Frank Warren Fight Quotations

We wanted to make the Lacy fight early but they insisted he wasn't ready and he would fight Reid first,

Joe Will be ready to fight in 2006 and hopefully Lacy will be in the opposite corner.

Joe is never going to be ready for that (November date) so we'll try to rearrange it for next year. It is frustrating for Joe but these things happen in boxing. It is a great shame. We'll do the fight early next year, maybe February.

That's just the kind of fight that I want to see Joe in and just the kind of fight audiences would love,

It will be the biggest fight of the year in Britain and certainly one of the most highly anticipated fights on the world scene in recent years - and it will take place in the UK.

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,

I admire Scott for taking a dangerous fight he could have avoided. All I have ever had is Scott's best interests at heart and hopefully he has made the right decision.

He is an exciting young fighter and one of the best that I have worked with and I am sure he can go on to win world a title.

Therefore, I had to make a fight for Joe as he had to get some rounds under his belt,

It was a classy performance. Burns came to fight. He and his manager Alex Morrison thought he could win it and he took the fight to Arthur. But Alex stuck to the game plan.

He's had injuries, but you've seen him fight on American TV. ... It's denigrating my own man. I don't understand it. He will be there on March 4 and see where we are. I have all the faith he will prove to the world how great of a champion he is.

We tried to make this fight many years ago but the stumbling block was always what Roy wanted to be paid.

The fight for me which encapsulates all what boxing is about is when Benn fought McClellan,