Boxing promoter 'lied over fighter's epilepsy'

Frank Warren, the boxing promoter, was an 'absolute liar', and knew that Terry Marsh, the former world boxing champion, suffered from epilepsy yet continued to arrange fights for him, the High Court was told yesterday, writes Rachel Borrill.

Mr Marsh, 34, of Basildon, Essex, told the court that he was diagnosed as epileptic in August 1987 and a week later he informed Mr Warren. 'Frank said, 'don't worry, we'll sort it out' and went on about what fights were lined up.' Mr Warren, 40, is suing Mr Marsh for damages over comments he made on Thames Television's Midweek Sports Special in January 1989, which implied he had allowed Mr Marsh to sign a contract to fight Frankie Warren, an American boxer, knowing he was suffering from epilepsy.