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By Robert Morales - If Richard Schaefer is anything, he is defiant. It was Tuesday, and the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions was about to play host to a news conference at famed Olvera Street in Los Angeles to formally announce the Sept. 15 super welterweight title fight between champion Saul "Canelo" Alvarez of Mexico and Josesito Lopez of Riverside (CA) at MGM Grand in Las Vegas (on Showtime).
Before it began, Schaefer deflected criticism that this fight is not nearly as compelling as the middleweight title fight between champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of Mexico and Sergio Martinez of Argentina on the same night, at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas (on HBO pay-per-view).
Schaefer grinned slyly when asked by a BoxingScene.com reporter what he says to those preferring to watch the son of the legend, meaning the rapidly emerging Chavez Jr.
"Well, do you want to see a son, or do you want to see a legend?" he said. "Canelo is going to be a legend. So I don't really worry about what other promoters do."
Rather, Schaefer intimated, he concerns himself with excitement
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Before it began, Schaefer deflected criticism that this fight is not nearly as compelling as the middleweight title fight between champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. of Mexico and Sergio Martinez of Argentina on the same night, at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas (on HBO pay-per-view).
Schaefer grinned slyly when asked by a BoxingScene.com reporter what he says to those preferring to watch the son of the legend, meaning the rapidly emerging Chavez Jr.
"Well, do you want to see a son, or do you want to see a legend?" he said. "Canelo is going to be a legend. So I don't really worry about what other promoters do."
Rather, Schaefer intimated, he concerns himself with excitement
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