By Mark Vester
Besides being the co-promoter to Saturday's welterweight showdown between Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley, Golden Boy Promotions is also the co-promoter to the Affliction "Day of Reckoning" pay-per-view, which also takes place on Saturday night. Both events are taking place in California. The Affliction pay-per-view, headlined by heavyweights Fedor Emelianenko and Andrei Arlovski, will clash at the Honda Center in Anaheim, while Margarito vs. Shane Mosley is about 30-miles away at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
On Tuesday, a New York press conference that was hosted by Donald Trump at the Trump Tower in Manhattan, had the full support of Golden Boy president Oscar De La Hoya. At the presser, De La Hoya and his partners expressed their goal of becoming the main competitor to the UFC. Golden Boy and Affliction announced their partnership last September. The "Day of Reckoning" pay-per-view will be the first of four planned 2009 MMA pay-per-views that are being co-promoted by Affliction and Golden Boy.