Comments Thread For: Richard Schaefer Officially Departs From Golden Boy

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Bottom line Golden boy will suck because Arum ****s everyone over I guess Oscar likes getting ****ed

oh ****! its the "Bottom Line" folks....

[Bronx2245]

Biggest paydays (outside of mayweather) ...All Bob

Outside of Mayweather...that's the point! Cotto also turned down $10 Million guaranteed for Canelo. Do you really think a PPV with Martinez would outdo a PPV with Canelo?

[Skip Bayless]

You think Floyd is going to go head to head with Oscar in a bidding war for fighters?

No chance.

i hope not but if what people are saying is true and most gbp fighters are not under contract then it wont be that hard to set up a company. i cant wait for some gbp vs tr fights, this could be the revival of boxing or the end of golden boy

[Brandish]

oh ****! its the "Bottom Line" folks....

lmao the bottom line..

[IMDAZED]

Like i said, it's about Oscar's emotions and pride, he felt he was no longer the top dawg at his own company.

Let's see what he can do now..

Possibly. Who knows. I think Richard wanted to depart and Oscar wanted him gone. They've had a good run. Should be interesting to see what pops next.

[Divine Hammer]

this could go 2 ways, either the cold war is gone for real and richard fades into oblivion or he starts his own promotional company with al hamon and floyd who sign up golden boy fighters and kill gbp off

how long of a process is it to start up your own promotional company and have it be licensed and everything?

[Bronx2245]

Yeah but they do have the fans best interest. No business for no one if you have no fans.

You must not know the history. Does this sound like a man with the fans' best interest:

Upon hearing that Floyd Mayweather did not have to report to serve his sentence until June today, I'm sure fight fans around the world all thought the same thing. Finally, this frees up Floyd's schedule for May and will finally allow him and Manny Pacquiao to stage the biggest fight that can be made in boxing.

However, this idea was quickly squashed when Bob Arum came out and said that Floyd was on Manny's radar, but not for the time being, delaying the fight to early 2013 if at all. It seems that literally everyone, including Floyd and his team, boxing fans, Freddie Roach, and Manny Pacquiao finally want the fight to be made. What could possibly hold up a fight that could bring in this much money to all parties involved?

The answer is two words. Bob Arum. Arum said that Pacquiao could fight in either May or June, depending on various factors, but upon hearing of Floyd's continuation of his sentence, backtracked and said that Manny needed more time to heal from his cuts sustained two months ago in November in the fight against Marquez.

When this excuse, and that's what it is, an excuse, was attacked and deemed to be illegitimate, Arum fired back by saying that the 40,000 person stadium that would need to be built for the fight to be staged outdoors in Vegas can't be completed until the end of May. This whole thing is just becoming really really frustrating and is really killing the sport.

[PETUFF]

Good news for boxing!!now we going to see big fights !!

[killakali]

Cotto is contracting his promotion, just like Mayweather, but HE DOES NOTWORK FOR ARUM. Cotto biggest guaranteed purse was for the Mayweather fight. In fact, read this, and it tells you how Arum really gets down:

Arum said that when Cotto turned it down, he and Pacquiao went with Marquez for Pacquiao's next fight, just one week after Cotto's.

Cotto vigorously disputed Arum's claim.

"The only offer Top Rank ever made us was the same money as in 2009," Cotto told ESPN.com. "[Arum] made the same offer he made in 2009, and we found it kind of funny. That was the reason we decided not to face Pacquiao. That, and they also wanted me to go down to 150 pounds and give him the same advantage that they gave Pacquiao in 2009, a catchweight."

Cotto said he was surprised to read that Arum said he offered him $13 million.

"Bob said he offered us $13 million, but he never came to us with that offer," Cotto said. "He always offered us the same guarantee he offered us in 2009, with the same benefits, and that's not fair. He offered the exact same amount of money. Of course it's a business, but all we want is fair business. You can say to Bob to tell me he made that offer to me to my face, and you will see his reaction.

"Miguel Cotto always agrees to fight the best. I've never said no to anybody, but you need to treat me fairly in business."

Even if the money could have been worked out, Cotto said the weight was a major issue.

For the 2009 bout he had agreed to go down to 145 pounds, two less than the welterweight limit, and said it took its toll. If he had taken the rematch at 150, it would mean dropping 4 pounds below the junior middleweight limit, which is where Cotto has fought his four bouts since his loss to Pacquiao.

"If he wants a big name and wants to fight the best, no catchweight," Cotto said of Pacquiao. "Making catchweights is easy for them. They make the other guy have trouble making weight and they take advantage of that. I wasn't going to do that again. I am 154 pounds. I am not going to fight at a catchweight and make myself weak."



Arum is a snake!

read Steve Kim's story on maxboxing today. Cotto talks about why he is back working with top rank. And Cotto is expanding his promotional company and co promoting with top rank. janthony Ortiz Jose Lopez are all we signees that are being co promoted.

[Skip Bayless]

Bottom line Golden boy will suck because Arum ****s everyone over I guess Oscar likes getting ****ed