Ali Act

TKO looking to amend Ali Act

April 15, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

ESPN reports that the TKO Group is soliciting support to amend the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act. The federal law was put into place in 2000 to protect the health and safety of boxers. The news of the Ali Act amendment comes several weeks after TKO announced that it would start a new boxing promotion […]

Keane files lawsuit against Top Rank/duBoef

March 13, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Top Rank Boxing is being sued by a formal ally as William Keane has sued the promotion and Todd duBoef for alleged Breach of Contract among other claims in a filing in federal court in California. Keane worked with Top Rank as a “fixer” of sorts as he was able to broker fights on behalf […]

TKO to enter boxing, deal with Ali Act?

February 18, 2025 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

Ari Emanuel was on The Pat McAfee Show during Super Bowl week to chop it up with the bros. One notable mention from Emanuel was the indication that TKO would be entering the boxing business. Also of note, Emanuel stated he didn’t think that Ali Act helped boxing. See the clip below. The Muhammad Ali […]

The Legal Submission 86

May 19, 2024 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

The Legal Submission goes over its presentation from the Sports Lawyers Association Conference earlier this month in Baltimore. The presentation relates to ways to improve the Ali Act.

Court finds hole in Ali Act

August 20, 2023 by Jason Cruz Leave a Comment

One of the overlooked issues that came out of the Mladen Miljas-Greg Cohen lawsuit was the Court’s interpretation of the Muhammad Ali. We take a look at the trial transcript on the day they examined the Ali Act as it pertained to damages. Background of the lawsuit can be found here as well as an […]