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Its OFFICIAL GOLDENBOY will Co Promote MMA and Boxing with AFFLICTION
I been reading the MMA boards and Seems All the MMA fans hate the idea saying I dont wanna watch boxing that **** is boring who cares about pillow fights.
This might back fire on oscar since 99 percent of MMA fans only like WWE and MMA and toughman bloody wild swinging matches.
This might back fire on oscar since 99 percent of MMA fans only like WWE and MMA and toughman bloody wild swinging matches.
Affliction, Golden Boy Partner
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sherdog.com Staff
Affliction, Golden Boy Partner Affliction and Golden Boy Promotions at a Saturday press conference in Las Vegas announced a landmark partnership through which they hope to improve the health and future of both mixed martial arts and boxing.
The deal between the two en****** -- one a popular apparel company/fledgling MMA promotion, the other a high-profile boxing organization headed by 10-time world champion Oscar de la Hoya -- includes four pay-per-views and will begin in the first quarter of 2009. Though no specific dates were made official, Affliction representatives have said they have targeted Jan. 17. The relationship includes the controversial plan to commingle boxing and MMA, dividing cards evenly between the two sports.
Affliction earlier this week announced the postponement of its “Day of Reckoning” show, originally scheduled for Oct. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Ticket sales were slow, and the decision to delay the event was met with concern over Affliction’s long-term viability as a fight promotion. Whether or not its partnership with Golden Boy puts those worries to bed remains to be seen.
Affliction “Day of Reckoning” was to feature a heavyweight showdown between former UFC champions Josh Barnett and Andrei Arlovski. Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio declined to comment on whether or not that fight would go forward as part of the first event of the Affliction/Golden Boy partnership.
Nothing concrete was provided on the return of World Association of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko, either. The stoic Russian destroyer crushed two-time UFC titleholder Tim Sylvia at Affliction’s debut show in July. He needed just 36 seconds to submit the 6-foot-8 behemoth. Emelianenko (28-1) has not lost a match in almost eight years.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sherdog.com Staff
Affliction, Golden Boy Partner Affliction and Golden Boy Promotions at a Saturday press conference in Las Vegas announced a landmark partnership through which they hope to improve the health and future of both mixed martial arts and boxing.
The deal between the two en****** -- one a popular apparel company/fledgling MMA promotion, the other a high-profile boxing organization headed by 10-time world champion Oscar de la Hoya -- includes four pay-per-views and will begin in the first quarter of 2009. Though no specific dates were made official, Affliction representatives have said they have targeted Jan. 17. The relationship includes the controversial plan to commingle boxing and MMA, dividing cards evenly between the two sports.
Affliction earlier this week announced the postponement of its “Day of Reckoning” show, originally scheduled for Oct. 11 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Ticket sales were slow, and the decision to delay the event was met with concern over Affliction’s long-term viability as a fight promotion. Whether or not its partnership with Golden Boy puts those worries to bed remains to be seen.
Affliction “Day of Reckoning” was to feature a heavyweight showdown between former UFC champions Josh Barnett and Andrei Arlovski. Affliction Vice President Tom Atencio declined to comment on whether or not that fight would go forward as part of the first event of the Affliction/Golden Boy partnership.
Nothing concrete was provided on the return of World Association of Mixed Martial Arts heavyweight champion Fedor Emelianenko, either. The stoic Russian destroyer crushed two-time UFC titleholder Tim Sylvia at Affliction’s debut show in July. He needed just 36 seconds to submit the 6-foot-8 behemoth. Emelianenko (28-1) has not lost a match in almost eight years.
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