"Oscar is one of the stupidest guys I've ever met. I'm just saying what it is. The guy is really not smart. Forget just 'not smart.' He's not just even average." -- Bob Arum (February, 2011) Last week, Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer resigned after twelve years with the company and a run that took the Oscar De la Hoya post-career project from concept to reality to raging … [Read more...]
Hunting Haymon (Giving You The Business, Part 2); Magno’s Monday Rant
I've long asserted that any real businessman, if he chose to get his hands dirty in the world of boxing, would easily own the sport in a relatively short period of time. The boxing business is a creature of habit-- a short-sighted, spiteful, unnecessarily sleazy habit. Like a two-bit thug who makes a hundred bucks a week via grift when he could make two hundred flipping … [Read more...]
Deontay Wilder: The Bronze Breeze KOs The Unknown Comic in Puerto Rico
By Johnny Walker We were supposed to learn something new about American heavyweight hopeful Deontay "The Bronze Bomber" Wilder when he took on fellow American, very close friend and supposed fighter Malik "King" Scott on Saturday night in Puerto Rico. Instead, what we learned was something one with eyes and ears could see and hear coming from the pre-fight presser--where … [Read more...]
Broner exercises rematch clause, Will face Maidana in April
Adrien Broner (27-1, 22 KOs), after suffering a most humiliating and decisive first career loss at the hands of Marcos Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs) last December 14, has decided to exercise the rematch clause he had in his contract. The rematch, a bid for Broner to recapture the WBA welterweight belt he lost to the heavy-handed Argentine, will be aired on Showtime and take place on … [Read more...]
Mayweather Wins Mega-Million Dollar Game of Chicken
Any hopes of a May 5th Mayweather-Pacquiao mega-bout were nipped in the bud by a preemptive email to Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer on Monday. Retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein, a mediator often used to smooth out conflicts between Top Rank and Golden Boy, sent the message to inform all parties that Arum was not interested in pursuing a Mayweather-Pacquiao bout. … [Read more...]