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Frank Warren Donates Tickets For Troops

BRITAIN'S top boxing promoter, Frank Warren, has donated 500 FREE tickets to the Armed Forces for his massive September 18 'Magnificent Seven' event at the LG Arena, Birmingham, it was announced today (Tuesday).

It is one of the biggest nights of boxing ever held in the UK,  featuring Britain's biggest stars including former Olympic Gold medallist, now turned professional James DeGale , Kell Brook, Nathan Cleverly and Derek Chisora  and it's live on Sky Box Office.

Tickets For Troops is an independent charity that was set up last year to provide top tickets to musical, cultural and sporting events. 

It has been given over 200,000 tickets by organisations wanting to show their support of the Armed Forces.   Last week The FA donated 1000 tickets for the troops to see the Bulgaria V England match at Wembley and Aviva provided 100 tickets for the Premiership Rugby double-Header at Twickenham.

Mr. Cameron highlighted the scheme when he was in Birmingham last month and said:   "What is impressive is, we rang up all the football clubs, rang up all the rugby clubs, we got hold of all the people that put on shows in the West End, virtually everybody said yes, from Frank Warren - the boxing promoter, to Manchester United football club, to West Bromwich Albion.

"And this is providing lots of opportunities for organisations to say to our armed forces 'we think you're great, come and see our show for free' - brilliant idea, though I say it myself."  Now it has nothing to do with me - it is independent and running itself, but it's just one example of the many things we should be doing to say 'we in Britain respect our armed forces, and are proud of what you do."

Frank Warren who also sits on Advisory Board of Tickets For Troops said:  "I said yes as soon as I was asked to be involved," said Warren.  "The Armed Forces are big supporters of boxing, and I am delighted to be able to offer something back.  "All those who put their lives on the line for Britain are heroes, and they deserve to be treated like heroes when they return to the UK.   "It's the least I can do and I'm sure they will have a great night with all the fantastic fights we have on the show".