Some really good thoughts in that article. Definetly makes you wonder, CC in 24 for posting Gamo.


"You sign a guy, give him a whole bunch of money, and how do you get that money back? You take it from the other side. The fighter will pay for it.

"I don't understand Golden Boy's business. They have a large overhead. They're overpaying fighters to sign. They're taking in fighters as partners. Are they equity partners? Are these guys ever going to see anything on their investment if there was an investment?

"I kind of like Eric (Gomez, matchmaker), Raul (Jaimes), and I think Oscar's a decent guy, but Richard Schaefer, I think can be a dictator. Richard's the brains in that organization. Oscar's just a fighter.

"By the way, the networks are starting to see it a little bit. Originally HBO was all for Golden Boy and they're starting to pull back a little bit. They're starting to understand that, you see, the networks are competitors of the promoters, but the promoters don't realize this. If the promoters got together they could dictate what the networks pay for a fight instead of undercutting each other. The networks are now seeing that if Oscar dominates the business, Golden Boy can dictate to them what they get. They're starting to realize that they might have created a monster.

"Most people in the industry all feel the same way, I've talked to them. Everyone's in for survival so they know they have to deal with Golden Boy, so why criticize them publicly? (Richard Schaefer) is one of those guys who if you piss him off he'll tell you to "lose my number and I can live without you. He can be an arrogant (expletive deleted)."


"Thinking ahead, I have to wonder if that status will change when Oscar retires and they lose boxing's last pay-per-view megastar, not to mention Bernard Hopkins, Marco Antonio Barrera and Shane Mosley, all at or soon to be at the end of their careers. (Question: What on earth is going to be the role for these guys when they go to work full time as executives at GBP?)"