Overview
- Attendees at a Keighley seminar on Saturday complained that Alex Pereira refused pre-paid photos, declined to sign merchandise and shortened the session.
- Joyagear issued a public statement taking full responsibility for logistics and communication failures and saying Pereira delivered the one-hour seminar he was told to give.
- Pereira posted Instagram Stories showing him posing with fans, signing gloves and sparring with participants, footage his camp says undermines the complaints.
- Organizers canceled some meet-and-greets, cited unforeseen flight issues for other changes, are issuing automatic refunds to ticket holders and promised an internal review.
- The episode follows Pereira’s high-profile June 14 title loss and highlights recurring risks when third-party promoters sell photo ops and signings without clear, contract-level deliverables, a gap that could prompt tighter event practices.