Frank Warren has gone from not caring about Dana White and Eddie Hearn’s grudge fight to offering to market it.
Earlier this month, the Queensberry Promotions boss told Bloody Elbow he was completely indifferent to the comical boxing match, which might pit 56-year-old White against 46-year-old Hearn. Nonetheless, he has modified his tune in recent days.
Now, he has told IFL TV that he might even consider putting on the fight, on condition that each veteran promoters could be too busy training and competing to advertise. Nonetheless, he may need competition from Misfits Boxing boss Kalle Sauerland, who’s offering big money to each men.
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Frank Warren willing to stage Dana White vs Eddie Hearn
Ahead of his big show in Manchester this weekend headlined by Moses Itauma vs Jermaine Franklin, Frank Warren gave a lengthy interview to IFL TV yesterday. Among the many topics brought up was the potential fight between Eddie Hearn and Dana White.
Warren asked host Kugan Cassius how much they might generate on pay-per-view, to which it was mentioned that Hearn has predicted a minimum of 1 million buys. “I’ll put that on for them,” Warren replied.
“I’m an independent, let’s do it, let’s do the fight in the event that they wish to do it. I’m in, I’ll be the neutral in the center.” IFL’s Joe Pugh then mentioned that Misfits Boxing’s Kalle Sauerland had offered £5 million each to place the show on his platform that is understood for freak show fights.
“What’s this, a Misfits fight?” Warren replied, before jokingly admitting that ‘he may be a greater broker’. He then said ‘I’ll up that cash’.
Frank Warren claimed to not care about White v Hearn grudge fight lower than two weeks ago
It’s a far cry from Warren’s opinion just two weeks ago, when he told Bloody Elbow in Dublin that he will not be concerned with gimmick discussions like those happening between Hearn and White. He’s a rival of each, but appears to have settled a decades-long family rival together with his fellow Brit lately.
“Who cares?” he replied when asked about the potential of his two rivals competing. “I’m within the business of selling tickets for fights that individuals wish to see, sellout shows. People might wish to see that, I don’t know.
“Good luck to them in the event that they wish to go and do this, we’ll keep doing what we’re doing and constructing careers of fellows who actually are young enough to fight and are skilled athletes and skilled boxers.”