BBBoC Stance v Haye-Chisora Luxembourg Board

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by gasman, May 9, 2012.


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  1. gasman

    gasman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The 'restraint of trade' argument is grounded in statutory law that is almost 30 years old. The same legislation was threatened to be used when wazza demolished the cartel of Duff/Astaire/Jarvis when he first entered pro boxing promotions i.e. the 14 day rule about running a show in London if another promoter was already running one. There were other examples of its use along the way. The bottom line is that a lot of the Board's rules were not supported by statutory law. That has been well understood by promoters before and after wazza, and wazza knew full well how to exploit it to ensure his promotional interests were not encumbered. Nothing has changed it seems.
     
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  2. gasman

    gasman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I thought the interview by joe pyle was really interesting he made a great point about the role of the BBBoC, i.e. they are paid thousands of pounds by Chisora and his promoter for his past few fights and as a licenced member they should be on his side, working constructively to come up with a solution to the problem. But the issue is that the BBBoC's multi-faceted role, boxing legislator, service provider, beneficiary etc...

    Whereas in football you have the FA and the professional footballers union, maybe there should be a recognised professional boxers union that is recognised by the BBBoC and works on behalf of the boxers i.e providing legal advice, arguing for their interests etc. I know it has been tried before, but...
     
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    gasman Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  4. jabjabjab2

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    If my professional body took away my license to practice then if I did try to practice I would be breaking the law. I acknowledge that the BBBC did make a mess of it, you would imagine that they would have taken suitable advice and made sure they did things correctly, but it doesn't suprise me!!

    My understanding is that once you have boxers licensed to different boards the whole thing will become even more fragmented than what it is now. A law suit between F....W..... and the BBC might make a load of money for Haye and Chisora but boxing is more important than these 2, and the disregard one of them has for anything other than himself should not have such an impact on the sport!!

    What do you think the outcome of it all will be?
     
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  5. Black_Rainbows

    Black_Rainbows Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Thanks for that.

    If an organization has the agenda:

    Then I can only believe that they need to be subject to standards of openness and accountability.
     
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