Usyk-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....
Read MoreA Quick Look at the Use, Potential Use, and Limits of Tolling and Force Majeure Provisions in Promotional Agreements/Relationships During the Battle Against COVID-19 Boxing fans, never mind the boxers themselves, may be receiving a jolt of energy as the sport is starting to take steps...
Read MoreA Quick Look at the Limitations of Boxing Manager-Promoter Firewall Regulations Since the rise of Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions, the question has repeatedly been asked, and on a few occasions litigated, as to what limitations there are on a manager acting as a promoter,...
Read MoreA Quick Look at What Ali Act Disclosures Actually Consist of Professional boxing is rife with claims by its fighters and their management that promoters are routinely less than transparent as to the revenues and expenses that arise from a given fight card. Interestingly, despite such...
Read MoreA Reminder that Full Financial Disclosure in Professional Boxing is a Product of Law, Not Contract The Association of Boxing Commissions’ “Unified Rules of Boxing” did away with mandatory eight counts and the three knockdown rule. In addition to the 10 count, however, at least two...
Read More[In the wake of the controversial end to this weekend's bout between Andre Dirrell and Jose Uzcategui, a repost of an article which I originally posted on September 19, 2011 on 8 Count News.com following Mayweather-Ortiz] Is Boxing’s Oldest Adage Under Fire Following Floyd Mayweather’s Controversial...
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