Life begins at 40
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ON December 1, 1980, Frank Warren staged his first promotion under the auspices of the British Boxing Board of Control. In the top-of-the-bill fight, heavyweight contender Jerry “The Bull” Martin stopped Otis Gordon in seven rounds at the Bloomsbury Hotel.
“The place was half empty,” remembered Warren. “I lost £17,500.”
As anyone who’s followed boxing over the past four decades knows, Warren stuck at it and he marks 40 years as a promoter with a show at Church House in Westminster this Saturday
