Frank Smith Update on Jai Opetaia, Wardley vs Adeleye Purse Bids Cancelled & AJ vs Helenius

Hi, it's Harry from No Spokesport with Frank Smith

First of all, I've watched your interview with Parsons. Sorry. What was the��

No, I like Parsons, but what was your holiday like before it got disrupted

Did you have a good time? I had a nice 48 hours of sunshine. Oh, was that all it was

Yeah, yeah, I was there for four days. So I had a nice 48 hours of sunshine and then went into the madness of it all

of it all. But it's what we love, it's what we do and to be fair, I've got a very understanding

missus so I have to thank her. And there was good news from a boxing perspective on your holiday because Rocky Hernandez, you

won the purse bids. What date and venue can we expect to see for that one

Just working through all the details now, it's a brilliant fight and one we're very excited for

And I know you've been asked to death about Jaya Pater but I will add to that. I've seen

rumours or rumblings that Jordan Thompson previously was discussed for that fight before

react for, got called for purse bids. Is that something you'd look to revisit

Yeah, for sure. Jordan's highly ranked with the IVF. And that's definitely a fight

He's worked his way into that position there. It's definitely a fight we'd love to look at

And look, we need to focus now. Jai's been messed around for too long. And our focus is to get him a fight as soon as possible

and get him back up and running, because we believe he the best cruiserweight in the division And Wardley Adelaide I believe the purse bids have happened already Canceled today Canceled I didn know that I didn see that Possibly next month that will happen but let see Brilliant

And Dimitri, when can we expect to see him next back out? I've got a conversation with Vadim, his manager, later today, so get some updates there

We're working through a couple of different options. He was out for a bit, slight injury, but we'll get him out as soon as possible

And news on Joe Cordina soon as well? Yeah, news very soon on that, just working through some final details on that front

And lastly, I've got to get your thoughts on AJ Hellenius. I will give my opinion

I think Hellenius was the best option out there, because... Is it fair to say there weren't many other credible alternatives

Hergovic is never going to happen. I would list through all of them, but they would take up a lot of time

But also Ruiz, for example, too much money. It's never going to happen, yeah. I think that the focus was to get a fight on, and that was always what we were focusing on

and I think Helene is going to be a great fight. He's going to come to fight as well

He's not coming here just to take his money and, you know, he could change his life here on Saturday night

And did you see the fight in the castle last weekend? I did. I was watching it in the car in Ibiza

when I was going out for dinner. I watched the fight. I saw the castle wall in the background

It looked very beautiful. But this week, it's at the O2, AJ's house

Bit of a change of sayings, but yeah. Thank you very much for your time. Cheers, mate. Appreciate it