The conflict of promoter and manager of muaythai fighter Nongbee Kietyongyut has escalated and may soon turn into legal battles.

Famed promoter Songchai Rattanasuban claimed that Nongbee’s manager Yongyut Lewisit has forfeited his rights to arrange matches for the fighter to him, while Yongyut insisted he never engaged in any legal contract with Songchai and claimed the signature in the contract document presented by Songchai was not his.

The conflict intensified when Songchai sent a request to the chief of Ratchadamnern Stadium to bar Nongbee from fighting with Saketdao Petphayathai in the match on July 31 at the that stadium.

The stadium chief summoned Yongyut for an inquiry and eventually decided to allow Nongbee to fight after the manager said he did not have such contract with Songchai. Nongbee was defeated in the match.

Songchai said he would sue Yongyut should Nongbee fight with Saketdao. Yongyut, too, said he would sue Songchai for forging the contract document and his signature.

The situation is reminiscent of the battles over the managing rights of fighter Saddam Sam-k Battery, while some suggested that the two cases may even be related.

If one or two of the parties decided to pursue the legal fights and the court accepted the case, Nongbee may be the one who suffers the most as he might not be able to fight for months or years when the case is in the court process.

An analyst suggested that the case should provide a lesson to the managers who should always specify in the contract the number of fights they would allow a promoter to arrange in a year, while allowing the managers themselves to arrange for the additional matches in according to the boxing law.

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