"Does Oscar De La Hoya want to be a real promoter or just be the figurehead for Golden Boy Promotions while everyone else at his company does the hard work? Although he has talked about rolling up his sleeves and getting serious, he has been MIA for some very important recent events. He didn't bother to show up for the Bernard Hopkins-Roy Jones fight in April, which needed every single bit of promotional effort that could be mustered. He was a nonentity during the massive Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Shane Mosley promotion, odd given that he could have offered keen insight because he fought both. He was nowhere to be seen during fight week except for a cameo at the postfight news conference. Last week, he didn't even show up in New York for the American debut of Amir Khan, whom Golden Boy considers one of its most significant signings. When you sign somebody you hail as a future superstar and he crosses the pond for the first time for an HBO fight at Madison Square Garden, shouldn't the face of the company be in the house to help promote the event?"
- Dan Rafael
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