Two years ago former Roc Nation boxer Daniel 'Twitch' Franco accused Roc Nation of abandoning him after he suffered a brain injury during a fight [click here if you missed that].
Now he's suing for negligence...
From The Blast
In the lawsuit, Franco claims he had a fight scheduled for March 23, 2017, but says he got sick with the flu leading up to the fight. He claims he was out of the gym for three weeks and could not train properly for the fight.
Franco claims that he and his father both told Roc Nation he was sick and needed to cancel or postpone the fight. But he claims he was told he to go forward with the fight.
He would go on to lose that fight by TKO.
According to Franco, he had another fight scheduled for May 12, 2017 (he does not go into detail about that fight) and then again on June 10, 2017.
Franco claims Roc Nation should have known he was in no condition to fight yet again and claims he did not receive medical clearance before the fight. He says he was suffering from two skull fractures and a brain bleed going into the fight.
Franco was knocked out in the eighth round of that fight and claims he suffered “a devastating brain hemorrhage.” He says he went into a coma and had to undergo surgery.
He is suing Roc Nation Sports, Live Nation and Jay-Z personally for negligence. He is seeking unspecified damages.
