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Excerpts from a CBS Sportsline article:
De La Hoya and Schaefer, the former Swiss banker to whom De La Hoya entrusts so much of his business operation, had long since signed off on a $4 million contract with Mayorga's promoter, Don King, who was to pay the fighter's purse. But there Mayorga was, dissatisfied with the $2 million he was to receive, literally begging the man he had vowed to knock out in six rounds or less to provide him with more suitable compensation. Mayorga figured his cut should be $8 million.
De La Hoya was sympathetic, or at least as sympathetic as someone could be to someone who had made lascivious comments about his wife.
"I was angry -– at King," De La Hoya said. "For a fighter not to know what he's making ... what does that tell you?
"(Mayorga) was about to cry. I felt bad, but I told him it's not my problem. Deal with your promoter."
De La Hoya and Schaefer, the former Swiss banker to whom De La Hoya entrusts so much of his business operation, had long since signed off on a $4 million contract with Mayorga's promoter, Don King, who was to pay the fighter's purse. But there Mayorga was, dissatisfied with the $2 million he was to receive, literally begging the man he had vowed to knock out in six rounds or less to provide him with more suitable compensation. Mayorga figured his cut should be $8 million.
De La Hoya was sympathetic, or at least as sympathetic as someone could be to someone who had made lascivious comments about his wife.
"I was angry -– at King," De La Hoya said. "For a fighter not to know what he's making ... what does that tell you?
"(Mayorga) was about to cry. I felt bad, but I told him it's not my problem. Deal with your promoter."
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