Haymon to give up rights on certain fighters to free D1ck Schaefer?

[BattlingNelson]

Not necessarily, my friend.

Why not? A lenghty battle in court ensures that no fights gets made and no money is earned. It's better to settle and move along.

[FeFist]

I hope the person who advised there should be a "non compete" clause in Schaefer's contract is getting a huge bonus from Oscar this month.

Why should they receive a huge bonus for something that is so basic in nature?

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Why not? A lenghty battle in court ensures that no fights gets made and no money is earned. It's better to settle and move along.

Why wouldnt any fights get made? Like I said in my previous post, Oscar can still either make shows on his own or with Top Rank. Schaefer wouldnt be able to.

[ThePrince]

If I were Oscar, I wouldn't do ****. Just let the lawyers review Schaefer's conduct and decide whether or not he was acting in the best interests of Golden Boy during his tenure as CEO (he clearly wasn't). Don't give Haymon and Richie Rich the chance to outmaneuver you and get their project off the ground, that's just going to create a 3 way Cold War.

Sit back and let the Haymon fighters come to you. Sooner or later they're going to want to eat and need to pay rent, they're not going to sit around and wait for Schaefer to clear all of his legal hurdles.

In the meantime, focus on making Canleo-Lara as big as possible and promoting everyone you know for sure is under contract.

[BattlingNelson]

Why wouldnt any fights get made? Like I said in my previous post, Oscar can still either make shows on his own or with Top Rank. Schaefer wouldnt be able to.

I meant no fights involving the disputed boxers.

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

I meant no fights involving the disputed boxers.

Who cares? GB has other fighters. If you're Oscar you wanna make this as lengthy and painful for them as you can. And who knows, in the end you might even be able to get some fighters.

Think about it, if the fighters are frozen who does Mayweather fight in September? Who promotes the show?

[Mitchell Kane]

Who cares? GB has other fighters. If you're Oscar you wanna make this as lengthy and painful for them as you can. And who knows, in the end you might even be able to get some fighters.

Think about it, if the fighters are frozen who does Mayweather fight in September? Who promotes the show?

Yeah, if Haymon and Schaefer intend to be rivals to GBP then there's every incentive to delay that as long as possible.

GBP might also want to try and bring in some new blood and new talent, with no attachments to that group.

Of course Top Rank doesn't digure to be silent during this time.

[Bullrider]

I hope the person who advised there should be a "non compete" clause in Schaefer's contract is getting a huge bonus from Oscar this month.

Nah. Oscar's boyish charm and non-confrontational nature got the better of him. He could have sued the traitor for looting his company and trying to wrest control over it. Which do you think Schaefer would pick, get sued or sign anything less sinister?

[.:: JSFD26 ::.]

Yeah, if Haymon and Schaefer intend to be rivals to GBP then there's every incentive to delay that as long as possible.

GBP might also want to try and bring in some new blood and new talent, with no attachments to that group.

Of course Top Rank doesn't digure to be silent during this time.

What if they try to play friendly while the whole legal process is going on then they decide NOT to do business with GB?

[Weebler I]

Assuming that Oscar is the one that Espinoza aligns with, it doesnt really matter if he has those guys under contract or not. If he (Oscar) controls all the Showtime dates, then those fighters will either have to officially sign with him, or at least give him options, or they might not be getting on Showtime. I doubt Arum would put Porter, Thurman, etc on HBO unless he was getting options too, so they wouldnt really have much choice.......

It will be interesting to see who blinks first......

I wonder if this could be the end of Mayweather's Showtime contract. You'd think GBP were specified in there in some way.