By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
BBC - Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN
SDNY COURTHOUSE, June 2 – Don King Productions has filed a lawsuit against the World Boxing Association, seeking to oust Mahmoud Charr from the position of "champion in recess" in favor of Trevor Bryan, represented by King.
The lawsuit, filed June 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York where Inner City Press as in-house media found it, recounts how Charr defeated Alexander Ustinov in 2017, but then did not defend the title.
Charr refused to fight Bryan, and canceled a bout with Fres Oquendo. It is a fracaso.
The case is Don King Productions, Inc. et al., v. World Boxing Association, 21-cv-4885 (Unassigned).
In previous SDNY boxing litigation from March 2021: O'Shaquie Foster wants to drop promoter Dibella Entertainment, which has sued him and is stopping his probably short career at a key point.
On May 11, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge John G. Koeltl held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.
Both sides said they want this proceeding to move quickly, given how time bound a boxer's career can be. But the best that could be done was a discovery schedule running through October 29.
Will this contender still have a shot by then?
The case is DiBella Entertainment, Inc. v. Foster, 21-cv-2709 (Koeltl)
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