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One fighter still without an opponent is WBO middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin, who is slated for the Oct. 26 undercard of Bernard Hopkins against Karo Murat. Schaefer addressed Quillin's predicament.
“One fighter we had in mind for that fight was Martin Murray,” said Schaefer.
“These people he is with, the Hattons, are impossible to deal with. Ricky Hatton is a great friend of mine, I'm a big fan of his, but the CEO he has is an idiot, this guy Richard Poxon. He just doesn't know what he is doing."
“Unfortunately, we wanted to give one of the Hatton fighters, Martin Murray an opportunity. We said, ‘Hey, why don't we do Quillin and Murray, and Quillin comes to England, no problem? Quillin comes to England and we do the fight from England.’ But again, unfortunately Martin Murray has a promoter who doesn't know what the hell he is doing.”
At one point in time, Scott Quigg was being discussed as someone Golden Boy was interested in, when Quigg was still with Hatton. That never came to fruition, probably due to this inability to work together.
“Exactly,” said Schaefer. “When you don't have the right promoter, that guy can really fuck up your career. Here you have Martin Murray coming off an excellent fight, and a champion Peter Quillin willing to come over for the fight, and your promoter finds a way for it not to happen.”
“One fighter we had in mind for that fight was Martin Murray,” said Schaefer.
“These people he is with, the Hattons, are impossible to deal with. Ricky Hatton is a great friend of mine, I'm a big fan of his, but the CEO he has is an idiot, this guy Richard Poxon. He just doesn't know what he is doing."
“Unfortunately, we wanted to give one of the Hatton fighters, Martin Murray an opportunity. We said, ‘Hey, why don't we do Quillin and Murray, and Quillin comes to England, no problem? Quillin comes to England and we do the fight from England.’ But again, unfortunately Martin Murray has a promoter who doesn't know what the hell he is doing.”
At one point in time, Scott Quigg was being discussed as someone Golden Boy was interested in, when Quigg was still with Hatton. That never came to fruition, probably due to this inability to work together.
“Exactly,” said Schaefer. “When you don't have the right promoter, that guy can really fuck up your career. Here you have Martin Murray coming off an excellent fight, and a champion Peter Quillin willing to come over for the fight, and your promoter finds a way for it not to happen.”
If Hatton Promotions turned this down for Murray, IN England, they're idiots. That's a fight Murray can win.
You have so many favorites.
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