The long, winding and bitter lawsuit between Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin and his promoter World of Boxing has come to an end with the parties stipulating an end to their lawsuit via a filing last week. The two boxers were scheduled to fight in May 2016 in Russia but due to a failed drug […]
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Wilder-Povetkin/World of Boxing legal drama continues
The Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin case may not be over despite an 2nd Circuit Appellate Court ruling which affirmed the trial court’s decision that Wilder’s claims for breach of contract should be dismissed. However, the deposit World of Boxing put in escrow for the fight remains up in the air. A letter filed with the Court […]
Appellate Court issues opinion in Wilder-Povetkin case, escrow money goes back to promoter
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision last week in the Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin/World of Boxing appeal filed by the parties. It appears that the long, winding lawsuit may have finally ended. Maybe. While the appellate court filed an order last week, World of Boxing still holds a defamation claim against Wilder. This […]
Update on Wilder-Povetkin appeal
When we last wrote about the Deontay Wilder-Alexander Povetkin lawsuit, Wilder had filed its appeal brief in which it sought the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn the District Court decision which sided with Povetkin. The legal drama has been long and winding and despite a jury trial that determined that the Russian boxer […]
Deontay Wilder files appeal brief in Povetkin Meldonium case
Deontay Wilder filed its appeal brief in requesting that the court overturn the trial court’s ruling in favor of World of Boxing and Alexander Povetkin. The appeal highlights an incongruent ruling by the court which appeared to defer to the World Boxing Council in its determination of Povetkin’s drug test failure. The match between the […]