Comments Thread For: Richard Schaefer Reacts To De La Hoya Press Conference

[IMDAZED]

I think Oscar found out the hard way (while in rehab) what Schaefer is been doing all this time......probably back staving GBP, and trying to get rid of Oscar replace him with Al haymond, he probably in cahoots with Haymon to put him out of business, signing all of GBP fighters and than take over.

So if I was Oscar I would do the same, I rather have someone good at doing business but loyal to me, than someone better but a traitor. Schaefer clearly piss off the president of the company and he should be accountable for it.

These kind of posts are really mind-boggling to me. Yes, Oscar has finally found out what Schafer's been doing all this time: turning his little promotional outfit that used to only see the light of day on that barely-watched Boxeo de Oro series to the largest boxing promotion company in the world. One with an outreach that extends across multiple channels and even into the world of media. Oh, how dare that evil Schafer do his job and do it well.

The Haymon aspect of this argument is even more head-scratching. So Haymon is now bad for...doing what he's been doing since he entered the sport some 30-odd years ago? You mean...the fighters he's been signing are putting money in Oscar's pockets? Well damn, I guess Oscar better go all '96 2Pac on him.

Look, Oscar's rich enough to last a few lifetimes. He's not a victim of anything. If those two people want to continue to expand and grow in their professional careers then so be it. Oscar of all people should understand. Isn't he the same guy who ran to Schafer and Espinoza when he wanted to break free from Top Rank? Karma, they say.

[deanrw]

This has nothing to so with the survival of GBP short term. It has everything to do with the long term survival of the sport. The sport is on the fringes now. It cannot remain fractured.

Golden Boy is running great business now with Floyd being their flagship, but his days are numbered. There will be no long term success or money with Khan, Garcia, Maidana, Matthysse etc. It will also be hard for them to create new stars in a closed dome. You need to do business with others or the well and interest of the fans will run dry.

The sport is very thin, and all the promotional houses need each other and I believe Oscar is truly looking at the long term. Top Rank is still doing business with others. It is GBP who has basically closed their doors to everyone. They need to open them up again.

[IMDAZED]

This has nothing to so with the survival of GBP short term. It has everything to do with the long term survival of the sport. The sport is on the fringes now. It cannot remain fractured.

Golden Boy is running great business now with Floyd being their flagship, but his days are numbered. There will be no long term success or money with Khan, Garcia, Maidana, Matthysse etc. It will also be hard for them to create new stars in a closed dome. You need to do business with others or the well and interest of the fans will run dry.

The sport is very thin, and all the promotional houses need each other and I believe Oscar is truly looking at the long term. Top Rank is still doing business with others. It is GBP who has basically closed their doors to everyone. They need to open them up again.

This is really not about that and only fans on here who let emotions get in the way of critical thinking truly believe Oscar's doing a fistic rendition of "Give Peace a Chance." No, he's woken up from his *******-fueled world after alienating everyone and is being forced to run to the one guy he once spent millions in court trying to run away from.

If Oscar was really trying to make peace, he wouldn't be talking so reckless about his own people like Schafer and Mayweather, two people who have put a serious ****load of cash in his pocket while Arum was desecrating his name. Especially when one of those people helped him get from under Arum and build his own brand. It's silly and obvious, almost like most of the threads on this board.