Following a complaint by manager Jess Harding against promoter Frank Warren, the British Boxing Board of Control has fined Warren £7,500 + £2,500 costs at an emergency meeting held yesterday by the Southern Area Council.
The exact nature of Harding’s complaint is not known (Harding, just for a change, refused to return our calls) but falls under Regulation 24.
Harding, long-time manager of featherweight Nicky Cook, expressed his exasperation when his charge missed out on a December WBO title shot when the troubled Scott Harrison elected to relinquish his crown following his much publicised out-of-the-ring problems.
In addition, Harding was reportedly aghast when Cook went on to sign what is believed to be a six-fight deal with the lure of a future world title shot with Warren’s Sports Network organization.
In other news, British heavyweight title challenger Micky Steeds has had his contract terminated with manager John Rooney after issuing a complaint. Rooney raised eyebrows last year when claiming that Steeds was in the running to be a comeback opponent for former world champion Riddick Bowe.
Finally, footballer turned boxer Curtis Woodhouse is to remain under suspension under his Community Service Order has been completed.
April 4, 2007 at 6:04 pm |
What about the possibility of pulling out of Iraq, letting Iran invade and lose resources fighting their own kind,
and then come in and mop up the dregs?