The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied a request by attorneys for World of Boxing, L.L.C. to continue the February 6, 2017 trial date.
For background on the case, see our post here. Essentially, the parties are suing each other over a failed fight in Russia due to an alleged failed test by Povetkin and Wilder’s subsequent actions after he learned of the drug test. There is also an issue of over $7 million held up in escrow due to the failed fight.
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Notably, the court order identifies a September 26, 2016 hearing in which the parties wanting an “expedited trial” and agreeing on the February 6th trial date. The parties agreed to the sole issue of whether Alexander Povetking ingested Melodonium after it was formally banned on January 1, 2016.
World of Boxing has complained of discovery issues in which Wilder’s attorneys claimed privilege for certain emails between purported agents of Wilder and his attorney.
MMA Payout will keep you posted on the case as it heads to trial.
Boxing….one mess after another.
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/18508305/golden-boy-promotions-espn-enter-partnership-42-fight-cards-next-two-years
What a mess…golden boy oh no hahahaha
Povetkin is not a big enough name to fail a drug test. Now who’s going to buy this fight? Some wealthy Russian billionaire in a year or two will pay Wilder to make an appearance for the people of Russia. I think by that time Wilder will be more seasoned and Povetkin will have heavy legs and it would be a good title defense for the champ.
Major title fights in boxing getting 400k avg viewers equals world class mess.
Endless lawsuits equals a mess.
Budgets being slashed everywhere in the US for boxing equals a mess.
PBC’s failure and fallout equals a mess.
Boxing ppv as a whole doing barely over 1.5m ppv buys in 2016 equals a mess.
http://www.boxingscene.com/david-haye-richard-schaefer-team-up-launch-hayemaker-ringstar–112833 global truly global hahahahaha
Next miserable failure up for boxing…..GB on ESPN. Hahahaha.