Don King has introduced a brand new date and site for the WBA Heavyweight World Championship that includes present champion Kubrat “The Cobra” Pulev to face off towards No. 1-ranked WBA contender Michael “The Bounty” Hunter. The thrilling evening of fights will happen on October 4 at Miami’s Jai-Alai Fronton On line casino, King has introduced, regardless of the threats of a lawsuit by Epic Sports activities and Leisure representatives who King says proceed to unfold lies that Hunter is unavailable for this combat.
King, who within the spring received the $1.1 million purse bid by the WBA to stage the combat initially scheduled for August twenty third, mentioned he nonetheless has a binding three-year contract with Hunter that was signed in February of 2024 after which was victorious in two consecutive appeals to the WBA by Epic Sports activities and Leisure to stop the combat from taking place.
“The threats of lawsuits continues towards the WBA by Epic Sports activities and Leisure,” King mentioned in an announcement. “It’s all corruption, fraud, bribery, rigged schemes and crooked scams by Epic Sports activities interesting to the WBA for reconsideration of the WBA purse bid, for Pulev vs Hunter, which DKP received. Now, Epic Sports activities is making an attempt to alter and to nullify the bout. This clouds the ambiance with lies and the deception of the reality, faux and false information.”
King continued: “The WBA honorably stood up for his or her guidelines and rules and declared the purse bid legitimate and bonafide, as held, then Epic Sports activities and the WBA champion Kubrat Pulev made an attraction to alter the that means of the WBA guidelines and rules…The WBA honorably denied the champion Kubrat Pulev and Epic Sports activities, then Epic Sports activities rewrote the purse bid contracts simply as if they’d received the purse bid, and requested the WBA to dishonorably and illegally grant their attraction.”
King mentioned now that the WBA has made its resolution to uphold the purse bid resolution relating to Kubrat Pulev, that, upon approval by the WBA, he has introduced the October 4th date and Miami location for this improbable heavyweight championship title bout to happen.
“Nevertheless, John Wirt by no means stops in making an attempt to stop the bout, for the No. 1 contender Michael Hunter, to not combat. Now Epic Sports activities John Wirt and Ivaylo Gotzev are submitting a lawsuit for the arbitrations towards the WBA’s choices of justice and honest play towards their Epic Sports activities and Leisure Firm.
“Nevertheless, DKP won’t look forward to that call to return about. DKP will rise up and help the WBA’s honor and credibility of their resolution for honest play and justice relating to the WBA purse bid scenario. The credibility of the WBA is at stake.”
King mentioned the October 4 card can even function DKP fighters Blair “The Aptitude” Cobbs, Adrien “The Downside” Broner and former WBC Cruiserweight World Champion Noel Mikaelian.
Final weekend, DKP issued a cease-and-desist order to SELA and TKO Group Holdings, Inc., after it was reported that there was a combat within the works that might pit Hunter towards Jarrell Miller on September eleventh in the course of the mega-fight week that includes Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford in Las Vegas.
