An Open Letter to Richard Schaefer: From: Nate Campbell

An Open Letter to Richard Schaefer: From: Nate Campbell

I just read an interview where you asked the question “is Nate Campbell only good at giving interviews, or is he willing to fight somebody the caliber of Marquez?”.You should really think before you open your fat mouth. Who the hell are you to question my heart as a fighter? See, if you were actually a boxing guy, and not just some suit that by chance happened to marry someone in Oscar’s family, then you’d have sense enough not to say something like that about a fighter. Especially about a World Champion. But you just don’t know any better. Well, I’ve got a question for you too Richard. Do you actually know how to promote a show, or do you just have to wait every time for HBO to pull out their nipple for you to nurse on? When’s the last time your company actually promoted a fight on it’s own? Or do you just beg for HBO dates, and site fees, and call yourself a promoter? And don’t try and take credit for Oscar-Floyd, and Floyd-Hatton, and other high dollar shows. You didn’t promote those fights, HBO did.

If you think for one second that I’m gonna sit around till November waiting for Marquez, then you’re even dumber than you look. Sure, it’s an attractive fight, and one I would take, but I don’t need to sit around and wait for Marquez, or anyone else for that matter. See, my thing is this. I have a REAL promoter, one who doesn’t just close up shop just because no tv dates happen to be available. As soon as this WBO mess is cleared up, I’ll be fighting SOMEBODY. If you’d like that somebody to be Marquez, then give Don a number, get out of the way, and let a REAL promoter do the fight in July-August. But you know what? You won’t do that. That’s not in Golden Boys’ “best interest”. What’s in your best interest is making Pac-Juan Diaz in November or December. So you try and get me and Marquez out of the way, so Arum has no other high profile fight for Pac other than Diaz or maybe Hatton, both of whom you happen to control. So don’t act like you’re giving me Marquez as some kind of mission about “making the best fights”. Or you could at least fake it and come up with some really stupid number, and then you can issue press releases saying something like “We made a good offer, but Campbell obviously doesn’t want to fight someone on the level of Marquez”.

Now some people might wonder why I’m assuming Diaz beating Casamayor is a given. Everybody knows Casa screwed up your plans when he beat Katsidis. That wasn’t supposed to happen. Everybody knows that. Especially after you screwed the Santa Cruz kid out of his rematch with Casa, and gave the fight to Katsidis as a “door prize” to Samson. I know, I know, you’re doing “what’s best for boxing”, right? Well, I’ll say it out loud right now. As long as Diaz finishes the fight on his feet, there’s NO WAY Casamayor gets a decision.

Don’t think for a second that I don’t know what goes on in this game. I see the whole chessboard. You are trying to devalue the sanctioning bodies, and market your little “Golden Boy Belt” as the lineal title, thinking you can force everyone to sign with you in order to fight for that so-called “title”. You want to be Dana White, and control everything within your own little world. You are fooling some people with that hogwash, but not everyone. Unfortunately, most media people are so afraid of being denied credentials and access if they open their mouths, so they look the other way. But I’m you’re worst nightmare Richard. I’m a fighter who knows the game, and isn’t afraid to speak out about what you’re doing. I am the IBF / WBO / WBA Lightweight Champion, and there ain’t a damn thing you can do about it. Unless of course you think you have someone in your stable who can beat me and shut me up. Do you?? Let’s see…. You have Casamayor. Nope, you don’t want him to fight me. Gotta keep that “Golden Boy Belt” in house. You have Juan Diaz. The kid still has nightmares about me. You have Katsidis. Ha, you’d only let that fight happen if he were allowed to keep that helmet on. You have Marquez. Sounds good to me. How’s July or August for you guys? Oh, that’s right. You can’t do anything without HBO there to prop you up. And the fight only serves your purpose if it happens later in the year. My bad. What was I thinking?

You should stay away from interviews, and just stick to press releases telling everyone how great you are, and how good for boxing you are. And unless you have a serious fight offer, and NOT one happening 7 or 8 months down the road, then just keep my name out of your mouth. I'm not about these games you're playing.


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Campbell KO1 over Schaefer ... lol ;D

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Nate is really one smart boxer... I like this guy... He is really aware what this boxing mafia, GBP is doing...

Go grandpa Nate...

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Whoa, way to handle em Nate!

Just read that on eastside. Good stuff from Nate.

Nate can't just sit around and wait til november. He's not getting any younger. :)

I'm with Nate that GBP is trying to sideline him out of the Pacquiao sweepstakes by trying to force him to commit on a JMM fight in November...

Why November? It's really a big question mark...

GBP controls most of the names at lightweight... (Casamayor, Juan Diaz, Katsidis, Santa Cruz (poor Jose Armando), etc.) but Nate is the man right now at lightweight and if PAC is successful against David Diaz, it's very likely Nate will win the next Pacquiao sweepstakes for the undisputed unified lightweight championship title...

