English boxing promoter Frank Warren is reportedly getting ready to sue Zuffa Boxing and TKO Holdings Group for $1 billion.
Warren’s British-based Queensberry Promotions has despatched letters to Saudi Arabia’s Sela and TKO Group Holdings stating its intention to sue each for breach of contract over the formation of Zuffa Boxing. In keeping with a report by The Telegraph, Queensberry is in search of as much as $1 billion for earnings the promotion alleges it might have earned had its contractual agreements been honored.
Queensberry claims it signed an exclusivity settlement with Sela in September 2023 for ‘operational experience.’ Queensberry additionally claims it had a separate settlement with TKO Group that gave TKO entry to knowledge, together with particulars of Queensberry’s contract with Sela. Warren maintains that data was privileged.
Sela and TKO inked a five-year cope with one another and fashioned Zuffa Boxing in June 2025 with out Queensberry’s involvement. Sela denies Warren’s claims.
A consultant for Sela instructed Boxing Information On-line: “We’re disillusioned by the unfounded claims introduced by Queensberry and Frank Warren. We reject them of their entirety and are assured that the details will totally vindicate our place.”
“From late 2023 by means of mid-2025, Queensberry was the first promotional associate for Saudi Arabia’s boxing investments,” Boxing Insider famous. That relationship seems to have crumbled forward of Zuffa Boxing’s creation.
