{"id":413850,"date":"2026-01-16T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/413850\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T20:28:07","slug":"vergil-ortiz-sues-golden-boy-promotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/413850\/","title":{"rendered":"Vergil Ortiz sues Golden Boy Promotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boxingscene.com\/articles\/vergil-ortiz-sues-golden-boy-for-contract-breach-over-unraveling-ennis-negotiations\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Multiple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/vergil-ortiz-files-lawsuit-terminate-golden-boy-agreement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">outlets<\/a> report that super welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanRafael1\/status\/2012193326595026968\" rel=\"nofollow\">filed suit<\/a> against Golden Boy Promotions, seeking the termination of their \u201cProfessional Rights Agreement\u201d alongside compensatory damages for \u201cvarious breaches of the PRA and GBP\u2019s economic interference with its prospective economic opportunities moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">News <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanRafael1\/status\/2011807156312440888\" rel=\"nofollow\">emerged recently<\/a> that GBP\u2019s partnership with DAZN had expired \u201cnearly three months ago,\u201d with tonight\u2019s Raul Curiel vs Jordan Panthen event serving as a \u201cone off.\u201d Per the copy of the lawsuit Dan Rafael obtained, \u201cthe PRA allowed Ortiz to terminate it if, for any reason, GBP\u2019s contract with its long-term broadcaster, DAZN, ended.\u201d GBP argued that \u201cbecause it was negotiating a new DAZN agreement, Ortiz could not terminate the PRA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per Lance Pugmire, Ortiz has retained attorney Gregory Smith, the same legal counsel who oversaw Canelo Alvarez\u2019s attempt to leave Oscar De La Hoya\u2019s employ. Smith alleges that De La Hoya\u2019s actions violate the terms of the PRA, specifically pointing out his ongoing feud with Turki Alalshikh, his behind-the-back negotiation of a potential Jaron Ennis fight with Matchroom and DAZN, and a bevy of \u201cwillful, malicious, intentional, oppressive and despicable conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">I am nobody\u2019s idea of a legal expert, but the whole \u201cthe deal expired three months ago but it still counts because we\u2019re negotiating a new one\u201d bit strikes me as a hard sell on his own. It will also be extremely funny if they award Ortiz damages, because that would officially make De La Hoya an incompetent dumbass in the eyes of the law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple outlets report that super welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr has filed suit against Golden Boy Promotions, seeking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,711,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-413850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}