{"id":9560,"date":"2026-03-03T05:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9560"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:10:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:10:51","slug":"boxing-frank-warren-in-potential-legal-dispute-with-sela-and-tko-over-zuffa-boxing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=9560","title":{"rendered":"Boxing: Frank Warren in potential legal dispute with Sela and TKO over Zuffa Boxing"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Veteran promoter Frank Warren has confirmed he is considering legal action against Saudi Arabian-owned Sela and American company TKO.<\/b><\/p>\n

Warren has enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Turki Alalshikh and Sela in recent years, but the arrival of the Dana White-fronted Zuffa Boxing, jointly owned by Sela and TKO, has caused tension behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

Sela is a Saudi state-owned entertainment company and TKO Group Holdings is a media giant that owns the UFC and WWE.<\/p>\n

Warren alleges Sela and TKO went behind his back to form Zuffa Boxing, which he claims breaches the contracts he had already signed with the two entities.<\/p>\n

Warren’s Queensberry Promotions, according to the Telegraph,, external<\/span><\/a> allege as much as $1bn (\u00a3739m) could have been lost in potential earnings.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Sela said they were “disappointed” by the claims and “reject them in their entirety”.<\/p>\n

This week it was revealed that Warren and Queensberry had sent “letters before action” to Sela and TKO raising the issues.<\/p>\n

“It’s just a difference of opinion over the contracts that we signed, so that will just take its course,” Warren told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n

“I can’t make any comment on it. It is what it is and it will take its course.”<\/p>\n

The potential legal action comes after it emerged that Warren has had limited involvement in Tyson Fury’s comeback fight in April on Netflix.<\/p>\n

The fight was primarily organised by Sela and Netflix, and TKO chief Mark Shapiro claims Zuffa Boxing will be tasked with the promotional duties around the fight instead of Queensberry .<\/p>\n

Fury is signed to Queensberry and has been since he resumed his boxing career in 2018.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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