COPENHAGEN–A state court judge sitting in Las Vegas (Clark County) has denied Golden Boy Promotions application for an injunction which would’ve put the brakes on Top Rank’s big April 14 San Antonio PPV boxing show starring Filipino sensation Manny Pacquaio. This comes as old news to Boxingconfidential readers who were informed that the request by GBP was such a longshot that its chances of getting the preliminary injunction were “slim and none, and none is out of town.”
Do you think, perchance, the Nevada judge is a Boxingconfidential fan/reader? I wouldn?t be shocked since nearly all of boxing’s real power brokers click on to Boxingconfidential numerous times each day. Maybe that is why one premium cable network executive’s only criticism of our site, only four months old, is that is “too inside.” Geez, we really hate such “criticism,” lol.
Here’s how I prognosticated and analyzed GBP’s application to the court:
“So much for the legal mumbo jumbo. What you want to know, boxing fan/Pacmaniac or both, is what are the chances Golden Boy Promotions request before a Nevada judge sitting in Clark County (Las Vegas) has in stopping Manny Pacquaio fighting Jorge Solis April 14 in San Antonio.
The chances are slim and none and, as the old line goes, slim is out of town. No judge is going to prevent Pacman from earning a living because of the ongoing legal dispute over his promotional rights between Oscar De La Hoya and Bob Arum. The Top Rank card will go on as scheduled April 14 although the news about GBP’s seeking to put a screeching halt to the card may hurt Arum with potential sponsors and other third parties who do not want to get dragged into the matter. There is also a chance that GBP could get some of Top Rank’s income from the PPV show in Texas tied up but that is another slim reed.
I don’t think GBP can show “a probability” of success on the merits because which promotional contract is valid is an issue that will, if the case keeps going, be decided by either a judge or a jury…
