MANILA, Philippines — A lawyer representing Manny Pacquiao in the United States brushed off a lawsuit filed against the Filipino icon by Paradigm Sports, which seeks monetary damages after alleging that Pacquiao breached an earlier agreement with them regarding a fight with Mikey Garcia. In a statement, lawyer Dale Kinsella of Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump LLP said Paradigm Sports – a sports management agency that also represents UFC star Conor McGregor – is just trying to get in the way of Pacquiao’s scheduled bout with WBC and IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. this August. “The complaint filed by Paradigm Sports in California state court on Friday is a frivolous effort to interfere with Manny Pacquiao’s upcoming mega fight, and it can and will fail for numerous reasons,” Kinsella said in a statement. According to a report by The Athletic’s Lance Pugmire, sports manager Audie Attar of Paradigm is seeking damages that include a $3.3 million advance that it claims Pacquiao received when he signed with the agency in February 2020.

Source: Philippine Star June 27, 2021 05:26 UTC