Dang, Scaheffer tried to make Oscar sell at his lowest point in rehab!

[US Dirk Killer]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/11252092/oscar-de-la-hoya-fighting-back

Wow... Scaheffer and Haymon are scum... tried to get him to sell it while he was in rehab

By around March, De La Hoya had tentatively agreed to sell, but eventually changed his mind, much to Schaefer's dismay.

"The more Oscar peeled back the layers of the deal, the more it was like an onion. It smelled," one of the sources said.

For one thing, De La Hoya, according to sources, was outraged when he learned that Schaefer would remain involved with the entity buying Golden Boy -- and that so would Haymon -- and that De La Hoya would have severe restrictions placed on his ability to use his own nickname, logo and likeness for decades.

"Would it upset him if someone tried to sell that company -- the result of all of his hard work over the last 30 years -- from under him? I think it's fair to say, 'Absolutely,'" said one of the sources with knowledge of the proposal.

[-MAKAVELLI-]

Schaeffer: Sorry, Oscar...you can't call use the term 'Golden Boy' anymore

[Hougigo]

Hmmmm... interesting quotes:

Gomez is also the one person at Golden Boy with a solid relationship with Haymon. Some Haymon fighters are under contract, such as junior featherweight titlist Leo Santa Cruz, lightweight titlist Omar Figueroa and welterweight Amir Khan. But while De La Hoya continues to promote Haymon's fighters he said he is pressing Haymon to sign more of them with Golden Boy, although Haymon has so far refused.

The second was to secure a commitment from Hopkins to remain with the company. Hopkins is also close to Schaefer and many thought he would leave Golden Boy upon Schaefer's exit, perhaps to join Schaefer, who has told those close to him that he plans to remain in the promotional business once his legal situation with Golden Boy -- which claims he is under contract until March 2018 -- is clarified.

On July 10 at the MGM Grand, two days before Alvarez-Lara, De La Hoya, Hopkins and other company officials had an intense, two-hour meeting. Hopkins emerged from it believing in De La Hoya's vision for the company and pledging his loyalty.

Light heavyweight titlist Bernard Hopkins, who owns about 5 percent of Golden Boy, told ESPN.com that he was told by his lawyer, Eric Melzer, that there was a strong possibility that De La Hoya would sell his majority stake in the company (approximately 55 percent) and that the other shareholders, Anschutz Entertainment Group (approximately 20 percent), investor Gabriel Brener (approximately 12 percent) and Schaefer (approximately 8 percent) were on board.

So this might be why there's not Hopkins/Stevenson fight being talked about.... and this would be great for Kovalev/Hopkins

[FrankieClutch]

I always knew there was an underlying issue to the beef with Shaeffer and ODLH. Now I know what it is.

[DoktorSleepless]

If Duva drops the lawsuit against Golden Boy, Kovalev gets a shot at Hopkins. That could be a deal.

[Hougigo]

Hmmmm... interesting quotes:







So this might be why there's not Hopkins/Stevenson fight being talked about.... and this would be great for Kovalev/Hopkins

Damn....

BTW, expect Hopkins-Stevenson to take place on SHO in the fall, Kovalev talk was just that, talk. And to squeeze Yvon Michel a bit #boxing

— Steve Kim (@steveucnlive) July 24, 2014

[Ragnar Lothbrok]

oscar might be a coke fiend transsexual loving guy with mild ******ation, but at least he's not a de****able, disloyal, snake who deserves an episode on msnbc show American Greed Scams.

that's who schaeffer is. i cant believe people actually defended that euro trash banking grifter.

[Daylyt]

Scheffer and haymon are bottom feeders but that usually what makes a great businessmen, no friends in business and that why you don't work with family cause it always gets messy.

[Foreign Soil]

That should've been obvious from the start. Hopkins always yaps and has an ulterior motive. He's never been interested in Kovalev, but as long as he talked about it, it's enough to satisfy people.

[bojangles1987]

That's boxing. Guaranteed rule with this sport: the more power someone has, the bigger a scumbag they are.