WBC and Sulaiman Prepare For War With Golden Boy, HBO

By Mark Vester

At the Latin-American boxing convention in Cancun, Mexico, WBC president Jose Sulaiman spoke out against the relationship between Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and cable network HBO. You know De La Hoya is retired for good when the WBC and Sulaiman go after him. Sulaiman feels the Golden Boy/HBO relationship is creating a boxing monopoly in the United States. According to Sulaiman, HBO is giving a bulk of their dates to Golden Boy, which creates a very unfair playing ground for other promoters, managers and fighters outside of the Golden Boy loop.

He says the relationship between the two entities will create numerous situations where fighters will leave their promoters and managers to jump over to Golden Boy for the sake of getting some exposure on HBO.

"There is a monopoly that threatens boxing in the United States. The monopoly is headed by Oscar De La Hoya and HBO. HBO has chosen Golden Boy as their promoter and that is creating a monopoly and we are ready to do anything [to fight it], even going to the government. This deal harms the fighters," Sulaiman said. 

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