Now GBP is trying to mess up the lightweight picture by throwing JMM's and Barrera's name into the division... Poor JMM, he will be the sacrificial lamb coz I don't think he can beat Nate... Remember, they're both grandpas and to think that Nate schooled his grandson Juan Diaz in his last fight...

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Now I am a big supporter of The Ring and what they are trying to do, but it is funny when Campbell refers to The Ring Belt as "the Golden Boy Belt."

Nate Campbell ruined GBP's dream fights at lightweight... Imagine if Juan Diaz beat Nate, then it will be a Juan Diaz vs. AnotherGBPboxer for a lightweight super fight... but Nate derailed GBP's dream...

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It looks like GBP is trying to control Boxing. They are attempting to discredit the alphabet soup and making Oscar's belt the only one that matters.

I would not have an issue with that, but with them basically owning that belt, it will force any fighter who wants a crack at it, to join their team.

The fears of many are starting to show some truth here. Oscar wants to become Dana White and control it all.

Wow. He really did take it to him, you pretty much have to agree with everything he says. I thought Golden Boy would be good for boxing when it first came about, since then I've got to say I think completely the opposite.

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It looks like GBP is trying to control Boxing. They are attempting to discredit the alphabet soup and making Oscar's belt the only one that matters.

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I dont think that will take any effort.

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Originally Posted by lance Uppercut

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Originally Posted by Deanrw

It looks like GBP is trying to control Boxing. They are attempting to discredit the alphabet soup and making Oscar's belt the only one that matters.

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I dont think that will take any effort.

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True. It is also a major cause for concern when it is controlled by a promoter and not an independent body.

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Wow. He really did take it to him, you pretty much have to agree with everything he says. I thought Golden Boy would be good for boxing when it first came about, since then I've got to say I think completely the opposite.

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Regardless of what The Ring Champions do: there are two constants
1) the belt does not get stripped and can only change hands involuntarily in the Ring

2) There is no sanctioning fee corruption, because there are no sanctioning fees.

No matter who wins the Ring titles, because of these two constants, it will always be a more legitimate Belt then the alphabet titles.

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Originally Posted by lance Uppercut

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Originally Posted by p4pking

Wow. He really did take it to him, you pretty much have to agree with everything he says. I thought Golden Boy would be good for boxing when it first came about, since then I've got to say I think completely the opposite.

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Regardless of what The Ring Champions do: there are two constants
1) the belt does not get stripped and can only change hands involuntarily in the Ring

2) There is no sanctioning fee corruption, because there are no sanctioning fees.

No matter who wins the Ring titles, because of these two constants, it will always be a more legitimate Belt then the alphabet titles.

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What you are missing though, is that in the very near future, there will be fighters without promotional ties to Golden Boy, who might never even get a crack at the belt, as they are not under Golden Boy's umbrella. GBP has already tried to exclude Nate from a shot at Manny by trying to set up a fight with JMM in November instead of "soon". That is what Nate is lashing out about.

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Originally Posted by Deanrw

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Originally Posted by lance Uppercut

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Originally Posted by p4pking

Wow. He really did take it to him, you pretty much have to agree with everything he says. I thought Golden Boy would be good for boxing when it first came about, since then I've got to say I think completely the opposite.

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Regardless of what The Ring Champions do: there are two constants
1) the belt does not get stripped and can only change hands involuntarily in the Ring

2) There is no sanctioning fee corruption, because there are no sanctioning fees.

No matter who wins the Ring titles, because of these two constants, it will always be a more legitimate Belt then the alphabet titles.

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What you are missing though, is that in the very near future, there will be fighters without promotional ties to Golden Boy, who might never even get a crack at the belt, as they are not under Golden Boy's umbrella. GBP has already tried to exclude Nate from a shot at Manny by trying to set up a fight with JMM in November instead of "soon". That is what Nate is lashing out about.

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Exactly. It could potentially be no different than another sanctioning body in the near future, at least bit by bit as GBP fighters acquire the belts, or as GBP acquires ring champions:-X And although the belt's can't be stripped, I don't believe they have ever had mandatory ring challengers, so DLH can sort of plot the way his champions are going to with defending the belts. Were already seeing him jerk people around to set up the matchups he want's, and there's no possibility of any sanctioning body or other promoters in the way. At least with sanctioning bodies and promoters they have bargaining power and a process on each side, with DLH both promoting and owning the title's his fighters hold is worrisome for the sport imo. I think it's very likely that the ring belts could quickly lose prestige as GBP becomes more involved with them. I mean you could liken this to Don King buying out Jose Suliman and becoming president of the WBC or something. Were already seeing huge conflicts happen at lightweight, and I do believe Casamyor is the only ring champ GBP has in it's stable...