Comments Thread For: Golden Boy President Wants To Eliminate All Competition

[Lorily]

Golden Boy Promotions ("GBP") is a corrupt organization.

GBP has staged FIXED FIGHTS involving:

Oscar vs. Felix Sturm
Oscar vs Pacquiao
Pac vs Clottey
Pac vs Margarito


GBP was behind the cover-up of Mosley’s illegal use of EPO Steroids/Hormones before the Margarito-Mosley fight.

Originally the Margarito-Mosley fight was supposed to take place in Nevada, but GBP had it moved to California to help their fighter and business partner, Shane Mosley avoid detection of the blood doping agent-EPO Steroids

When Margarito and Mosley were scheduled to fight in Vegas,,,, about 7 weeks before the fight, a Federal Judge (out of concern for Margarito's well-being) released Mosley's EPO blood doping calendar to the public, that showed how Mosley injects EPO through his stomach, and on which days.

When Mosley's EPO usage calendar was released (about early December 2008), Nevada boxing commissioner-Keith Kizer warned Mosley that he would be blood tested for the illegal/banned stamina booster-EPO, before fighting Margarito.

When Mosley was warned by the Nevada Commission, he was worried he would get caught with EPO, so he had his buddies (Oscar & Shaeffer) move the fight from Nevada to California (LA's STAPLES CENTER), cause Mosley knew that california only does post fight urine tests, which will NOT detect EPO.

Margarito's promoter (Bob Arum) knew that Mosley was pulling this sleazy stunt, but cared less, cause he was gonna profit from a, then, proposed Mayweather Jr vs Mosley fight (which took place on May 2010), cause he agreed with Oscar, to conspire, this dirty ploy.

That''s why the California boxing commission officials allowed Margarito to try to use plaster inserts, cause they all knew that Mosley was "juiced-up" with EPO, and was not gonna get caught, and Margarito was being "backstabbed" by his very own promoter.

Margarito doesnt say anything, cause Mosley, through GBP, had filed a federal lawsuit against Conte, so that he can place a GAG order on anyone that makes public staments.
thats why Margarito us being silence, just like Floyd is being silent about Pac's steroid uses.

As, you can see. GBP is a CORRUPT organization that cheats the sport of boxing, and steals money from fans with FIXED FIGHTS.

Its no wonder the New York Statse Boxing Commission had placed a suspension on GBP.
Because GBP is a BIG CORRUPT Organization that wants to monopolize boxing.
Oscar is a corrupt TYRANT, that wants totalitarian control of boxing.

You posted this in the wrong area. You need to move this over to the "Conspiracy Theories" Lounge.

[Scott9945]

He's not arguing for one commission. He's arguing for multiple commissions, but one promoter.

That fact seems to be eluding some of the thick headed posters here.

[SCEN3RY]

There are some benefits to this idea, but it would be nearly impossible to eliminate the competition - Fighters are starting promotional companies, the trend will continue. The NBA comparison; Then NBA is very political, not every team gets major air-play, you're going to get a helluva lot more fighters knocking on your door, asking you, 'how come he got this much money and I only got this? Which could lead to a boxing lockout (bad for the fans). And if Golden Boy controls all this, for example, they might have too much say in the outcome of the fight...sway the ref to turn a cheek or a judge. It's not gonna happen...and I think the corruption in boxing will rise even more...fighters and the president of the company might plan a dive, unnecessary rematches. Too much control over everything. At least now they're in competition, they won't let the other get the upper hand....just sounds like chaos, but maybe I'm wrong.

[Old//Bones]

to have a strong commision overlooking the sport is what boxing needs, but one promoter promoting all the fighters is one thing boxing can do better without,especially since golden boy has been giving us fights like sergio mora vs mosley on ppv.no we need a strong commision to enforce fair rules..

[Tomasio]

He's does have some very good ideas that would make the sport a whole lot better, for example--> only1 commission, ONLY 1 WORLD CHAMPION per weight class, eliminate conflicts & issue's that prevent big fights from happening & having the best face the best...But on the other hand żhow is he going to pull all that off?

