According to recent reports, the highly anticipated exhibition match between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Greek fighter Mike Zambidis in Athens has been called off just days before the opening bell.
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Subscribe Sekarang →Based on court filings, CSI Sports Events lodged a lawsuit in a New York federal court alleging that Mayweather breached an exclusivity agreement by scheduling a fight outside their promotional partnership.
The legal action claims that the undefeated former world champion received substantial financial advances for bouts involving Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao, rendering other events a contractual violation.
Although the court has not yet issued a final ruling, ticket sales and promotion stalled immediately, forcing the local organizers to deem the entire spectacle commercially unviable.
Insiders state that the exhibition could potentially be rescheduled once the legal hurdles are cleared, though uncertainty continues to surround his upcoming marquee bouts.