An Open Letter to Richard Schaefer: From: Nate Campbell

[Deanrw]

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.

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.

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.

[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.

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.

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.

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 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...

[BoomBoom]

I like this guy, he makes some good points. He must love being the man in the division with all the GB fighters ranked below him.

[Hulk]

Boy there sure is a lot of Golden Boy Promotions paranoia goin round here huh?

Campbell is a pimp. Gotta agree with him though.

[No Contest]

This is what I've been saying about GBP, and why I now dislike ODLH. Everyone knows Nate Campbell should be getting his choice of opponents holding 3 titles, but he is left scrounging for a fight. That shit aint right.....

[killersheep]

I am officially a Nate Campbell fan now!!