Before besting Gennady Gennadyevich Golovkin, more commonly
referred to as GGG, in the ring on September 15th, Canelo Alvarez
won a major victory in court. Alvarez won an appeal when the
Florida District Court of Appeals for Miami-Dade County set aside
an $8.5 million judgement that a jury decided Alvarez was required
to pay former promoter, Felix “Tutico” Zabala Jr. The
Court of Appeals held that the $8.5 million in damages for unjust
enrichment was too speculative and not supported by substantial
competent evidence. Although Alvarez has avoided the $8.5 million
judgement, he will still have to pay Zabala some amount in
compensation. That amount, which will be determined by the original
trial judge, has not been determined yet. Zabala originally filed
the lawsuit in 2011, asserting breach of contract. Zabala claimed
that while Alvarez was signed to a four-year promotional contract
with him, Golden Boy Productions interfered with the contract and
effectively stole
