Schaefer refuses to make Malignaggi v Maidana

It's obvious why he doesn't want to make it, he just saw a fat outta shape cano kick Paulies ass and knows maidana, who is 10X the fighter cano is, would wreck paulie He needs paulie to hold on to keep the title hostage until he can cherry pick paulie to a fighter like Khan or Garcia when they move up This right here. They are not making this fight to protect Paulie.

paulie is an east coast fighter with a belt right now. they need him and garcia to sell fights at barclays. schaefer wants to protect his moneymakers, and matthysse vs maidana will put a lot of mileage on both of those guys. the bull**** is obvious here. props to paulie for wanting maidana instead of mosley though. shame it "couldn't" happen.

**** goldenboy those crooks theyre worse than top rank I've always found the people who pretend Golden Boy is better than Top Rank ridiculous.

**** goldenboy those crooks theyre worse than top rank

Ya, you are probably right, but it makes no sense not to lose it to a guy like Maidana. To Paulie, sure; they both want to fight. It's a great fight! Who wins? Can't say for sure, ya know? It's a solid matchup. But to Golden Boy, Maidana winning the belt would cause trouble. See, Alexander just shut Maidana out, so rematching him would draw heavy criticism. And I doubt they want to put Khan in there with Maidana again either, after how close Khan was to being KO'd. Ortiz might be coming back to 147 as well when he returns, and Maidana already stopped him. They're not trying to turn Maidana into the next American star like they are the above three, so wasting a matchup with Mayweather on Maidana is out of the question. So, the last thing they want is Maidana to be holding that belt. Agreed. It's the belt's destination GBP are trying to control, they don't care about putting on a good fight. Berto...Mosley...these guys don't deserve title shots. At least Maidana won his last fight at 147 against a good fighter who just beat Aydin and the fans want to see it, not a couple of roid cheats getting another bite at the cherry. Couldn't have said it better myself. Who are these guys trying to fool?

Man have you got that all wrong. They're not protecting him; they're trying to choose wisely who he will lose the belt to. The whole reason he has the belt is because they sent him to the Ukraine to try and take it. They had better fighters at 147, but they sent Paulie because he has no value and his career was done. If he lost fighting abroad, so what? The belt is their return on their investment of signing him. That's why they want to be picky about who he's fighting. They wanted Mosley because they could have Mosley fight Khan, Ortiz, or Alexander fight Mosley and claim that whichever guy beats Mosley and has the belt is a new superstar. Ya, you are probably right, but it makes no sense not to lose it to a guy like Maidana.

Schaefer is mad Paulie isn't sticking to their script. Feed Paulie to Mosley > Feed Mosley to Khan or Alexander > Tell everyone a star is born. I wonder how much longer Paulie has on his contract? He should fight his mandatory and, if he wins, leave their asses. Agreed. It's the belt's destination GBP are trying to control, they don't care about putting on a good fight. Berto...Mosley...these guys don't deserve title shots. At least Maidana won his last fight at 147 against a good fighter who just beat Aydin and the fans want to see it, not a couple of roid cheats getting another bite at the cherry.

GBP just boggles my mind.... They ALWAYS throw guys who could be stars to the wolves. Guys like Maidana who will put up a FOTY effort every night. Then a guy like Paulie who outside of New York, no cares about and never will. He has no power, his style is boring. Bt hes got charisma and a big mouth so he gets protected. I didn't really form that paragraph how I wanted, but maybe someone will understand it. Man have you got that all wrong. They're not protecting him; they're trying to choose wisely who he will lose the belt to. The whole reason he has the belt is because they sent him to the Ukraine to try and take it. They had better fighters at 147, but they sent Paulie because he has no value and his career was done. If he lost fighting abroad, so what? The belt is their return on their investment of signing him. That's why they want to be picky about who he's fighting. They wanted Mosley because they could have Mosley fight Khan, Ortiz, or Alexander fight Mosley and claim that whichever guy beats Mosley and has the belt is a new superstar.

GBP just boggles my mind.... They ALWAYS throw guys who could be stars to the wolves. Guys like Maidana who will put up a FOTY effort every night. Then a guy like Paulie who outside of New York, no cares about and never will. He has no power, his style is boring. Bt hes got charisma and a big mouth so he gets protected. I didn't really form that paragraph how I wanted, but maybe someone will understand it.

Schaefer is mad Paulie isn't sticking to their script. Feed Paulie to Mosley > Feed Mosley to Khan or Alexander > Tell everyone a star is born. I wonder how much longer Paulie has on his contract? He should fight his mandatory and, if he wins, leave their asses.

Schaefer is full of BS. He is always bragging how he puts the best in with best to give the fans good fights and what ever happens, so be it. But he won't make a good fight between Maidana and Paulie when both fighters want it. He won't make a fight between Garcia and Matthysse when everybody wants that fight. He is a smart business man but unlike Arum who has good boxing knowledge Schaefer seems to have no understanding of the sport at all. Haha! Never knew Paulie v Maidana was best v best. Also never knew paulie was considered better opponent than lucas.

Schaefer is full of BS. He is always bragging how he puts the best in with best to give the fans good fights and what ever happens, so be it. But he won't make a good fight between Maidana and Paulie when both fighters want it. He won't make a fight between Garcia and Matthysse when everybody wants that fight. He is a smart business man but unlike Arum who has good boxing knowledge Schaefer seems to have no understanding of the sport at all.

good.. paulie b1tch move backin out mosley fight..lol man up paulie... fk a 1 dimensional maidana Maidana > Mosley - 2013.

Neither deserves to be champion. Good call Golden Boy, Marcos got dominated against Alexander and Paulie might be the worst champ in all of boxing. Agreed. Paulie should rematch Cano. Maybe this time Cano can come in fit and in shape. Unlike last time.

Neither deserves to be champion. Good call Golden Boy, Marcos got dominated against Alexander and Paulie might be the worst champ in all of boxing. So who should fight Paulie then?

And yet Golden Boy want to blame Arum every time a co-promotion falls apart. Golden Boy and Arum are both as bad as each other. Sadly this is true.

Neither deserves to be champion. Good call Golden Boy, Marcos got dominated against Alexander and Paulie might be the worst champ in all of boxing.

It's obvious why he doesn't want to make it, he just saw a fat outta shape cano kick Paulies ass and knows maidana, who is 10X the fighter cano is, would wreck paulie He needs paulie to hold on to keep the title hostage until he can cherry pick paulie to a fighter like Khan or Garcia when they move up that would be pretty ****ed up if true....

Agreed. I feel Schaefer wants the title to go to the more marketable Berto or Mosley if Paulie loses, not Maidana. Matthysse and Maidana are fighting at two different weights with no titles and don't appear to want to fight each other. Malignaggi and Maidana want to fight each other for the title - and Schaefer won't let it happen. When a fighter lacks marketing power, part of that can be blamed on the promoter. Maidana has an fan-friendly style and has fought multiple times on premium TV, so he isn't a complete unknown like Chaves. Berto was getting great pay-days from HBO, but I doubt he was doing the #'s to justify those pay-days. Mosley is coming back for a pay-day, and since Paulie is the easiest titlist to beat, he went for that. Mosley/Berto makes more sense than Malignaggi vs. either guy.

WTF now is Malignaggi vs Maidana?? What happen to http://www.boxingscene.com/malignaggi-vs-chaves-mandatory-ordered-by-wba--61707