Yesterday Frank Warren issued the following statement:
"The British Boxing Board of Control had an embarrassing climb down today - withdrawing its threat to automatically terminate all of its members’ licences if they participate in the Haye v Chisora fight.
I still take the Board’s threat to call me to account for my role in the fight as Dereck Chisora’s manager as unlawful. The Board seems to have pre-judged the issue without hearing the point of view of any of its members and this is just wrong. I intend to issue proceedings next week and will support all other licence holders who feel intimidated into not participating in the Haye v Chisora promotion.
I may not be the only one suing the Board. The Board has also stopped fighters such as Kevin Mitchell, who I also manage, from fighting on the undercard. This is such a shame as Kevin was looking forward to fighting in front of the crowd at West Ham and it would have been great for the fans to see him again. He is asking the Board to re-consider and it may be forced to do so rather than face proceedings from Kevin for the purse he would have earned together with the lost opportunity to fight in front of 40,000 people."
Today however the European Boxing Union suspended the membership of the Luxembourg Boxing Federation. It is thought that the suspension will become an expulsion should the Luxembourg Boxing Federation sanction the proposed match between David Haye and Dereck Chisora.
Should the EBU no longer recognise the Luxembourg Boxing Federation, the legitimacy of any promotion they choose to sanction would be severely compromised.
This is becoming a total mess. If the boxing forum rumours are true, Frank Warren seriously needs this fight to go ahead to secure the short term future of Frank Warren Promotions. Cash flow and fighters not being paid are allegedly major problems at the moment. We might be seeing the beginning of the end for Frank Warren and Boxnation
