Main Events filed suit today in Federal court suing multiple people

Even if they don't win this partly will achieve what ME probably wanted which was to expose Haymon's practices.

I'm more interested in teh Haymon factor

Here's the full PDF of the full document filed in court: http://www.doghouseboxing.com/Media-Img-2/Complaint.pdf I'm no lawyer, but it sounds like she's got a strong case.

lmao I feel like they will get nowhere with it

Dang Hough, you're like an official boxing reporter homes. You even scoop the most popular boxing websites lol Thanks man. I can never get the inside scoop first (except for once), but I can get it as soon as I hear it

Dang Hough, you're like an official boxing reporter homes. You even scoop the most popular boxing websites lol Thanks man.

Do you know anything about law? I happen to know a little bit ;) Here is just one example.many companies have lost court cases including Amazon due to contract law regarding email agreements. Some have gone as high as the supreme court. Lol do I know about law....funny guy

That's where they filed the suit It wouldn't be held in ny. It would be a federal jurisdiction case most certainly. So federal law will apply unless some contract says otherwise.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sounds like Main Events has a HUGE case if its heard in NY! That's where they filed the suit

That was an interesting read http://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2013/12/09/are-your-emails-enforceable-contracts/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sounds like Main Events has a HUGE case if its heard in NY!

Here is SI article http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/mma/news/20140430/main-events-al-haymon-adonis-stevenson-sergey-kovalev/index.html

Main events are now going to court against him and that crook haymon, one interesting part is they stated that richard and haymon are taking the assets away from Oscar just think about it, slowly all of golden boy fighters are signing for al haymon, soon golden boy will be finished, richard will jump ship to mayweather promotions once floyd is gone It could come sooner, hence these rift reports are now coming to the media, he really is a dirt bag, terrible for boxing

Interesting situation. This could really impact the landscape of the sport. I'm no law expert so I'll be sure to make that known. Personally I do believe all the allegations made are likely true from following the negotiations and the fallout of from it with Stevenson signing with Haymon and onward. The biggest thing that is unclear is what was agreed to and at what time were the agreements made. It's seems certain based on the published communications that a deal to match Stevenson and Kovalev after their next fights (Fonfara and Agnew respectively) WAS agreed to by GYM and Main Events. Whether the deal said the fight was to take place on HBO is still uncertain to me. When that deal was agreed to, Stevenson and Fonfara were also already agreed to fight in the immediate future, presumably on HBO. This matchup was I believe promoted on HBO as an upcoming bout and it was reported that it would take place on HBO. Yet somehow after the deal for fight with Kovalev is struck, Haymon comes in the picture and basically holds a bidding war for the broadcast rights of Stevenson's fight with Fonfara. At this point either HBO decided to promote the upcoming Fonfara fight without actually finalizing an agreement to do so, and/or Haymon found a way to open the doors to other networks(Showtime) to show the bout. Showtime outbid HBO who I believe had the right to match Showtime's offer to secure the fight, but did not. At that point Stevenson-Fonfara is a Showtime fight via Al Haymon's workings, but Main Events expressed discontent because they believe the situation jeopardizes the agreement made between them and GYM for a Stevenson-Kovalev bout. Main Events had the right to feel so, because: 1. They believe they struck a deal with GYM for the fight that cant be broken legally. 2. One of Haymon's clients Bernard Hopkins begins openly making claims that a fight with Stevenson will happen after both of their next bouts (Shumenov and Fonfara). 3. Kovalev has an exclusive deal with HBO who doesn't deal with Haymon. The other stuff in the purpoted lawsuit about Haymon colluding with Schaeffer and Espinoza and the way he attempts to skirt the Ali act as an advisor... All that stuff is probably true, but I'm not sure why it's included. I understand that Stevenson signing with Haymon benefits GBP in that he raises asset value of Golden Boy (indirectly or directly) and that's the case the suit tries to make, but the waters are so muddy with Haymon that he'll probably go unscathed

Okay....looks like there will be more stories popping up about this.... Kathy Duva has filed a complaint against Al Haymon over the Stevenson/Kovalev fiasco and other issues. Should be interesting #boxing— Steve Kim (@stevemaxboxing) April 30, 2014

In its suit, @Main_Events seeks damages in the millions against all parties for interference in the Stevenson-Kovalev fight.— Chris Mannix (@ChrisMannixSI) April 30, 2014

That was an interesting read http://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverherzfeld/2013/12/09/are-your-emails-enforceable-contracts/

The plaintiff might end up walking away with something or nothing on this suit. But Haymon's business practices will be put out in full display. And whatever loophole he is exploiting to bypass the manager/promoter regulations might get sorted out by the authorities.

Do you know who you're talking to? That's NSB's top attorney. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android Didn't know that lol. I knew he worked for TMT but impressive that he handles the legal issues ;)

Quote: Originally Posted by DempseyRollin Collusion with GBP? Based on what? Lol u guys and your speculation. That's not how law works. U have to have facts to prove things. U can't just guess your way to a victory in court. She's clearly over reaching. Do you know anything about law? I happen to know a little bit Here is just one example.many companies have lost court cases including Amazon due to contract law regarding email agreements. Some have gone as high as the supreme court. Do you know who you're talking to? That's NSB's top attorney. Posted from Boxingscene.com App for Android

Stevenson will not be held at all accountable as far as I can tell. His manager, company, Haymon, and GBP would be responsible for which I'm assuming would be a monetary compensation. The fight will never happen but Main events will probably settle for some of the lost financial gain they perceived to be coming from this mega fight. The outcome will likely be something like this ^. However it should serve to shine some light on Haymons actual role and hopefully alert the smaller managers and promoters that trying to make the extra $s for their fighters (and by extension themselves) by making use of Haymon as an 'advisor' (actually de facto manager) can actually make themselves, the de jure managers, liable to legal consequences. I strongly suspect that ME and Duva are not acting entirely alone on this - Haymons 'Advisor' loophole in the Ali laws are causing not just HBO but a number of the second tier managerial and promotional companies very real problems as fighters they have invested heavily in are either denied fights or are effectively taken out of their control (though not their legal responsibility).