QUARTEY v. AB STARS PRODS.


260 A.D.2d 39 (1999)

697 N.Y.S.2d 280

IKE QUARTEY et al., Respondents, v. AB STARS PRODUCTIONS, S. A., Appellant, and SQUARE RING PRODUCTIONS, INC., et al., Respondents.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

November 9, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott N. Gelfand of counsel (Meister, Seelig & Fein, L. L. P., attorneys), for Ike Quartey and another, respondents.

Gil Feder of counsel (Russell M. Sachs on the brief; Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, attorneys), for appellant.

Richard A. Roth of counsel (Gary M. Heller on the brief; Littman Krooks Roth & Ball, P. C., attorneys), for Square Ring Productions and another, respondents.

ROSENBERGER, J. P., WILLIAMS, TOM and BUCKLEY, JJ., concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WALLACH, J.

Some of boxing's most interesting bouts take place outside the ring.

Plaintiff Quartey is an erstwhile holder of, and current contender for, the welterweight championship of the World Boxing Association (WBA). Defendant AB Stars Productions is the French prizefight promoter that discovered Quartey in his native Ghana in 1992, and brought him to pugilistic prominence. Plaintiff Asah, a fellow Ghanaian, is Quartey's...

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