Comments Thread For: De La Hoya on a Mission To Rebuild, Restore Golden Boy

[IMDAZED]

I know the business of boxing is ruthless but Schaefer and Haymon really did a number on Oscar.

Haymon in particular seems like a leech. Everywhere he goes, he makes himself more powerful, while leaving those whom he used (and I mean used in every sense of word) - HBO, GBP, Showtime - having to recover from being screwed and pick up the pieces.

A leech? Come on, brother. He was with HBO for 10-20yrs. He moved on to better opportunities. If you stayed with the same company for that long and then moved on, would you consider them a leech?

[JulianQ]

I hope Oscar rebuilds the company because the boxing world needs more promotion companies - not less. If GBP goes down the toilet we have less options with Al Haymon controlling way too much. Too much control = sheltered fighters.

As for Oscar's personal issues - hopefully he can rebuild himself too. He needs his personal life fixed if he wants to succeed in business because they impact each other. I'm pulling for Oscar.

[FeFist]

Oscar should have spent less time getting coked up. Business isn't pretty; you need to keep a watchful eye on your investments, and you need to ensure that the people around you don't see you as a liability. Oscar became a liability and failed to nip certain issues in the bud, so he got screwed.

Hopefully he learns from this as he has the potential to have a positive presence in boxing for the years to come.

[bigjavi973]

A leech? Come on, brother. He was with HBO for 10-20yrs. He moved on to better opportunities. If you stayed with the same company for that long and then moved on, would you consider them a leech?

oh please haymon got ousted by kellerman who basically voiced what everyone else was saying about his fighters being against guys that are overly matched. See last year's haymon fights... garcia-salka being a prime example. Now you have garcia-pederson at welterweight and both do not get stripped of their titles and are not even fighting for unification.

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[FrenchDeLaHoya]

never trust people like haymon

[Hougigo]

GBP lost more than 150 fighters to Al Haymon which is why he was forced to call Bob Arum to work together after talking bad about him for years.

150 fighters? They didn't lose that much

[davidandrei]

one thing oscar got over arum is time. we will see what happens. maybe its not too late to recover.

[IMDAZED]

one thing oscar got over arum is time. we will see what happens. maybe its not too late to recover.

Arum is on his way out. And hopefully those who take over are more receptive to others in their space. If Oscar is smart, he'll stop seeking alliances and just start doing business with anyone and everyone.

[Bep3373]

He got a ****load of money in the settlement in the haymon

He'll be fine

It's not as much as you think it was a lot if these fighters were not signed and the rest were on the way out. He may have got a few million from Richard but Richard will get it back he still owns 2nd biggest share unless someone buys him out

[Bep3373]

Arum is on his way out. And hopefully those who take over are more receptive to others in their space. If Oscar is smart, he'll stop seeking alliances and just start doing business with anyone and everyone.

I agree because he left arum for a reason ...he had his own issues with arum besides Floyd's probably the same issues...owing him money. I'm sure he knows mosey was cheating in that fight with Hoya on roids ...I'm sure he knew PAC was on roids and I'm sure he knew margacheato was wrapping his hands ...I hope he just bows out doing