going to offer me and now I start from a clean sheet. I wasn't contracted to him anyway.
"It's time to move on and all I need now is someone to dangle a carrot in front of me and if it's worth it then I'll take it.
"Because of the way things have gone I have become a little indifferent to the sport but once I get the right deal I know that I will be ready to get going again."
Sinclair's coach John Breen insists that he is disappointed that it has come to this parting of the ways but added: "It's up to Neil to decide where he goes from here but I know that if gets totally focused he can be a champion."
"It's not a blow for me," said Sinclair. "In fact it has clarified things for me and I will weigh up my options."
He believes it will not be long before he can hook up with a new promoter.
The major alternatives would seem to be Tommy Gilmour, who recently signed up fellow Belfast man Damaen Kelly, or his former promoter Barry Hearn, who has promoted three Brian Magee title fights within the past six months.
Warren said that his final decision to part company with Sinclair came after the 30-year-old accepted and then turned down a shot at WBU light-middleweight champion Takaloo.
Sinclair said: "I wasn't going to be bullied into any fight. I'm a welterweight. I have found the weight hard recently because I have been out of the ring for a year but once I get fighting regularly I'll make welterweight, no problem as I have always done.
"I've been waiting to see what he (Warren) was going to offer me and now I start from a clean sheet. I wasn't contracted to him anyway.
"It's time to move on and all I need now is someone to dangle a carrot in front of me and if it's worth it then I'll take it.
"Because of the way things have gone I have become a little indifferent to the sport but once I get the right deal I know that I will be ready to get going again."
Sinclair's coach John Breen insists that he is disappointed that it has come to this parting of the ways but added: "It's up to Neil to decide where he goes from here but I know that if gets totally focused he can be a champion."