Indongo's promoter hits back
Former triple world champion Julius Indongo's new trainer, Larry Brown, has hit back at the MTC Nestor Sunshine Tobias Boxing Academy after they sued the boxer.
The academy is suing its former boxer for an alleged breach of contract.
Indongo left for the USA to join a new boxing promoter after a fallout with his former bosses.
Speaking from the USA, Brown said Tobias owed the boxer money and that they would prove that to the Namibian nation.
Brown accused Tobias of being driven by greed when sharing the prize money earned by Indongo.
“He has created a hot mess for himself. Indongo was willing to walk away despite being owed money, thus giving Tobias the opportunity to also walk away from the whole situation.
“But lo and behold, the man wants to keep digging a deeper ditch for himself when he was clearly given the opportunity to do so.
“They say a hard head makes a soft behind every time. We are coming at you so fast you won't even know what flew past you. By the time we catch up to you, you will be picked up and dropped off at your final resting place and that is incarceration and the fact you're going to have to pay Indongo every red penny you owe him and that will amount to at least N$1.4 million and more for defamation of character and the list goes on,” Brown said.
Tobias maintained his silence on the matter, saying it was in the hands of his lawyer, Sisa Namandje.
Last year, the lawyer informed Indongo in a letter that he was legally contracted to the stable.
According to the letter, Indongo's contract ran from 4 February 2015 to February 2018, with a clause that another year's extension was compulsory.
The stable felt that Indongo had dishonoured the contract.
Indongo is being blamed for abandoning the Tobias gym for Dibella Entertainment in the US right after he lost his fight to Terence Crawford and despite the fact that he was owed close to N$1.1 million after defeating Ricky Burns of Scotland last year.
A well-placed source alleged that Indongo abandoned Tobias after discovering that Tobias had been dishonest about the value of international contracts.
Various media reports suggested that the feud was instigated by the fact that some contract details were allegedly forged by the promoter.
The source said that the promoters of Edward Troyanovsky, whom Indongo had fought in 2016, would send the original contract to the lawyer and that would be evidence enough.
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Indongo left for the USA to join a new boxing promoter after a fallout with his former bosses.
Speaking from the USA, Brown said Tobias owed the boxer money and that they would prove that to the Namibian nation.
Brown accused Tobias of being driven by greed when sharing the prize money earned by Indongo.
“He has created a hot mess for himself. Indongo was willing to walk away despite being owed money, thus giving Tobias the opportunity to also walk away from the whole situation.
“But lo and behold, the man wants to keep digging a deeper ditch for himself when he was clearly given the opportunity to do so.
“They say a hard head makes a soft behind every time. We are coming at you so fast you won't even know what flew past you. By the time we catch up to you, you will be picked up and dropped off at your final resting place and that is incarceration and the fact you're going to have to pay Indongo every red penny you owe him and that will amount to at least N$1.4 million and more for defamation of character and the list goes on,” Brown said.
Tobias maintained his silence on the matter, saying it was in the hands of his lawyer, Sisa Namandje.
Last year, the lawyer informed Indongo in a letter that he was legally contracted to the stable.
According to the letter, Indongo's contract ran from 4 February 2015 to February 2018, with a clause that another year's extension was compulsory.
The stable felt that Indongo had dishonoured the contract.
Indongo is being blamed for abandoning the Tobias gym for Dibella Entertainment in the US right after he lost his fight to Terence Crawford and despite the fact that he was owed close to N$1.1 million after defeating Ricky Burns of Scotland last year.
A well-placed source alleged that Indongo abandoned Tobias after discovering that Tobias had been dishonest about the value of international contracts.
Various media reports suggested that the feud was instigated by the fact that some contract details were allegedly forged by the promoter.
The source said that the promoters of Edward Troyanovsky, whom Indongo had fought in 2016, would send the original contract to the lawyer and that would be evidence enough.
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