“I think what’s happened, what’s killing small-hall boxing is the government, and what they’re taxing people, and the cost of living, that bit of money that used to be a little bit free in the household, to go to a boxing show isn’t there no more. Everyone’s a bit tighter with the pennies, with the pounds, because they don’t have that luxury, and then when you are going to go to a small-hall show, obviously the [British Boxing] Board [of Control], obviously the pricing of the doctors, the ambulances, the venue hire, the seats, the medics, the opponents, the journeymen are wanting crazy money now as well, and the emphasis is on the fighters to sell tickets. Then the pricing of them tickets has got to be a little bit higher to help to cover the cost of the show, and people just don’t have the money in the budget to pay for that no more, and that’s where it’s going wrong. It’s very easy to say, ‘Oh you’re blaming Turki,’ or, ‘You’re blaming this.’ No, they’re delivering the fights. They’re delivering the big events. I’ll give an example: Joe Parker versus Fabio Wardley [who box later this month]. I don’t know how that’s doing, that’s a stand-alone. Is it going to do 20,000 at the O2? I don’t know, we’ll see on the night. But I feel that’s the type of fight that’s on its own, but could easily be in a 5v5, or the Magnificent Seven.
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