Chris Lovejoy controversy ahead of tonight’s fight with Manuel Charr.

California Heavyweight Christopher Lovejoy, who tonight met Manuel Charr 32-4 (18 Ko’s) for what was announced as the WBA title in recess, has an exclusive promotional agreement with Legendary promoter Don King. The promoter of Saturday’s boxing card in Germany Errol Ceylan is failing to comply with the Cease & Desist letter they received several weeks ago and with the fight taking place this evening may regret not acting on Kings legal council. 

“Chris Lovejoy and the Ceylan are defying the law,” said King. “We have served them and justice will prevail.. We will see who will be quacking when we get to court and the legal process decides that everything is there in black and white…  Lovejoy is out there popping off and feels that this fight is for the WBA championship..  The WBA hasn’t sanctioned this illegal bout and they certainly won’t do so. Trevor Bryan is the WBA champion.”

King continued.. 

“What fighter shows up in Germany without a trainer or cutman and is totally out of shape, weighing 306 pounds..  Lovejoy lacks plain common sense, We will see you in court along with your German promoter..  We’ll see who will be laughing last on Instagram.”

Lovejoy is supposed to have filed for bankruptcy in California before departing for Germany to try to stop King from taking legal action on his promotional agreement and thus trying to stop Saturday night’s fight with Manuel Charr.

King insists that promoter Errol Ceylan is promoting a title fight illegally, including a DKP exclusively promoted boxer, knowingly and willingly, compromising  King’s business agreement with Lovejoy.

Tonight in Cologne Germany, WBA champion in recess Manuel Charr, handed Christopher Lovejoy his first loss with a second round Ko over the Las Vegas based Californian.. This is Charr’s first fight since his 2017 fight with Alex Ustinov. Lovejoy 19-1 (19 Ko’s) looked out of his depth and will struggle to be taken seriously after this inept showing.