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On Oscar De La Hoya's condition in regard to a hairline fraction around his right eye suffered in the Steve Forbes fight:
Oscar is good, he'll be ready to go September 20th. I saw him last night so everything will be good.
On the status of Mayweather-De La Hoya II:
I'm trying to finalize that and I'm hopeful that in the next few days that will be accomplished. There's no hang-up, it's just a matter of getting everything signed off. Oscar wants the fight, Floyd wants the fight, sponsors are already lining up in masses, venues are interested everywhere. The last fight they were separated by one point and it was an extremely close fight and there were some questions about the fight. One of them was 'Mayweather hasn't really knocked out anybody for a while, did he lose his power moving up all these weight classes?' And I think [Mayweather] answered that when he knocked out Ricky Hatton, a previously undefeated fighter, in spectacular fashion, so I think if anybody thought that Mayweather can't knock out people at these higher weights, he showed them that he still can. And the other question of course was Oscar's stamina. 'Has he become like a six round fighter?' And I think Oscar answered that in spectacular fashion a week ago where in the twelfth round he was more on his toes than he was in the first round. The jab kept coming, he was on his toes, he looked very relaxed in the ring. I think both fighters in their last fight answered the critics and now let's will see what September 20th will bring us.
On the site of Mayweather-De La Hoya II:
It's really a destination fight, just like the last time. The people, media, public, fight fans from all over the world are going to come and as a destination Las Vegas is very attractive, so I have no doubt that this fight is going to end up in Las Vegas.
On the Mosley-Judah cancellation:
I met with Zab yesterday, he came and sat down with me and I saw his arm and it really looked like a shark bite. There's absolutely no way he could have fought. He really wanted that fight and he really tried whatever he could to make it happen. He looked in great shape and was ready to go. I feel bad that the injury happened. Of course, I feel very bad for Shane because he's trained so hard and he's in tremendous shape. He knew that he would have to be at his best for this fight and for the fight to be cancelled like that, it's obviously a big let down. Zab indicated to me that he really would like to fight Shane. But in meeting with Shane, they indicated to me that the do not want to reschedule the fight, that they would rather go into a different direction. One of the fights that they had indicated to me was Ricardo Mayorga.
We're planning on doing a pay-per-view in October with Juan Manuel Marquez, and I talked to Don King a week ago, to see if we could put a Marquez-Nate Campbell fight together. I haven't heard back from him yet. I think he was traveling overseas I was told. So with what's happening with Mosley, we could possibly see a doubleheader with Mayorga and Mosley and with Juan Manuel Marquez and Nate Campbell and I think we could come up with a couple of other fights with Don, so I think we could come up with a pretty spectacular night in October.
On Joel Casamayor:
Nothing's been signed yet, but it looks like Casamayor might fight Juan Diaz. That seems to be the direction he's going. Nothing's been finalized but we do have September 13 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on hold and it would be an HBO fight. I wanted to finalize that yesterday and today but we had the postponement of the Mosley-Judah card so I'll try next week to finalize the September 13th date.
On Marco Antonio Barrera:
Barrera was at the De La Hoya fight in Los Angeles and he indicated to me that he would like to fight [this year]. Not a tune-up fight, but rather go into a big fight. One of the potential names he mentions was the winner of the fight between Marquez and Campbell, we'll see how that turns out. But at the 135lb weight class there's so many exciting match-ups. Right now it is the most talented division.
On Bernard Hopkins:
Bernard is very satisfied with his career, his legacy and frankly he's very satisfied with his last fight as well, whereas I mentioned before, a lot of media and fight fans felt that Bernard pulled it off against Joe with the knockdown it would have been a very close fight. But at this time Bernard is happy to spend more time with his wife and father. He's very busy with real estate investments even around Philadelphia. He's busy with Golden Boy Promotions, so he's really satisfied with everything. But, having said that, he did hint to me, if the right fight would come up, that he would certainly entertain it, but it really would have to be a fight that fits within his overall structural fights, what he has done, another legendary night. Other than that, he has done financially very well here with us, so it's not a money driven fight, he feels if it's a more challenge driven fight. If the right challenge is there, I have a feeling Bernard will lace them up again.
On new Golden Boy talent:
We are very happy with our young spectacular fighters, Danny Jacobs, Danny Garcia, the Velazquez brothers and one of the few kids that will be carrying this fort for many more years to come, is Juan Diaz the best lightweight in the world.
On the new partnership between Golden Boy and AEG:
To attract a blue chip company like the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) to the sport of boxing is a very significant development. It's a significant vote of confidence from one of the most significant sports and entertainment companies in the world to invest in Golden Boy and the sport of boxing. It wasn't driven by the cash infusion. The venues are obviously an important part, but even more so, AEG, there are 30 or 40 venues that they own and another 30 they manage so they have a large team of people who focus on sponsors. They are able to bring a tremendous amount of sponsors to the table. The Home Depot Center (Home Depot), The Staples Center (Staples), in New Jersey, Prudential, the Rock, if you look at the fabric of the sponsor relationships they have, that is something I always preach, boxing needs to have to have corporate America involved again. And if you bring a company of the magnitude, reputation and quality of AEG to the sport of boxing, I'm sure they can help us open doors there. There's no question about it, they own and operate some of the most famous and best arenas in the world from Shanghai to Australia, to Berlin, Hamburg, London, Los Angeles, and pretty much everywhere in between. These are all locations that are very attractive to us. We want to build the Golden Boy brand into a global boxing and sports brand as such and AEG is really an incredible partner.
