THE SIDELINES : Douglas-King Court Fight Delay
Heavyweight champion Buster Douglas’ courtroom fight with promoter Don King has been delayed once again and may be heard first in New York instead of Las Vegas. A federal judge in New York today said he may hear the case April 30 if a criminal trial set for that date does not go forward.
That would put the New York trial ahead of a planned trial in federal court in Las Vegas, now scheduled for May 21.
Douglas initiated the legal battle after he knocked out Mike Tyson in February to win the heavyweight crown, claiming that he should be free of his contracts with King so he could defend his title in September against Evander Holyfield at the Mirage in Las Vegas.
King filed a suit of his own in New York, asking that the contracts be declared valid and that the Mirage be stopped from interfering with them.
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