Frampton countersues ex-manager McGuigan over his fight earnings
FORMER world champion boxer Carl Frampton has issued legal proceedings against ex-manager Barry McGuigan.
The Belfast fighter lodged a writ at the High Court in Northern Ireland in connection with alleged earnings from some of his bouts.
The action has been taken against McGuigan, his wife Sandra McGuigan and Cyclone Promotions (UK) Ltd.
It forms the basis of Frampton’s counter-claim to separate legal proceedings brought against him by Cyclone Promotions at the High Court in London.
A preliminary hearing in Belfast to decide the proper jurisdiction for the boxer’s claim has been adjourned.
Frampton, a former twoweight world champion from Tigers Bay in north Belfast, split with the McGuigan family-run Cyclone Promotions last sumber
Promoter: Frank Warren
mer. In November it emerged that the 30-year-old fighter is facing an action from his former promoters.
Those proceedings centre on an alleged breach of contract.
At the time Frampton’s lawyers pledged to defend the action and counter-claim on a num- of grounds. A lawsuit has now been brought by the boxer against Barry and Sandra McGuigan, as directors in the now dissolved Cyclone Promotions (UK) Ltd, and another company set up in the same name.
The writ refers to contracts for bouts in Northern Ireland, England and the United States.
But before any allegations are examined, a decision is to be made on whether the case should be heard by a court in Belfast or London.
Arguments on that preliminary point are expected to be heard later this month.
Proceedings come as the boxer, who is now working with promoter Frank Warren, prepares for his next fight in April.
Frampton is due back in the ring to take on Nonito Donaire at the SSE Arena in Belfast.
It will be his second bout since losing his WBA title to Leo Santa Cruz in their Las Vegas rematch in January 2017. Carl Frampton and Barry McGuigan celebrate following the Belfast fighter’s world title win over Leo Santa Cruz in New York