The Boxer And The Battle Of The
Former world champion boxer Carl Frampton has settled his multimillion pound legal battle with former manager Barry McGuigan. All litigation and counterclaims were stayed on confidential terms at the High Court in Belfast.
Irish Times News
The action ended after 19 days of evidence on the breakdown of a once-close relationship between the two men. In a counter suit, Mr McGuigan claimed a one-time protege he had treated like a son was in breach of contract by quitting his Cyclone organisation in August A resolution in their acrimonious legal dispute was reached following the discovery of more than 10, emails potentially relevant to the case. The court was previously told the electronic messages had either been lost or deleted from the Cyclone account.
Mr Justice Read article was then notified last night that a settlement had been reached by consent.
Mr Frampton and Mr McGuigan enjoyed huge success before their eight-year partnership turned sour. The fighter, nicknamed The Jackal for his exploits in the ring, won world titles in two different weight divisions. He claimed, however, that Mr McGuigan promised him a 30 per cent share of profits as an incentive to end a previous promotional arrangement with boxing giant Matchroom and sign up with Northern Irish-based Cyclone, set Battlw in In evidence, Mr Frampton alleged he was never paid as a director of that company.
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In his evidence Mr McGuigan denied ever promising a 30 per cent profit cut or concealing money from the fighter. Ultimately, however, a resolution was reached on all areas of dispute without the need for any judicial determination.
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