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Richard Schaefer was kidding when he said they are open for Golovkin - Quillin fight
After the Chavez fight collapsed, GGG team immediately opened negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions to organize a fight with the WBO world champion Peter Quillin (31-0, 22 KOs).
"We made a good offer to Richard Schaefer (CEO of Golden Boy Promotions), - says Oleg Herman (Manager of GGG). - But the next day he said that they want to arrange an open trade between the channels, the winner of which will receive the rights to broadcast the fight Golovkin - Quillin."
This option is not acceptable to the team of the Kazakh boxer who fights exclusively on HBO.
"The proposed option was not acceptable to us, - says Oleg Herman. - Because the team is not going to turn away from our partners on HBO, on whose support Gennady can always count. Additionally, Peter Quillin has much lower popularity in the U.S. compared to Gennady, and can not be even compared. If Quillin didn't have the title and didn't mention loudly and constantly "Golovkin" and "Martinez" names in the press, we would most likely have heard little about him. Not to mention that Quillin fights on the undercard and has not headlined a single main fight night."
Source: GGG promotions statement.
So Richard knows GGG is tied to HBO, he tells GGG team to make an offer (which logically means they are ready to discuss the possibility of Kid C fighting on HBO), but then when the offer comes, he proposes an open trade.
"We made a good offer to Richard Schaefer (CEO of Golden Boy Promotions), - says Oleg Herman (Manager of GGG). - But the next day he said that they want to arrange an open trade between the channels, the winner of which will receive the rights to broadcast the fight Golovkin - Quillin."
This option is not acceptable to the team of the Kazakh boxer who fights exclusively on HBO.
"The proposed option was not acceptable to us, - says Oleg Herman. - Because the team is not going to turn away from our partners on HBO, on whose support Gennady can always count. Additionally, Peter Quillin has much lower popularity in the U.S. compared to Gennady, and can not be even compared. If Quillin didn't have the title and didn't mention loudly and constantly "Golovkin" and "Martinez" names in the press, we would most likely have heard little about him. Not to mention that Quillin fights on the undercard and has not headlined a single main fight night."
Source: GGG promotions statement.
So Richard knows GGG is tied to HBO, he tells GGG team to make an offer (which logically means they are ready to discuss the possibility of Kid C fighting on HBO), but then when the offer comes, he proposes an open trade.
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