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By Robert Morales - Richard Schaefer was in attendance at Abel Sanchez's state-of-the-art boxing gym in Big Bear Lake, Calif., on Wednesday for Oscar De La Hoya's media day. De La Hoya, of course, is there training for his Dec. 6 fight with Manny Pacquiao on Las Vegas.
No sooner did Schaefer walk in than he was asked about the status of the proposed title bout between his fighter, "Sugar" Shane Mosley, and welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, who is promoted by Bob Arum.
Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, told us a week ago that Mosley and Golden Boy had agreed to terms. Arum said the money was good for both sides and that he expected Margarito in his Top Rank Inc. offices in Las Vegas the latter part of the week. But there was no Margarito.
Margarito then was scheduled to come in either Monday or Tuesday of this week. Again, he was a no-show. And Schaefer said Wednesday that even Arum can't get in touch with Margarito.
"I just got off the phone with Bob," Schaefer said about 1 p.m. Wednesday, as about 75 members of the media waited to speak with De La Hoya. "He said he left six messages for Margarito and (Top Rank president) Todd duBoef left him two text messages." [details]
No sooner did Schaefer walk in than he was asked about the status of the proposed title bout between his fighter, "Sugar" Shane Mosley, and welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, who is promoted by Bob Arum.
Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, told us a week ago that Mosley and Golden Boy had agreed to terms. Arum said the money was good for both sides and that he expected Margarito in his Top Rank Inc. offices in Las Vegas the latter part of the week. But there was no Margarito.
Margarito then was scheduled to come in either Monday or Tuesday of this week. Again, he was a no-show. And Schaefer said Wednesday that even Arum can't get in touch with Margarito.
"I just got off the phone with Bob," Schaefer said about 1 p.m. Wednesday, as about 75 members of the media waited to speak with De La Hoya. "He said he left six messages for Margarito and (Top Rank president) Todd duBoef left him two text messages." [details]
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