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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. Former world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe has won his High 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.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. Mr Justice Wyn Williams dismissed Mr Warren's claim and ruled he should pay Calzaghe around £2m.
The Newbridge boxer denied breaking a promise to Mr Warren, who managed him for 10 years from 1997.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.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. During the court hearing in February, he claimed that Mr Warren, through his company Sports Network, managed to persuade him to sign contracts under duress while he was suffering dehydration and hunger preparing for fights.
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." Calzaghe alleged that there was a conflict of interests while he was managed by Mr Warren because Sports Network was also promoting the fights.
'Conflict of interest' He counterclaimed that he was owed more than £2m in fees for his Bernard Hopkins win last year.
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."