Comments Thread For: Court, Public Docs Show Third Party 'Lobbyist' Receiving Payments For Rankings Connected To WBA

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

On the morning of January 14, 2021, the boxing promoter Greg Cohen sat for a deposition in an investment fraud lawsuit brought to him by a former employee. The plaintiff, a boxing fan named Clifford Mass, stated in a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York that he had sunk $250,000 into Cohen's coffers, on the agreement that he would receive future points on an "event-by-event basis" and a salary, neither of which, Mass claimed, ever materialized. Mass, in short, wanted his money back plus interest.
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[El_Cholo]

remembering reading a damning article in boxing illustrated from the early 90s on this mob, they have just got more brazen since then.

Absolute pondlife.

[techliam]

I believe all 4 sanctioning bodies have a process for ‘lobbying’, usually during their annual conferences

This goes to show the murky world that expands past this. I wonder what the connection is between these legal cases and the sudden shift to move the HQ to Texas

[Liondw]

Not an article I cared to read, but yeah, kinda explains how some crappy fighters a number one ranking.

[P to the J]

Say WHAAAAAAAAATTTT??????

[P to the J]

I believe all 4 sanctioning bodies have a process for ‘lobbying’, usually during their annual conferences

This goes to show the murky world that expands past this. I wonder what the connection is between these legal cases and the sudden shift to move the HQ to Texas

The thing is, **** is isn’t even that murky. Promoters have openly admitted lobbying boxing orgs for years, and the articles are always on here for proof.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Rizzo, a longtime industry fixture who has worked on behalf of sanctioning bodies, including the WBA, is the husband of Gloria Martinez Rizzo, a boxing judge who ignited controversy last year for turning in an egregiously shoddy scorecard that favored Gabriel Maestre over Mykal Fox in their 12-round, WBA interim welterweight bout. Most observers believed Fox deserved to win, and called the fight a robbery. Adding to the fracas was the fact that Martinez Rizzo appeared to have a history of making racist comments.

This shouldn't be there.

We can question wide cards, but Fox was all flash and no damage; NSB and others let the 'eye test' trick them.

Maestre won a close decision fair and square.

[Elotero]

How many Sean Gibbons fighters are WBA ranked?

[James Hunt]

I wonder if ABC will react to this?
Cuz this could be worse than having multiple champs per division.

[The Big Dunn]

Surely this is how Haymon is able to get what he wants from the WBA. I’m sure each sanctioning body has one of these as well.