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Boxing: Warren warns against Flintoff 'car crash'

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Former England cricket captain is due to fight at Manchester's MEN Arena on November 30.

Leading British boxing promoter Frank Warren has labelled former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoffs professional ring debut as car crash television.Flintoff, the star of Englands 2005 Ashes triumph, has applied for his boxing licence and is due to fight at Manchesters MEN Arena on November 30 against an as yet unnamed opponent.BoxNation, a company in which Warren is involved, will screen the 34-year-olds first bout but the veteran promoter said: For me its car crash television, Ill be blunt about it.Im not taking anything away from him, its being shown on BoxNation which Im involved in, but I wont be promoting it.Meanwhile David Price, the British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion, was slightly more positive.Freddie (Flintoff) is as entitled as anyone to try it out and some people come to professional boxing later in life, Price said.But if its just some type of PR stunt then its disrespectful to boxing.The reality is he could get hurt if theres someone in front of him wholl stand up and throw punches back. Its car crash TV but will probably get people watching.