About casino site fees:
Everybody thinks when you go to a casino you get a big site fee. That is wrong because the way it works is we believe in our event, so 99% of the time we go to Vegas we rent the venue. We pay for everything. It's not the Mandalay or the MGM. We pay for the catering, the decor, the grand arrival, the mariachis, the food for the writers, we pay for everything. We pay for the credentials, we pay for everything. They don't pay for it, we pay for it. They don't give us a guarantee, we take the risk from the event. If the event does well, then we have all the revenues. Basically we are renting their facility at a flat fee for the rental of the stadium and we have to pay for any and all expenses. So as a result, when the fight does well and it's a sellout like Mayweather-Hatton or De La Hoya-Mayweather, then it's a huge profit for the fighters because the risk paid off. We're not calling and saying 'we would like to sell you Mayweather-Hatton,' or 'we would like to sell you De La Hoya-Mayweather.' No, we're taking the risk. The same is with the Mosely-Judah fight. They didn't come up with a penny. It's really a total misconception. I'm glad you brought that point up because it doesn't work like that.
On recent comments regarding judging in Las Vegas:
I wasn't irate with the commission, because I really believe in the Nevada Athletic Commission. I think chairman Bailey and Keith Kizer are absolutely first class people, so at no time did I say anything negative or question the integrity in any way or shape of the commission. I'm not going to speculate on things because that's not my nature, I'm just going to call it the way I see it based on facts. The facts are very clear. Not everybody, but the majority of the media and fans we asked in the Marquez fight and the Hopkins fight felt that both fighters won, that Hopkins won and certainly Marquez won that fight against Pacquiao. And the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight was a very close fight and a whole lot of people had Oscar winning that fight, as well. I'm not accusing anybody of anything. I'm just saying the fact is that when it's a close fight in Las Vegas, it goes against Golden Boy. People can read into that whatever they want to read into it but I just find it interesting to see that pattern. And I have respected media members making me aware of it, as well. They are starting to find it interesting, as well.
I stole this. Nonetheless, discuss.
Oscar is good, he'll be ready to go September 20th. I saw him last night so everything will be good.
On the status of Mayweather-De La Hoya II:
I'm trying to finalize that and I'm hopeful that in the next few days that will be accomplished. There's no hang-up, it's just a matter of getting everything signed off. Oscar wants the fight, Floyd wants the fight, sponsors are already lining up in masses, venues are interested everywhere. The last fight they were separated by one point and it was an extremely close fight and there were some questions about the fight. One of them was 'Mayweather hasn't really knocked out anybody for a while, did he lose his power moving up all these weight classes?' And I think [Mayweather] answered that when he knocked out Ricky Hatton, a previously undefeated fighter, in spectacular fashion, so I think if anybody thought that Mayweather can't knock out people at these higher weights, he showed them that he still can. And the other question of course was Oscar's stamina. 'Has he become like a six round fighter?' And I think Oscar answered that in spectacular fashion a week ago where in the twelfth round he was more on his toes than he was in the first round. The jab kept coming, he was on his toes, he looked very relaxed in the ring. I think both fighters in their last fight answered the critics and now let's will see what September 20th will bring us.
On the site of Mayweather-De La Hoya II:
It's really a destination fight, just like the last time. The people, media, public, fight fans from all over the world are going to come and as a destination Las Vegas is very attractive, so I have no doubt that this fight is going to end up in Las Vegas.
On the Mosley-Judah cancellation:
I met with Zab yesterday, he came and sat down with me and I saw his arm and it really looked like a shark bite. There's absolutely no way he could have fought. He really wanted that fight and he really tried whatever he could to make it happen. He looked in great shape and was ready to go. I feel bad that the injury happened. Of course, I feel very bad for Shane because he's trained so hard and he's in tremendous shape. He knew that he would have to be at his best for this fight and for the fight to be cancelled like that, it's obviously a big let down. Zab indicated to me that he really would like to fight Shane. But in meeting with Shane, they indicated to me that the do not want to reschedule the fight, that they would rather go into a different direction. One of the fights that they had indicated to me was Ricardo Mayorga.
We're planning on doing a pay-per-view in October with Juan Manuel Marquez, and I talked to Don King a week ago, to see if we could put a Marquez-Nate Campbell fight together. I haven't heard back from him yet. I think he was traveling overseas I was told. So with what's happening with Mosley, we could possibly see a doubleheader with Mayorga and Mosley and with Juan Manuel Marquez and Nate Campbell and I think we could come up with a couple of other fights with Don, so I think we could come up with a pretty spectacular night in October.
