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By Robert Morales - A promotional company pitting two of its best fighters against each other is not exactly a common occurrence. But that's what Golden Boy Promotions is doing with James Kirkland and Alfredo Angulo, who Saturday will square off in a WBC junior middleweight title elimination fight in Mexico (on HBO).
Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy, was asked why he is doing something a lot of promoters would not.
"It's one of those fights people get excited about," Schaefer said of what is almost a can't-miss barnburner. "If you look at 154 pounds, I think this is one of the most exciting punch-for-punch fights one can put together. It's not easy to please HBO to get these dates as they have very high standards on who they accept as fights; that is one of the fights they wanted.
"I talked to the fighters and they were willing to do it. It's a high risk for either one of those fighters and for us as well. And talk about excitement, this fight has excitement written all over it."
Schaefer agreed boxing needs more of this.
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Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy, was asked why he is doing something a lot of promoters would not.
"It's one of those fights people get excited about," Schaefer said of what is almost a can't-miss barnburner. "If you look at 154 pounds, I think this is one of the most exciting punch-for-punch fights one can put together. It's not easy to please HBO to get these dates as they have very high standards on who they accept as fights; that is one of the fights they wanted.
"I talked to the fighters and they were willing to do it. It's a high risk for either one of those fighters and for us as well. And talk about excitement, this fight has excitement written all over it."
Schaefer agreed boxing needs more of this.
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