Frank Warren, Queensberry Threaten Legal Action Against Anthony Yarde

Frank Warren and Queensberry promotions threatened legal action against Anthony Yarde who has claimed he’s a free agent.

Yarde last fought in February when he beat Marko Nikolic and since then, he has been in a contract dispute with Warren. He recently took to social media to claim that he is a free agent, which Warren says isn’t the case.

“He has nothing in writing from Queensberry saying that [he’s a free agent],” Warren said (via BoxingScene). He still has a contractual commitment to us. As far as we’re concerned there’s a contractual commitment to Queensberry – we expect that to be honoured. If it’s not honoured… it’s in the hands of our lawyers now anyway. Whether he has a contractual commitment to us or not won’t be decided by him, it’ll be decided legally. 

“At the moment, as we stand right now, I’m past that [the potential Buatsi-Yarde fight]. His management [manager and trainer Tunde Ajayi] I’ve got no time for anymore. I’m done with them. His management – the purses they’re asking for are the most ridiculous purses. Go to the purse bid – you find out what your true worth is. If you’re worth what you think then people will bid that and I’ve got it wrong.”

For now, Frank Warren says he just wants to work with boxers who want to work with him which Anthony Yarde doesn’t want to.

“I don’t care anymore about it,” Warren added. “They’ve made their choices; don’t want to listen to me. I’m just interested in working with fighters who wanna work with me. Fighters who work with me get well looked after like he’s been well looked after, but if he wants to listen to idiots that’s up to him. It’ll all be determined legally, where we are with it.”