John Hedges vs Pat Brown: Everything That Was Said and Images From Today's Fight Week Press Conference in Manchester

Matchroom Boxing CEO Frank Smith says Manchester is in for an “amazing” night this Saturday when John Hedges and Pat Brown collide at the Co-op Live – live worldwide on the Global Home of Boxing, DAZN.

The two, undefeated Cruiserweight rivals met at Thursday’s Press Conference as the countdown to their powderkeg clash for the British, Commonwealth, WBA International and IBF Intercontinental Titles edges closer.

Both fighters share great expectations of eventually fighting for a World Title. Brown hopes to set off on that journey this weekend when he enjoys the home city advantage, confident of delivering a performance in front of his majority fans. However, Hedges insists the pressure is completely off as he goes in search of the coveted Lonsdale belt.

Smith stated, that with both men going into the fight with unbeaten records, it provides the backdrop for a memorable fight night in the North West of England.

"The reality is one of these fighters is going to win and one is going to lose,” said Smith.

"But both of these men deserve a huge amount of respect for stepping in there and taking a challenge. How long have we seen in this sport of boxing fighters go through their careers taking easy fights, but never getting anywhere?

"Both these guys are going to go in there, take a challenge and they deserve all the respect. It’s going to be some night in there on Saturday.

"We’ve had some amazing nights in Manchester over the years, and I believe Saturday night is going to deliver another one of those.”

You can watch the Press Conference in full and read the quotes below – including the full, stacked card which sees Shabaz Masoud return to take on Ckari Cani Mansilla for the WBA Intercontinental & IBF Intercontinential Featherweight Titles, plus Kieron Conway challenging Mark Jeffers in an eliminator for the British Super Middleweight Championship and Joe Howarth taking on arch-nemesis Corey O’Regan for the English Lightweight strap.

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