17 Jan 2022

Joe Smith Jr. Wins On ESPN, Both Late Replacement Struggle + News & Notes Of The Week

Link To My Podcast This Week I was featured as a guest on this podcast check it out. photo: Mikey Williams / Top Rank Inc Joe Smith Jr. Stops Steve Geffrard In Nine WBO light heavyweight world champion Joe Smith Jr. made his world title defense against eight days notice opponent

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27 Jan 2017

Golden Boy lawsuit against Al Haymon dismissed

News broke late-last night via the ever popular website, FightHype.com, revealed that the Golden Boy Promotions lawsuit against Al Haymon has been thrown out. A U.S. District Judge in Los Angeles dismissed the 300 million dollar lawsuit saying that Haymon did not act as a “sham promoter”. The ugly trial was

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14 Jun 2016

Golden Boy wins lawsuit with All-Star Boxing

In an extremely confusing lawsuit that was above my paid grade saw Golden Boy Promotions leave the victor somewhat over All-Star Boxing which was suing them over the usage of Golden Boy’s lone star in their promotion, Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Despite the victory, the jury stated that Canelo will still have

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21 Mar 2016

Lucas Browne says he is seeking legal consultation

Shamed Australian WBA heavyweight champion, Lucas Browne took to Twitter to respond to ESPN.com’s news of him failing a VADA test today. Below is the tweet   I don’t understand today’s news, and I’m seeking legal advice… — Lucas Browne (@bigdaddybrowne1) March 21, 2016

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17 Aug 2015

Don King trying to stop Mosley-Mayorga II PPV

Future Hall-of-Fame boxer “Sugar” Shane Mosley said today that his PPV bout against Ricardo Mayorga August 29 at the Forum, will take place despite a lawsuit filed against him by promoter Don King. Mosley’s legal team is disputing the lawsuit filed naming Mosley, Mayorga, Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions and GoBox

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01 Jul 2015

So what’s going on with Al Haymon and all these lawsuits

[Editor Note: If you’re not a big fan of reading you can listen to a podcast on the topic right here.]   So today Top Rank Inc. filed a lawsuit against Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, citing that Haymon is trying to run every other boxing promoter out of business.

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01 Jul 2015

De La Hoya issues statement on Top Rank’s Al Haymon lawsuit

Golden Boy Promotions Founder and Chairman Oscar De La Hoya released the following statement today in the wake of Top Rank Boxing’s lawsuit against Al Haymon and his affiliated entities. “I applaud Bob Arum and Top Rank Boxing for stepping up on behalf of fighters not only in their own

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01 Jul 2015

Top Rank suing Al Haymon on grounds of monopoly

Per Lance Pugmire of the LA Times, who was the leading resource for the Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fight, reported that Top Rank Inc. is suing Al Haymon’s Premier Boxing Champions, to the tune of 100 million dollars.  The suit is seeking compensation for what is being labeled “predatory practices” in which

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06 May 2015

Mayweather being sued for $20 million

Well, the week of lawsuits continue as Floyd Mayweather has joined Al Haymon and Manny Pacquiao in the club of having a lawsuit filed against him this week. Mayweather who made $180 million for his win over Manny Pacquiao is back in the news although this time I am quite

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06 May 2015

Golden Boy Promotions files 300 million dollar lawsuit against Al Haymon

On Wednesday May 6th, Golden Boy Promotions has filed a 300 million dollar lawsuit against manager/advisor Al Haymon for violating the Muhammad Ali and employing anti-competitive business practices i.e. a monopoly. The suit also includes Haymon’s major backer, Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., an asset management company (“hedge fund company”) that

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