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Warters returns
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JAMIE WARTERS returns as a cruiserweight
on Steve Pollard's City Hall, Hull public show
on November 21 against local old fox Tony Booth. It
is the eight-round main event on a six-fight card.
Warters has been out of the ring for two years
but teamed up with Pollard 10 months ago.
Ex-pro Pollard, who never beats around the bush,
said he always rated Warters as a puncher but felt
he was too stiff and didn't have a plan B. He was in
the opposite corner when Warters beat Terry Morrill.
"All Jamie tried to do was knock them out," said
Steve. "That tires you out quickly."
Pollard told Warters, who had become disillusioned
with the game, he would sign him as long as he was
prepared to change his style and become looser.
"That's why he's taken so long to return. He's
now got a lot more lateral movement to go with his
power and is much more relaxed.
"Of course, the proof of the pudding is in the
fighting. Booth will test him. If Jamie doesn't do a
good job, it's back to the drawing board, but if he
wins impressively, we'll be gunning for someone in
the top 10.
"I predict he'll become British champion."
Warters was 10-1 (4) before disappearing, the
one loss on a cut. He is 30 next month.
Pollard has set up a company called Steve
Pollard Promotions Ltd which stages this show (their
fourth). His partners are millionaires Richard Teatum
and Shaun Kamis, who are boxing nuts, plus ex-
'world' champ Paul Ingle.
Steve still cares deeply about the fighter he took
all the way to the top. "Paul's put on a lot of weight
and I've told his mum he needs to go on a diet."

Karmazin's new foe
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ROMAN KARMAZIN, the Russian Oscar De La
Hoya avoided facing when the east European
was WBC No. 1 contender, has a new co-challenger
for the vacant European title belt.
Dane Michael Rask pulled out and has been
replaced by Spaniard Jorge Araujo.
The match must take place before the end of the
year and Phillipe Fondu, Karmazin's manager, hopes
to land it on his December 8 bill in St Petersburg.
Rask had a rough fight last month - against
Alfonso Mosquera - and obviously needed a break.

Darkie's punishment
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TEN per cent of Stephen Smith's purse has
been withheld permanently following the
Board's hearing into his fight with Ricky Hatton.
That percentage is what trainer Darkie Smith would
have got had he not stormed into the ring to push
referee Mickey Vann and get his son disqualified.
Darkie's licences were also withdrawn, though he
had already handed them in. Promoter Frank Warren's
claim for damages saw him handed £2,000 of the
withheld sum, with the rest going to the Board's
charitable trust.
Darkie will continue as a trainer., in France.
He is to train former two-weight 'world' champion
Fabrice Tiozzo in Lyon, having already worked with
the Frenchman before his unsuccessful WBA lightheavyweight
title challenge to Virgil Hill in 1993.

SUPER SCOTT'S UP THERE WITH BARRERA
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WHAT a pleasure and a privilege it was to see Scott
Harrison's beat Julio Pablo Chacon - a genuine title
win for a genuine guy.
Scott could have taken the soft route so many of our
mediocre champions have and are taking, but went for the
top and won through endurance and skill.
That may sound harsh, for some of our boxers are as
hard-working and professional as they come - guys like Tony
Oakey, Peter Culshaw and Michael Brodie.
But they are kidding themselves and the fans. It's not all
about making as much money as you can, surely?
Harrison's win puts him in the world top five and he can
look forward to some good paydays but, more importantly,
good match-ups.
Well done, Scott, we are all very proud.
On the downside, Danny Williams will find it very hard to
make a career for himself if he continues to put religion before
boxing.