Top Rank Boxing averaged 544,000 viewers on ESPN Friday night for the telecast featuring Luis Albert Lopez and Joet Gonzalez in a matchup for Lopez’s IBF Featherweight world title. Lopez defeated Gonzales in a competitive fight that went the way of the champion. Also on the televised portion of the card from Corpus Christi, Texas, […]
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Garcia and Golden Boy head to mediation
ESPN reports that Ryan Garcia and Golden Boy Boxing will head to mediation on October 18th to hammer out its contractual issues. A lawsuit was filed this summer by Golden Boy after Garcia and his representative sent the promotion a demand letter. Instead of responding to the demands, Golden Boy filed a lawsuit to enforce […]
Avoiding further litigation, WBA reinstates Charr as champ
The WBA reinstated Mahmoud Charr as its regular champion on Thursday night as part of a court settlement with the champion. Charr had filed a lawsuit against Don King Promotions in which he claimed that King had blocked him from receiving a title shot. Charr’s attorneys received documents in July per a subpoena from the […]
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Garcia files Motion to Dismiss lawsuit filed by Golden Boy
On Monday, Ryan Garcia filed a Motion to Dismiss a lawsuit filed by Golden Boy Boxing. Garcia’s advisor, Guadalupe Valencia, also sued in this lawsuit filed a similar motion. The lawsuit was filed by Golden Boy after Garcia sought mediation with respect to his contract with Golden Boy. He agreed to sign a 5 year […]