On Joel Casamayor:
Nothing's been signed yet, but it looks like Casamayor might fight Juan Diaz. That seems to be the direction he's going. Nothing's been finalized but we do have September 13 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas on hold and it would be an HBO fight. I wanted to finalize that yesterday and today but we had the postponement of the Mosley-Judah card so I'll try next week to finalize the September 13th date.
On Marco Antonio Barrera:
Barrera was at the De La Hoya fight in Los Angeles and he indicated to me that he would like to fight [this year]. Not a tune-up fight, but rather go into a big fight. One of the potential names he mentions was the winner of the fight between Marquez and Campbell, we'll see how that turns out. But at the 135lb weight class there's so many exciting match-ups. Right now it is the most talented division.
On Bernard Hopkins:
Bernard is very satisfied with his career, his legacy and frankly he's very satisfied with his last fight as well, whereas I mentioned before, a lot of media and fight fans felt that Bernard pulled it off against Joe with the knockdown it would have been a very close fight. But at this time Bernard is happy to spend more time with his wife and father. He's very busy with real estate investments even around Philadelphia. He's busy with Golden Boy Promotions, so he's really satisfied with everything. But, having said that, he did hint to me, if the right fight would come up, that he would certainly entertain it, but it really would have to be a fight that fits within his overall structural fights, what he has done, another legendary night. Other than that, he has done financially very well here with us, so it's not a money driven fight, he feels if it's a more challenge driven fight. If the right challenge is there, I have a feeling Bernard will lace them up again.
On new Golden Boy talent:
We are very happy with our young spectacular fighters, Danny Jacobs, Danny Garcia, the Velazquez brothers and one of the few kids that will be carrying this fort for many more years to come, is Juan Diaz the best lightweight in the world.
On the new partnership between Golden Boy and AEG:
To attract a blue chip company like the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) to the sport of boxing is a very significant development. It's a significant vote of confidence from one of the most significant sports and entertainment companies in the world to invest in Golden Boy and the sport of boxing. It wasn't driven by the cash infusion. The venues are obviously an important part, but even more so, AEG, there are 30 or 40 venues that they own and another 30 they manage so they have a large team of people who focus on sponsors. They are able to bring a tremendous amount of sponsors to the table. The Home Depot Center (Home Depot), The Staples Center (Staples), in New Jersey, Prudential, the Rock, if you look at the fabric of the sponsor relationships they have, that is something I always preach, boxing needs to have to have corporate America involved again. And if you bring a company of the magnitude, reputation and quality of AEG to the sport of boxing, I'm sure they can help us open doors there. There's no question about it, they own and operate some of the most famous and best arenas in the world from Shanghai to Australia, to Berlin, Hamburg, London, Los Angeles, and pretty much everywhere in between. These are all locations that are very attractive to us. We want to build the Golden Boy brand into a global boxing and sports brand as such and AEG is really an incredible partner.
About casino site fees:
Everybody thinks when you go to a casino you get a big site fee. That is wrong because the way it works is we believe in our event, so 99% of the time we go to Vegas we rent the venue. We pay for everything. It's not the Mandalay or the MGM. We pay for the catering, the decor, the grand arrival, the mariachis, the food for the writers, we pay for everything. We pay for the credentials, we pay for everything. They don't pay for it, we pay for it. They don't give us a guarantee, we take the risk from the event. If the event does well, then we have all the revenues. Basically we are renting their facility at a flat fee for the rental of the stadium and we have to pay for any and all expenses. So as a result, when the fight does well and it's a sellout like Mayweather-Hatton or De La Hoya-Mayweather, then it's a huge profit for the fighters because the risk paid off. We're not calling and saying 'we would like to sell you Mayweather-Hatton,' or 'we would like to sell you De La Hoya-Mayweather.' No, we're taking the risk. The same is with the Mosely-Judah fight. They didn't come up with a penny. It's really a total misconception. I'm glad you brought that point up because it doesn't work like that.
On recent comments regarding judging in Las Vegas:
I wasn't irate with the commission, because I really believe in the Nevada Athletic Commission. I think chairman Bailey and Keith Kizer are absolutely first class people, so at no time did I say anything negative or question the integrity in any way or shape of the commission. I'm not going to speculate on things because that's not my nature, I'm just going to call it the way I see it based on facts. The facts are very clear. Not everybody, but the majority of the media and fans we asked in the Marquez fight and the Hopkins fight felt that both fighters won, that Hopkins won and certainly Marquez won that fight against Pacquiao. And the De La Hoya-Mayweather fight was a very close fight and a whole lot of people had Oscar winning that fight, as well. I'm not accusing anybody of anything. I'm just saying the fact is that when it's a close fight in Las Vegas, it goes against Golden Boy. People can read into that whatever they want to read into it but I just find it interesting to see that pattern. And I have respected media members making me aware of it, as well. They are starting to find it interesting, as well.
I stole this. Nonetheless, discuss.