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Judge Awards $40,000 in Damages for Restaurant’s Illegal Showing of 2018 Boxing Match

U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman for Western Texas in Austin awarded judgment in favor of plaintiff Innovative Sports Management for recovery of damages from a Manor, Texas, bar and restaurant and its owners for showing the December 2018 Canelo Alvarez vs. Rocky Fielding boxing match telecast without a license, said Pitman’s signed order Tuesday (docket 1:21-cv-01116). The plaintiff is entitled to recover $40,000 in damages, plus attorneys’ fees amounting to nearly $3,000, said the order.