A Quick Look at What Boxers Can Try to Do to Protect Themselves if Saudi Arabia, or Another Deep Pocketed Money Source, Pulls its Financial Support of Professional Boxing On April 15, 2026, the New York Times reported that Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund “is on the...
Read MoreIt was recently announced that TKO Group, the media conglomerate created as part of the merger between the WWE and Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the UFC, and the Saudi General Entertainment Authority, are collaborating to create a new boxing promotion that will be...
Read MoreEmma Raducanu’s Jumping Ants Issue: How to Both Use an Anti-Septic Spray and be Able to Play A Quick Look at the Therapeutic Use Exemption in Professional Tennis Immediately prior to the commencement of this year’s Australian Open, it was widely reported that 2021 U.S. Open...
Read MoreA Quick Look at the What Boxers and Their Management Can Learn from the Recent Ennis v. Now Boxing Promotions Lawsuit Earlier this month, ESPN’s #3-ranked welterweight, Jaron (Boots) Ennis, 31-0 (28 KOs), inactive since a July 8, 2023 knockout victory over Roiman Villa in an...
Read MoreA Look at What Lessons Can be Learned from Simona Halep’s Recent Doping Issues The past two (2) years or so have not been kind to the professional tennis career of former world no. 1 and two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep. In September of 2022,...
Read MoreUsyk-Dubois Bout Raises the Question of What Actually Counts for a Low Blow and/or Who Determines as Much This past Saturday, unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk retained his titles with a ninth-round knockout of the Daniel (Dynamite) Dubois in Wroclaw, Poland. Prior to Usyk’s knockdowns of...
Read MoreLubin-Arias KO Controversy Begs the Question of What a True Count-Out Actually Involves and/or Requires This past weekend, super-welterweight contender Erickson (The Hammer) Lubin returned to action after 14 months out of the ring against Luis (Cuba) Arias on Showtime at the Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota....
Read More[In Wake of the Recent Controversy Surrounding Deontay Wilder’s Post-Fight In-Ring Remarks to Tyson Fury Following Their Epic Third Bout, a Look Back at This Article on Post-Fight Verbal Gaffes and Their Potential Legal/Regulatory Implications, Originally Posted by Paul S. Haberman on 8 Count News.com...
Read More[In Wake of the Recent Arrest of WBC Middleweight Champion Jermall Charlo, a Look at the Arguments For and Against the Placement of Morals Clauses in Boxing Management and Promotional Agreements; Published in its Original Form by Paul S. Haberman on 8Countnews.com in 2009] Allow me...
Read MoreA Quick Look at Purse Bids in Professional Boxing in Light of Triller’s Winning Purse Bid for the Rights to Teofimo Lopez’s Lightweight Title Defense Against George Kambosos, Jr. Triller, an upstart tech company that recently staged the exhibition between retired boxing legends Roy Jones, Jr....
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