The Legal Submission 100 takes a look at the Devin Haney lawsuit against Ryan Garcia. Notably, the battery claim is similar to that made by Mark Hunt against Brock Lesnar.
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Boxing Manager gets huge judgment against MTK Global, Daniel Kinahan and others
Last Wednesday, a Federal District Court Judge in Southern California signed off on a $9.7 million judgment against MTK Global, Daniel Kinahan and others to boxing manager Moses Heredia. The lawsuit dealt with claims that MTK had taken away Heredia’s client, boxer Joseph “JoJo” Diaz. I talk about it here in The Legal Submission 43. […]
Haney sues Garcia for April fight
Boxer Devin Haney has sued Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy Promotions for battery, fraud and unjust enrichment as a result of Haney’s fight with Garcia this past April. Garcia’s drug test came up positive for a banned substance which the fighter denies any wrongdoing. The lawsuit filed in Federal Court in New York on Friday […]
Despite UFC Sphere show, Canelo brings in $17M gate, 650 PPV buys
The Sports Business Journal reports that the Canelo Alvarez-Edgar Berlanga fight which took place on the same night as UFC 306 drew 650K PPV buys and a gate of $17 million. While the $17 million gate at the T-Mobile Arena, did not eclipse the $22 million at The Sphere, it showed that Canelo is still […]
Box Office Report: Crawford-Madrimov
Better later than never as MMA Payout has received the Box Office Report from the California State Athletic Commission. According to the filing with the state agency, the total gate was $8,423,021. with an attendance figure of 21,799. Per the report, 17,799 were sold which would infer that 4,000 tickets were comped. Of note, 180 […]