Richard Schaefer plans to return to promoting in the summer; will he join MWP?

[Nubia]

Interesting article on Richard Shaefer's plan to return to boxing as a promoter in the summer.

"I want to fulfill my vision for the sport," Schaefer said in a phone interview. "And I was thinking, at one point, to maybe get involved in the management side of the sport. But I'm still most excited about the promotional side, and so it just excites me more, and I think there's a void and a need."

"As you heard from Floyd before, Floyd would like to work with me again and I would like to work with him again," Schaefer told ******.com. "And so we are very close friends and we respect each other."

"I'm working on a rather large project, which I think will be tremendous for the sport and with another group so I want to do things right," said Schaefer, who plans to announce his next endeavor in a matter of weeks. "When I do announce that I'm coming back, it's not just going to be ‘Richard Schaefer-this and Richard Schaefer-that.' It's going to be a major announcement."

With him being close with both Haymon and Mayweather, it makes you wonder if he'll be joining forces with Mayweather Promotions? Or maybe something to do with PBC or Haymon Sports LLC? But then again Haymon does do business with a lot of other promoters. There's also the chance that Schaefer could make his own promotion company.

[Eff Pandas]

That sound bigger than Mayweather Promotions to me. I'd assume this is PBC related or some other entity. Maybe they firing Stephen Espinoza finally & Schaefer will be running Showtime boxing.

[al-Xander]

Schaefer built GBP from the ground up, according to Floyd. No reason why he can't do the same thing with Mayweather Promotions, which is owned by another successful boxer.

Fans have nothing to lose on this. Can't wait doe.

[QballLobo]

Why not. He was able to rob Oscar blind. No doubt he could get over on someone as uneducated as Mayweather Jr.

[Nubia]

That sound bigger than Mayweather Promotions to me. I'd assume this is PBC related or some other entity. Maybe they firing Stephen Espinoza finally & Schaefer will be running Showtime boxing.

Didn't think about that. That'd be interesting for sure. Espinoza is clearly not suitable for his position. Schaefer taking over Showtime Sports would be amazing.

[GrandpaBernard]

Looking forward to his comeback. He was responsible for putting PPV fights in movie theaters.

Also put great fight Danny-Lucas on Floyd-Alvarez undercard. It's rare you get that kind of co-main event.

[boliodogs]

I voted he will work with Mayweather. He was doing some heavy Mayweather ass kissing while he was stabbing Oscar in the back. He is a sneaky, ruthless piece of ****. He will be working with Haymon too. Haymon is equally sneaky and ruthless. I think between the two of them they did a lot of damage to Golden Boy. Oscar considered Schaefer a close trusted friend and that was a big mistake. I don't know for fact that he will work with Mayweather and Haymon but that would be my guess.

[Squ□redCircle34]

That sound bigger than Mayweather Promotions to me. I'd assume this is PBC related or some other entity. Maybe they firing Stephen Espinoza finally & Schaefer will be running Showtime boxing.

Lady with panda body paint on her booty plz?

[Squ□redCircle34]

I think he creates his own thing and still works with Mayweather and Haymon plus others but is basically another plant in Haymon's PBC operations.

He gave us the best card in 2013 and other good matches while Oscar was coked up on fishscale.

[Scipio2009]

Schaefer built GBP from the ground up, according to Floyd. No reason why he can't do the same thing with Mayweather Promotions, which is owned by another successful boxer.

Fans have nothing to lose on this. Can't wait doe.

Only issue with that is, say what you want about the man, Leonard Ellerbe has done a really good job as the day-to-day operator for Mayweather Promotions. Schaefer obviously comes to the table with a bigger track record, but I don't see the logic, on either side, of pushing Ellerbe out of his position.