[check hook]

Instead of trying to do monthly PPV. It would be more beneficial for the sport to find a way to get boxing into network television.

Now it would hard to get some of the A listers and true moneymakers to put on network television since they would demand too much money. However, you could put Olympians, prospects, up and comers, lower tier rank fighters in network TV and IMO could work and give more exposure to the sport.
Having a monthly PPV might work for UFC but I think it is bad business for boxing. Last year you had 3 major PPVs and they all did 900k or higher. However, in 2006( I think) that year they had at least 8 major PPVs and a lot of them failed.

I never thought boxing would die. But, if Oscar/GBP and Greenburg are the main people in charge of boxing. Then yes I think boxer would suffer its death.

Hopefully this will never ever happen.

Yes!!!! you are right...the general public needs to know who these guys are before they turn pro.....look @ what winning the medal @ the olympics did for ODLH. Much easier to build fanbases for fighters if they are network TV before they even turn pro.

[OnePunch]

Oscar's arrogance is mind blowing. Eliminating his competition would be good for him, but it sure as hell wouldn't be for the fighters. It's just shocking to me that anyone would buy into this lunacy.

My initial reaction to the headline was the same as yours, but the more I think about it there actually is some validity to what he says. The main point of contention for me though would be that whoever was to "head" the organization could not have a vested interest in any of the fighters. For example, the NFL commissioner is not a team owner. And there is validity to the argument that alot of fights dont get made because this promoter wants to big a slice, or that promoter wont do the fight unless he gets options, etc., etc. If there were a set of standardized guidelines that every promoter had to follow, then it certainly would make the process smoother.

And when you think about it, pretty much EVERY other major sport has a regulatory body that oversees it. Football, Basketball, Soccer, Hockey, even tennis and golf. Pro Bowling even has an association. We have started our own association, and I am one of the founding members (Boxing Promoters Association) however all of the agenda items we are working on (standardized medicals, inter-state cooperation, commission compliance, bulk purchasing deals, etc.) are essentially voluntary and we have no mechanism to force compliance.

But the biggest problem with Oscar's idea is the inherently global nature of the sport. I really dont see a way around that problem, and how one could address it.......

[Alex_Hayden]

During a lengthy interview with Broadcasting Cable, Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya discussed the future of boxing and the necessary direction to fix the ongoing problems in the sport. In the opinion of De La Hoya, the sport of boxing has to be run like any other sport. There needs to be one promoter calling the shots and making the cards, and De La Hoya says that entity needs to be Golden Boy.


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As much as I can't stand Goldenboy promotions that was probably the most gangster thing I have ever read Oscar say

[RSBonos]

What scum.

Any real boxing fan knows that this just an attempt (which won't work) to monopolize all the money for Golden Boy. They want to be like the UFC and sell the brand rather then the fighters. The UFC is making a killing but that is because their fans are conditioned to believe that any fighters outside of the UFC are 'minor league'. You want Fedor, Kawajiri, Melendez and countless other top 10 MMA fighters who are not under ZUFFA (UFC contract) to compete with the other best?...no dice!...its not even a starter with Dana White.

This will not work in boxing. Boxing fans are not nearly so ignorant. What Oscar is saying is that he doesn't want to co-promote...well **** him.

Just look at Golden Boys track record; crappy PPVs, they had no problems promoting sanctioning alphabet titles and since they got guaranteed TV dates from HBO and Telefutura they have put on some weak shows.

Worldwide commision = yes please
Golden Boy monopoly = Oscar needs to die in a fire.

[Devils Advocate]

Already saw it coming, but it's going to be incredibly tough to knock off the competition. But it really is the best solution.

What I don't like is that monthly PPV comment, that **** would be terrible. 1 every 2 or 3 months is good though.

yeah that's crazy, that would be 400-600 dollars a year on PPV, I'm already about to cut off showtime lol, I bet De La Hoya would love to have the Ring's lineal Championship apart of that commision and eliminate the other championships which would play right into his wallet.