Magomed Abdusalamov has agreed to a $22 million injury settlement with the state of New York for injuries sustained in a fight in 2013. The award is believed to be the largest personal injury settlement the state has ever made. The Court of Claims of New York approved the settlement agreement on Friday. For those […]
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Payout Perspective: The Money Fight
Welcome to a special edition of Payout Perspective. Almost a week later, but we are still talking about The Money Fight that took place August 26th at the T-Mobile Arena. Mayweather stops McGregor in 10 Floyd Mayweather waited it out. As most believed, he tested out Conor McGregor for the first couple around before going […]
Boxer Austin Trout files lawsuit against WBO citing Ali Act violations
Boxer Austin Trout has filed a lawsuit against the World Boxing Organization citing violations of the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act. It is the first lawsuit citing the Ali Act in several years. The case originally was filed in the federal district court of New Mexico as that is where Trout resides. The original complaint, […]
UFC and Showtime face issuing refunds after technical difficulties for Mayweather-McGregor
After The Money Fight technical difficulty situation, the UFC and vendor NeuLion must determine how to address the situation. A lawsuit has been filed related to the technical difficulties which angered many that paid $99.95 to watch the much-hyped Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight. ESPN reports that Showtime has issued a “limited number” of refunds to […]
Report states almost 3 million saw Mayweather-McGregor fight for free
According to a report from a digital platform security company, almost 3 million people watched the Floyd Mayweather-Connor McGregor fight illegally. Irdeto, a digital watchdog with global headquarters in the Netherlands but with U.S. offices noted that there were 239 illegal streams of the fight watched by approximately 2,930,598 people. 165 of those were made […]