By Mark Vester
The legal battle continues in the UK for Joe Calzaghe, who followed through on his promise and had his attorneys file a countersuit with the High Court in response to promoter Frank Warren's recent lawsuit against him. Calzaghe split with Warren in June to branch off on his own and start his own promotional company. The two were together for twelve-years.
Warren claims that Calzaghe is in breach of a verbal contract by moving foward with a planned November 8 bout with Roy Jones Jr., without his involvement with the show. Calzaghe is promoting the event under his own promotional company, along with Jones' company Square Ring and using Golden Boy Promotions to advise him on the show.
Calzaghe has countered for $4.55 million dollars, claiming that Warren owes him the money from his April split-decision win over Bernard Hopkins. Calzaghe also claims that he lost out on a lot of money with Warren since 2004 because the promoter was also acting as his manager.
According to BBC Sports, Calzaghe's legal papers state the following:
"There was no agreement (whether oral or in writing) made between the claimant and Mr Calzaghe on 15 January 2008 (or any other time) whereby the claimant was retained to act as promoter for Mr Calzaghe's fights after the Hopkins fight."
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