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by Robert Morales - Oscar De La Hoya on Wednesday told the Los Angeles Times a couple of interesting things regarding himself and his former promoter, Bob Arum. Although Richard Schaefer - CEO of De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions - was not mentioned by name, he was alluded to in one of the comments.
First, and we're paraphrasing, Lance Pugmire of the Times tweeted out that De La Hoya had reached out to Arum about making a Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez-Manny Pacquiao fight. Of course, since there has been so much hate between Golden Boy and Arum's Top Rank Inc., a fight like that has been highly unlikely before this apparent change of heart by De La Hoya.
A second tweet had De La Hoya saying that if anyone at Golden Boy has any differences with Arum, "It's on them."
We spoke to Schaefer by telephone Wednesday. He was asked to respond to both tweets regarding his boss. He said nothing about Pacquiao-Alvarez. As for the second item, Schaefer said flat-out, "Then I guess it's on me."
Arum and Schaefer have been at the heart of the so-called "cold war."
Why should anyone buy Mayweather-Maidana? Schaefer answers
A lot has been said about the upcoming May 3 Showtime pay-per-view card featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a welterweight title-unification fight against Marcos Maidana of Argentina. Some of it has not been nice. All one has to do is go on Twitter and there is no shortage of people wondering if they should buy the event.
The hesitance comes from the notion that as a heavy underdog, Maidana has little or no chance to make a real fight of it. Schaefer scoffs at that notion. [Click Here To Read More]
First, and we're paraphrasing, Lance Pugmire of the Times tweeted out that De La Hoya had reached out to Arum about making a Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez-Manny Pacquiao fight. Of course, since there has been so much hate between Golden Boy and Arum's Top Rank Inc., a fight like that has been highly unlikely before this apparent change of heart by De La Hoya.
A second tweet had De La Hoya saying that if anyone at Golden Boy has any differences with Arum, "It's on them."
We spoke to Schaefer by telephone Wednesday. He was asked to respond to both tweets regarding his boss. He said nothing about Pacquiao-Alvarez. As for the second item, Schaefer said flat-out, "Then I guess it's on me."
Arum and Schaefer have been at the heart of the so-called "cold war."
Why should anyone buy Mayweather-Maidana? Schaefer answers
A lot has been said about the upcoming May 3 Showtime pay-per-view card featuring Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a welterweight title-unification fight against Marcos Maidana of Argentina. Some of it has not been nice. All one has to do is go on Twitter and there is no shortage of people wondering if they should buy the event.
The hesitance comes from the notion that as a heavy underdog, Maidana has little or no chance to make a real fight of it. Schaefer scoffs at that notion. [Click Here To Read More]
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