Promoter Don King is seeking to halt the announced heavyweight bout between Michael Hunter and Jarrell Miller, which is set for September 11 in Las Vegas.
King, who says in a press release that he has a “legal and binding contract” with Hunter, has issued a cease and desist order to SELA and TKO Group Holdings, Inc., which will promote the fight as part of the build-up to the superfight that weekend between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Terence Crawford.
Don King Promotions won the WBA purse bid in May to promote a fight between Hunter and WBA secondary heavyweight titleholder Kubrat Pulev with a bid of $1,100,000, and says that plans to stage a fight between Hunter, 24-1-2 (17 KOs), and Miller, 26-1-2 (22 KOs), flies in the face of those plans.
“They continue to disobey the WBA and its clear directive on the Pulev-Hunter championship fight,” said King. “Hunter is under contract to Don King Productions and he’ll be fighting for a world championship.”
Hunter, 37, fought on one of King’s cards in June of 2024, winning a minor WBA belt, while his most recent fight in December took place in Mexico.
