Greg Cohen

Former WBA world middleweight champ Rob Brant has filed a lawsuit against promoters Greg Cohen, Rapacz Boxing LLC and Top Rank Inc. In the lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by BoxingScene.com, Brant seeks damages in excess of $75,000 for Muhammad Ali Act violations, violation of Nevada regulations, alternate theory under Nevada regulations, fraud, fraud by omission, Nevada common law unjust enrichment and breach of good faith and fair dealing. The lawsuit was filed on Brant’s behalf Thursday in the United States District Court of Nevada.

Greg Cohen Promotions has announced the signing of current WBA World Light Flyweight Champion Carlos “CCC” Canizales to a promotional contract. The Caracas, Venezuela-born Canizales (22-0-1, 17 KOs) is a three-time national champion in Venezuela as an amateur, Canizales turned professional in 2014 and won 16 consecutive fights before fighting to a draw with then WBA World Champion Ryoichi Taguchi of Japan in 2016. Given another title chance in 2018, Canizales made good on his tremendous potential by taking a 12-round unanimous decision over another Japanese fighter, Reiya Konishi, for the regular version of the WBA title.