On Wednesday morning the House Subcommittee on Education & Workforce held a hearing on markups for H.R. 4624, the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (Boxing Revival Act). Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) gave the opening statement. He supports the Boxing Revival Act and gave an overview of the bill. He also indicated his support of […]
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Vergil Ortiz sues Golden Boy
Vergil Ortiz sued Golden Boy Promotions in an attempt to get out of his promotional contract with Golden Boy. The lawsuit stems from Ortiz’s desire to fight Jarron “Boots” Ennis next. Ennis is represented by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing. De la Hoya claims that he is negotiating a deal with Hearn but the two sides […]
Top Rank seeks to dismiss Keane’s First Amended Complaint
The 2025 year in boxing comes down to one thing
The year in boxing in 2025 comes down to just one fight and the forthcoming news that Zuffa Boxing is coming and attempting to make changes to the inudstry. Of course, the fight was Terence Crawford-Canelo Alvarez this past September in Las Vegas. Crawford won the fight and retired later in 2025 as part of […]
Update on discovery disputes in antitrust cases
The parties in the ongoing lawsuits in the Mikhail Cirkunov lawsuits filed Joint Status Reports in preparation for a status conference heard before Judge Boulware last week. The status conference included a disputes over “discovery deficiencies” between the parties. If you are familiar with big time lawsuits (or any civil lawsuit for that matter), there […]