Audie Attar, who chaired the Paradigm Sports sports company, filed a lawsuit against Manny Pacquiao for violating the contract when the boxing legend confirmed that he had signed a contract for IBF – WBC semi -Chinese WBC with champion Errol Spence Jr on August 21 in Las Vegas.
According to sources from the US press, Attar's goal is to reclaim the $ 3.3 million advance that they paid to Manny Pacquiao, and trying to prevent Pacquiao from confronting Spence Jr.
Attar stated that before that, Paradigm Sports was negotiating to Manny Pacquiao Thuong Dai with the four -class champion Mikey Garcia. But while negotiating, Pacquiao's colleagues, including adviser Sean Gibbons and friend Winchell Campos, “matchmaker” Pacquiao with his boxing boss Al Haymon of Premier Boxing Champions Company.
As a result, Pacquiao signed a contract with the Inseparable WBC / IBF champion Spence.
In the lawsuit, lawyer Judd Burstein of Paradigm Sports wrote:
“In addition to the economic damage of millions of dollars that Paradigm suffered, the damage of the company's reputation due to Pacquiao's violation was unable to calculate. As soon as Paradigm was at the peak asserting itself as a big name in the professional boxing village, Pacquiao left his reputation as a representative for the torn in the boxing village.”
Pacquiao's lawyer, Dale Kinsella, said in a response statement:
“The lawsuit submitted by Paradigm Sports to the California Court on Friday is just a frivolous effort to intervene in the upcoming big match of Manny Pacquiao. It is likely to fail and will fail, because the person who appropriates us is.”
“Moreover, if Manny Pacquiao knows that Paradigm Sports does not seem to intend to fulfill his contractual obligations, he will never participate in any relationship with them.