Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
FRAMPTON V MCGUIGAN
Boxer Carl begins action against ex-manager’s promotion company
FORMER world champion boxer Carl Frampton has issued legal proceedings against ex-manager Barry Mcguigan.
The Belfast fighter, 30, lodged a writ at the High Court in connection with earnings from some of his bouts. The action has been taken against Mcguigan, his wife Sandra and Cyclone Promotions (UK) Ltd.
A preliminary hearing in Belfast to decide the proper jurisdiction for the boxer’s claim has been adjourned.
A spokesman for the company said: “The issues between the parties are subject to
litigation and therefore it is not appropriate to comment at this time.”
The writ forms the basis of the boxer’s counterclaim to separate legal proceedings brought against him by Cyclone Promotions at the High Court in London.
Frampton, a former twoweight world champion nicknamed “The Jackal”, split with the Mcguigan family-run Cyclone Promotions last summer.
In November it emerged the Tigers Bay-born fighter is facing an action from the company.
Those proceedings centre on an alleged breach of contract.
At the time dad-of-two Frampton’s lawyers pledged to defend the action and counter-claim on a number 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 point are expected to be heard later this month.