Golden Boy Shakes Up Boxing World to save its lone Lightweight belt

JM Marquez-Joel Casamayor, Juan Diaz-Rocky Kastidis, Golden Boy Shakes Up Boxing World!

Michael Marley
BOXINGCONFIDENTIAL NEWS EXCLUSIVE!
5/20/2008

Those ballers and shotcallers over at Golden Boy are about to electrify the boxing world…again!

Boxingconfidential.com has learned that Cuban clouter and WBO interim lightweight champion Joel Casamayor is going to spurn a mandated fight against WBO, WBA and IBF lightweight beltholder Nate Campbell. Instread, GBP is going to keep the party restricted to friends and families.

Juan Manuel Marquez, the Mexican ringmaster who pines for a third crack at Megamanny Pacquiao, is going to fight Casamayor.

So where does that leave new GBP property and former triple 135-pound beltholder Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz? Diaz, you will recall, was going to cross gloves on Sept. 13 in Diaz’s hometown of Houston against Casamaytor.

Word is that Diaz manager Willie Svannah kept thinking about the clever and frustrating style of Casamayor and that he finally told the Goldens he would prefer the simple style of Kastidis. It is believed Savannah kept asking for an opponent they could "showcase" Diaz against and that his argument was that, win, lose or draw, Casamayor could make Diaz look bad.

Looking bad is not an option after the beatdown Campbell administered to the previously unbeaten Diaz in Cancun.

Never fear because Michael “Rocky” Kastidis will be fighting Diaz.

It is believed but unconfirmed that Casamayor-Marquez may be set for an October date while Diaz and the rockchinned “Rocky” from Down Under stick to their Sept. 13 date and the Houston venue.

So what becomes of Campbell’s soup? Well, newly-ranked #1 WBO lightweight contender Joan Guzman stands ready, willing and more than able to mix it up with the “Galaxxy Warrior.”

Despite these hot and heavy rumors, GBP matchmaker Eric Gomez (not a source herein) told people Tuesday that his company intends to win a May 27 WBO Campbell-Casamayor purse bid.

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I hope GBP will match-up Casamayor with Campbell in July or August... Is GBP afraid of losing its hold of a lightweight belt (Casa's Ring belt and WBO Interim belt)?

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Fuck Golden Boy, what a group of incestuous pricks. Campbell is getting screwed if this happens.

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Fuck Golden Boy, what a group of incestuous pricks. Campbell is getting screwed if this happens.

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If this happens, I hope Campbell will take Amir Khan (tho Amir is already booked) or any non-GBP boxer instead of facing a GBP boxer in Joan Guzman...

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Originally Posted by CFH

Fuck Golden Boy, what a group of incestuous pricks. Campbell is getting screwed if this happens.

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If this happens, I hope Campbell will take Amir Khan (tho Amir is already booked) or any non-GBP boxer instead of facing a GBP boxer in Joan Guzman...

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I agree, either that or beat everyone of their LW contenders.
So I guess that after all their lofty words about restoring integrity etc., GBP turns out to be just another promotional group.
What a shock :rolleyes:.

GBP are bunch of weirdos. They're not very consistent with their plans. I just want them to fucking make up their minds. Ya know. :-\

Tho these planned GBP lightweight matches are all good match-ups, at least GBP should agree to a Casa-Campbell fight. This is the fight that needs to be made at lightweight right now...

JMM then will find a new dancing partner in the person of Joan Guzman... Still a very good match-up...

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