DUVA v. WORLD BOXING ASS'N

Civ. A. No. 82-672.

548 F.Supp. 710 (1982)

Louis DUVA, Tony Ayala, Jr., and Tony Ayala, Sr., Plaintiffs, v. WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cerreto & LaPenna by Michael A. Cerreto, Newark, N. J., and James S. Marotta, Totowa, N. J., for plaintiffs.

James J. Binns, P.A. by James J. Binns, and Hope C. Lefeber, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant World Boxing Assn.

Normal Fischbein, Newark, N. J., for intervenor Bob Arum Enterprises.


STERN, District Judge.

Tony Ayala, Jr. is a prize fighter. He is currently the third-ranked junior middle-weight in the world according to the rankings of the World Boxing Association ("WBA"). He and his managers, Louis Duva and Tony Ayala, Sr., bring this action against the WBA, challenging the lawfulness of a WBA-sanctioned championship fight scheduled for April 24, 1982 which pits the WBA's fourth-ranked junior middleweight contender, Charlie Weir, against the...

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