Wardley v Dubois: Frank Warren
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What are Frank Warren's thoughts on neutrality in fighter matchups?
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How did Arsenal perform in their recent match and what are their upcoming challenges?
This is Five Live Boxing. It's been a heavyweight week here in Manchester. We were on and off of buses with the boxers. Then open top buses, of course, display buses. They weren't catching a bus to go and eat or anything silly like that. And then they pitched a ring in a sandpit in a play area in the centre of town. The public came out. It was a lovely night. Now I'm inside the Co-op Live Arena. Going to sit down with Frank Warren, get his thoughts on yet another heavyweight match.
What insights does Frank Warren provide about the heavyweight championship fight?
I might sound like a cliche. What else are you going to call it? It's the heavyweight championship of the world. Fabio Wardley, Daniel Dubois on Saturday night. I'm Steve Bunce and this is Five Live Boxing. In fact, before we talk boxing, I've got to talk a little bit about what happened at the Emirates the other night. Now, I wasn't there. I watched it on TV. But was it as ecstatic and as good as it looked on television?
After the last couple of years, the atmosphere's really picked up.
How does Frank Warren view the boxing atmosphere and fan engagement?
Before that, it wasn't such a great atmosphere. Not like Highbury was. But that's the best atmosphere ever. ever they've had there. It was electric. I mean, the place was alive. And it wasn't just at the end. It was all the way through. The fans really got behind them, lifted them, pushed them, and it was just brilliant. All of us were engaged and involved in it because it was a big moment in time for us as Arsenal fans.
What unique challenges do Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois face as fighters?
I remember Paris 2006. I remember I was stuck and you sorted out some tickets for someone from ITV with about an hour to go before the kick-off. I was with my son who was 11. And I remember how deflated that was. But then looking back on it, it was still a great event. And that was a loss. It was still a great event.
Well, it was. But we lost our goalie.
Yeah.
What are the implications of the upcoming fight for both fighters' careers?
He got sent off. It just didn't happen. And we've done really well. We held on for about 80 minutes. It was doing okay. But this time around, I really fancy us. We've already beaten them. I've had a little bit of moan about Arsenal when they lost that bit of form since Christmas and whatever, but when you look at where they are, they're the highest scorers in the league, they've got the best defence in the league, least conceded goals, they're undefeated in Europe, and we've already beaten PSG.
So why is it then? Why have we seen this from the last two or three months with people?
How does Sam Jones describe his relationship with Daniel Dubois?
I mean, we'll get to the boxing in a minute. Because I was on Darren Fletcher's football show about six weeks ago. And he asked me, I said, it just happens. It's like nerves and the pressure gets... It doesn't matter how much they're being paid and how professional they are. Nerves and pressure can get to you. We've seen it with fighters. You see it with players.
I don't know if it's nerves or what. It's just it was like a loss of form. And what it was, we were getting beaten by teams we should have been winning.
What future plans does Frank Warren have for his fighters after the championship bout?
And just basically... Just give away, in my opinion, give away a huge points advantage we had. But now, here we are. Everybody was having their money on Man City, wasn't they? And they were lucky to scrape through three all. That was nuts. The weekend. So it's been exciting. It's an exciting time. And if you want to be the best, it's like boxing. You've got to beat the best. So we've got to beat... Keep winning our matches. And then we beat Manchester City at the end of the day because we're the better team consistently.
And good news that whoever came to you about two and a half months ago and said, we've got May 30th, Frank. We can get Moses on May 30th. We can get another good fight on May 30th. Really good. You didn't get a May 30th date.
Yeah, we didn't. We've had a result there. Anyway, I'm off to Budapest. We're all going there, and we're taking our tents with us, and we're going to watch the match.
If you can get a campsite. Right, let's talk about this fight. You talk about if you've got to fight the best to beat the best. That might be the case with both Daniel Dubois, who's had to go in with hard fellas, win or lose, he's gone in with them, and especially Fabio Wardley, in with hard fellas, fighting.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are Frank Warren's thoughts on neutrality in fighter matchups?
0:00–0:54
2
How did Arsenal perform in their recent match and what are their upcoming challenges?
0:54–1:22
3
What insights does Frank Warren provide about the heavyweight championship fight?
1:22–1:59
4
How does Frank Warren view the boxing atmosphere and fan engagement?
1:59–2:26
5
What unique challenges do Fabio Wardley and Daniel Dubois face as fighters?
2:26–2:48
6
What are the implications of the upcoming fight for both fighters' careers?
2:48–3:24
7
How does Sam Jones describe his relationship with Daniel Dubois?
3:24–3:45
8
What future plans does Frank Warren have for his fighters after the championship bout?
3:45–25:00