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Well ggg is the number 1 contender for the wbc, and hes saying he wont take step aside money unless he gets to fight the winner of cotto canelo. Cotto it seems wants nothing to do with ggg, which I think canelo wins the fight so it shouldn't matter. Canelo has fought the best so I dint see why he would duck ggg if he beats cotto. That is naturally the best fight after cotto. I believe Oscar and Bernard though because think about it, Leo Santa Cruz ran to al haymon because Oscar wanted him to fight rigo, and also canelo has fought the best competition for a very long time. Golden boy and top rank make the best fights while haymon wants to keep making mismatches. I really hope golden boy and top rank win their lawsuits. Haymon and his backers are losing millions trying to push golden boy and top rank out of business, the only problem is golden boy and top rank keep getting better ratings and are making bigger profits while pbc ratings suck and their losing millions. In a few years haymon and his backers will be bankrupt because haymon is going about this pbc thing all wrong. Its a good idea in theory but haymon is squashing this golden opportunity by putting on these garbage fights. If he had his best fighting his best pbc would succeed, unfortunately for haymon and boxing in general haymon isn't that smart
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If Hopkins' comments are to be interpreted as a "jab" at Haymon and the PBC (I'm not saying they are) then that would be a very hypocritical statement by B-Hop. As a B-Hop fan, I would be very disappointed if this were true. Some would say that B-Hop is just speaking the truth, and he's entitled to his opinion, but I would like to remind them of B-Hop's statement just over a year ago:
June 3, 2014:
Although he insists nothing is etched in stone at this point, Hopkins, who shortly after that watershed victory a decade ago became a limited partner in De La Hoya's company, Golden Boy Promotions, is dropping broad hints as to where his loyalties lie in the aftermath of Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer's announcement on Monday that he had resigned that position, effective immediately.
It's got to be run by somebody, Hopkins said of Golden Boy Promotions now murky future. But it's going to be very, very difficult for Golden Boy to keep the credibility of the brand without Richard Schaefer.
A guy like Richard, and let me say that we don't always agree on everything really can't be replaced. I'll reiterate: Richard Schaefer cannot be replaced. Things will continue to be run (at GBP), but they won't, can't, be the same. Richard is a man who is stern when he needs to be stern, and fair when he needs to be fair. It's hard to find people like that in boxing. He's one of the biggest and most respected players there is. Even the people who don't care for him too much on a personal level have got to respect him when it comes to the way he does his job.
Think about it. Who really ran Golden Boy? I'm not talking about popping up in the office once or twice a year. Who was there, doing the deals, on a day-to-day basis?
If that sounds like a veiled shot at De La Hoya, the occasional visitor to his own company whose relationship with his onetime close friend Schaefer has grown increasingly chilly, draw your own conclusions.
Oscar's been talking to certain people, Hopkins said, a pointed reference to the olive branch extended by De La Hoya to his former promoter and more recent adversary, Top Rank founder Bob Arum, with whom Schaefer has adamantly refused to do business. He's been tweeting. He showed up at Canelo's (Alvarez) camp. OK, he's rededicated, he's gotten himself together, he's burying the hatchet (with Arum). Great. But with him doing all that, is anybody really surprised that this thing with Richard happened? The only thing that's a shock is that it took this long to go down...
Hopkins also said the Showtime/HBO, Golden Boy/Top Rank Cold War was foolish from the beginning. A lot of fans got hurt, and are still getting hurt to this day. They're missing out on a lot of big fights. But it is what it is.
There was one more potential surprise offered by Hopkins, who professed admiration for Haymon, who could become part of whatever remains of his twilight as an active fighter. That statement further suggests that boxing's ageless wonder could soon be parting ways with Golden Boy.
I have great respect for him, and he has great respect for me, going back to the day when he came into boxing with one fighter, my friend, Vernon Forrest, "The Viper " Hopkins said of Haymon, the Boxing Writers Association of America's 2013 Manager of the Year. I was on the other side from him when Al was representing Jermain Taylor.
I don't have a contract with Al Haymon, but I wouldn't mind having one because he knows the business and he knows how to make the moves to get you where you need to be.
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