Frank Warren has fired back at critics of the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk undercard.
The four-belt showdown takes place on May 18 in Saudi Arabia and is preceded by an eight-fight bill.
There are several significant fights on the card including an IBF super-featherweight world title clash between Joe Cordina and Anthony Cacace, as well as the Jai Opetaia vs Mairis Briedis rematch for the IBF cruiserweight strap.
The heavyweight division is also well represented with exciting up-and-comer Moses Itauma in action on the night and undefeated contenders Agit Kabayel and Frank Sanchez set to duke it out in a WBC final eliminator.
Yet some fans are not happy with the fights on offer and have made their thoughts known on social media.
Although Warren insists the detractors are in the minority, the Hall of Fame promoter still appeared to be wound up by the response as he delivered a fiery reply to critics of the event.
“It’s a great card. A number of fights on there could be top of the bill,” he told BoxNation.
“The main event is the biggest fight this century. It’s cost a fortune to get those guys in the ring and make it happen.
“The rest of it is a massive massive bonus. Every other fight on there is a good fight, good British fights as well, Cordina versus Cacace. There are some exciting fights there all the way through.
“I’ve seen lots of comments about it and 99 per cent of them agree it’s a bloody good undercard for the show.
“To everybody else, get a life for god’s sake, what a load of miserable b****rds. I don’t care what anybody says. It’s a great, great show.”
Elsewhere on the undercard, British lightweight Mark Chamberlain takes on Nigeria’s Joshua Oluwaseun Wahab while David Nyika vs Michael Seitz and Issac Lowe vs Hasibullah Ahmadi kick off proceedings.
Former unified light-heavyweight world champion Sergey Kovalev also features against Robin Sirwan Safar in a cruiserweight scrap.
Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Bakhodir Jalolov was due to fight on the original February 17 show, but won’t box on May 18.
Instead, he is due to return to the ring on April 14 at the Humo Arena, Tashkent, Uzbekistan against Agron Smakici, the man who cut Fury in sparring and forced the undisputed fight to be postponed.
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