Overview
- Mayweather’s exhibition with Mike Zambidis, scheduled for June 27 in Athens, was called off after Mayweather’s lawyer told the Southern District of New York that promotion, distribution and ticketing had been halted because CSI’s motion remains pending.
- CSI Sports Events sued Mayweather seeking at least $4.65 million in advances and asked the court for a temporary restraining order on the grounds that Mayweather breached an exclusivity agreement tied to planned shows with Mike Tyson and Manny Pacquiao.
- U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick heard arguments in a phone hearing on June 24 and said he would rule on CSI’s request for injunctive relief, a decision that is driving the immediate commercial freeze.
- Commercial partners retreated as the case unfolded: DAZN removed the Athens event from its schedule and promoters say millions were already committed to staging the card, leaving the show commercially unviable for now.
- The litigation leaves Mayweather’s linked events in doubt and raises financial risk for participants and venues, with reports of tentative new dates for a Tyson exhibition in September and a Pacquiao bout in January but no firm plans while the case and any discovery proceed.