What happens to the fighters signed by GB and Haymon when Golden Boy implodes soon?

[Kirkland Laing]

For a while, we all thought it was Golden Boy on one side and Top Rank on the other side. If it turns out that Golden Boy was just a tool for Schaefer to funnel fighters to Haymon, and Golden Boy is really a shell of a corporation, Schaefer will have answering to do.

Shaefer is a smart person. A weasel but a smart weasel. As long as can show that his model was increasing profits he's safe. What I suspect happened is Shaefer saw all the ground Haymon was gaining so he decided to straddle the fence and pick a side when it became clear who was taking over. Now that Haymon is strong enough he flat dared Oscar to fire him. What does he care he has a contract through 2018 he'd get a huge buyout and he just goes to Haymon and they partner with Main Event. Shaefer played it right, Oscar would be a fool to fire Shaefer because his stable would be gutted. The fighters go to Haymon to be like Floyd or TR to try for Manny money. Oscar would have no whale.

That may be right, but there appears to be a good argument that Schaefer deliberately used GB's money to build up fighters without signing them that there was money to be made on the fighters that wasn't made. Even if there was a profit, there could have been a bigger profit.

Have you heard Haymon is partnering with Main Event? Main Event sued Schaefer and Haymon the last I heard.

Also, isn't it possible Oscar would join with TR and mid-market promoters, which would leave Haymon on one side, and everyone else on the other side?

Finally, usually contracts with executives have non-compete clauses. If Schaefer left while on a valid contract, he might be barred from competing against Oscar.

If you were Schaefer and Oscar is off cross-dressing and you've got the keys to the car you've got the means and the motive to engineer anything you want. You make a deal with Haymon to eventually set up a joint company and in the meantime get existing GBP fighters to the end of their GBP contracts and only under Haymon's control.

Then officially you have an email trail where Haymon says my guy isn't resigning with you, you can only have him on a fight by fight basis. Schaefer then half-hearltedly looks round for other opponents, can't find anybody suitable and does what Haymon wants. Schaefer then has documented evidence showing he did everything he could to avoid doing the deal with Haymon but had no other choice.

Or half a dozen different ways to create a scenario that doesn't leave him and Haymon open to any legal sanction. Assuming they have actually done something like this that is. Maybe Haymon wants to cut GBP out and start his own firm. Maybe Schaefer and Oscar stay together.