FRANK WARREN has lost his £2million claim against former two-weight world champion Ricky Burns following the Coatbridge boxer's decision to switch promoter to Eddie Hearn.
The London fight boss has also been ordered to pay 31-year-old Burns more than £100,000 for unpaid purse fees from his successful WBO lightweight title defence against Kevin Mitchell in September 2012.
Burns, who has in turn been instructed to pay Warren £73,000 in management commission, says he will also be reporting his former promoter to the British Boxing Board of Control.
He claims that Warren's promoter's licence should be suspended until such time as the Mitchell purse has been paid in full by Warren personally, in accordance with the Board's own rules.
Warren suggested in Court that Burns left him for another promoter because he had been "tapped up", but the judge Mr Justice Knowles stated that the case was never about that.
He found that evidence showed simply that Burns had enough of Frank Warren Promotions and had walked away from FWP believing he was entitled to do so.
Burns said: "I'm extremely pleased that I have won this legal case brought against me by Frank Warren, a case that should never have been brought against me in the first place.
"The pressure that this case has put on me over the last 18 months has been immense and seriously affected me in and out of the ring.
"I will now be actively pursuing the BBBC and Frank Warren to make sure that my outstanding fight purse gets paid in full."
Warren hit back, claiming that Burns' career completely crashed after he joined Eddie Hearn's Matchroom stable, badly losing two contests and his world title.
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