Frank Warren’s Queensbury Promotions are coming after the powers behind Zuffa Boxing.
Eddie Hearn made fun of Dana White’s relationship with Turki Alahshikh that has culminated of their latest boxing promotion.
The partnership between TKO Group and Saudi Arabia’s SELA has already created lots of conversation resulting from their plans for the long run and a few of their targeted signings.
White could have joked about how easy it’s been to compete along with his boxing rivals, but one among them is now threatening an enormous legal battle.
Queensbury believes that they need to have also been involved within the creation of Zuffa Boxing and by being excluded from this, it’s cost them quite a bit in lost income.
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Frank Warren threatening legal motion resulting from TKO and SELA’s Zuffa Boxing partnership
The Telegraph reported on February 24 that British boxing promoter Frank Warren’s Queensbury is preparing to pursue legal motion against TKO and SELA.
Letters have reportedly already been sent to each parties, detailing exactly what they intend to do and why, and threatening that they are going to take this to the High Court if it isn’t handled.
Queensbury has made the case that they signed an exclusive agreement with SELA in 2023 that saw them placed on several big fights together, including Tyson Fury’s controversial win over Francis Ngannou.
This relationship, which led to some memorable nights for boxing fans, then resulted within the promotion signing one other contract with TKO that gave them access to Queensbury’s contract with SELA.
They’re arguing that by TKO and SELA partnering to create Zuffa Boxing, they’ve gone against these previous contracts by excluding them from it and doing deals behind their backs, which they claim has resulted in them losing $1 billion in income.
We’ve already seen clear examples of Dana White’s boxing promotion not having a difficulty with stepping on rival promoters’ toes, with this being one other case of opposition to their plans.
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It isn’t just rival promoters which have a difficulty with the best way Zuffa Boxing is doing business
It’s clear to see that a few of the things which have made the TKO-owned UFC and WWE so dominant of their respective fields are being implemented within the early days of Zuffa Boxing.
The difficulty with that is that a few of the athletes who were already under the TKO banner aren’t joyful with how a few of the latest additions are being treated in comparison with them.
Many questioned whether Zuffa Boxing’s huge signing of Conor Benn would result in members of the UFC roster complaining resulting from the large gap in what they’re being paid.
Sure enough, Michael ‘Venom’ Page spoke out about these issues when talking in regards to the latest pay structure that the UFC implemented firstly of the yr.