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Calzaghe wins case against Warren | Calzaghe wins case against Warren |
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Former world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe has won his court battle over money with his ex-manager and promoter Frank Warren. | |
Calzaghe, who retired from the ring in February unbeaten, claimed he was owed £2m in unpaid fees. | |
But Mr Warren claimed the Welsh super-middleweight owed him £1m for breaking a verbal contract for one more fight. | But Mr Warren claimed the Welsh super-middleweight owed him £1m for breaking a verbal contract for one more fight. |
The pair took the case to the High Court in London, which has ruled in Calzaghe's favour. | |
The Newbridge boxer denied breaking a promise to Mr Warren, who managed him for 10 years from 1997. | |
Calzaghe then took over promoting his own fights. | |
In his main evidence put before the court during the hearing in February, he said he signed a succession of management contracts with Mr Warren. | |
But he said: "I was often pressurised to sign - Mr Warren would use some argument or other to persuade me that I had no other option." | |
'Conflict of interest' | |
He claimed he had been persuaded to sign deals under duress whilst suffering dehydration and hunger preparing for fights. | |
Mr Warren's legal team rejected this, producing copies of contracts which they said were always scrutinised by the fighter's solicitors. | |
Calzaghe's legal team had also put it to Mr Warren that there had been a conflict of interest between his role as the fighter's manager and his promoter. | |
The boxer told the court that because Mr Warren was his manager and promoted his fights, he had a "great deal of control" over his boxing career without any independent professional voice on his behalf. | |
But Mr Warren called such claims "ridiculous" and said: "He can't say that I done him down. | |
"I advised him which fights would be good for him at each stage of his career." |