Don King liable for canceled title fight after boxer’s drug test (Reuters)

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge found boxing promoter Don King liable for breach of contract over an April 25 World Boxing Association cruiserweight championship bout that was canceled after one of his fighters, challenger Guillermo Jones, failed a drug test. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan said Jones’ disqualification for testing positive for the diuretic furosemide, just a few hours before he was scheduled to fight Denis Lebedev in Moscow, “plainly put King in breach” even if the promoter had nothing to do with the failed test. …