Golden Boy Promotions signs Juan Manuel Marquez

[OumaFan]

That's good for him, JMM's been horribly managed, and that's an understatement. Oscar is starting to pick up a lot of talent, and hopefully JMM gets back into the mix as far as big fights go now that he's got a real promoter.

Link is www.boxingtalk.com

[Mintymen]

That's why I'm talking about!!!! Go GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS. Give these people the breaks, big fights and big money they deserve it and I think the most deserving is this guy JMM. If he stays at featherweight he would again dominate but with no real megafight, just that of a Scott Harrison but he's not a big draw anymore. Move up to 130 and join the mix. Can't wait for him to have the rematch against Pac, have a boxing match with MAB and a slugfest with EM.

[cockey cockney]

JMM is a FANTASTIC boxer and its correct hes been horribly managed. Oscar will put this straight, good news all round!

[bigragu]

That's good for him, JMM's been horribly managed, and that's an understatement. Oscar is starting to pick up a lot of talent, and hopefully JMM gets back into the mix as far as big fights go now that he's got a real promoter.

Link is www.boxingtalk.com

GB promotions is starting to become a force in boxing....maybe we will see the fights we have always wanted to see.....or another cog in the system..

[aangel]

as long as Nacho B stays the trainer and dosen't impact negatively and let Golden boy do their thing we can expect to see him get some quality fights.

[ElTerribleMorales]

Golden Boy is starting to become a HUGE threat to Arum and IMO has already surpassed King (in the talent he's promoting anyway), c'mon he has a pretty good stable of fighters, there's

The Golden Boy himself,
Oscar De La Hoya
Bernard Hopkins (if he decides to fight again)
Marco Antonio Barrera
Winky Wright
Shane Mosley
Kassim Ouma
Oscar Larios
Jhonny Gonzalez
Fernando Montiel
Jorge Barrios
Juan Lazcano
Kingsley Ikeke
Sultan Imbragimov
Marco Antonio Rubio

and good prospects like

Demitrius Hopkins
Ponce De Leon
Vincente Excobedo

give him some time and i believe he'll snatch away a couple other big names

[El Gamo]

CC EL Terrible for that list,I honestly did not know all those fighters were with Oscar! I am beginning to take a liking to him for the reason that he is an alternative to Arum and King aaaaaand the absolutely incredible Spetmeber card being headlined by MAB-Juarez.

As for JMM,I fear it may be a bit late at 31,but great great move AS LONG HE KEEPS NACHO AS TRAINER.Nacho is a great trainer but sucked as a manager! I want to see JMM-Pacman2 and JMM with a couple of others,he can beat them all imo. I hope he signs Rafa too though,seeing the 2 best boxing brothers ever fight together is awesome! and yeah,I'm a big big fan!

[CutMeMick]

CC EL Terrible for that list,I honestly did not know all those fighters were with Oscar! I am beginning to take a liking to him for the reason that he is an alternative to Arum and King aaaaaand the absolutely incredible Spetmeber card being headlined by MAB-Juarez.

As for JMM,I fear it may be a bit late at 31,but great great move AS LONG HE KEEPS NACHO AS TRAINER.Nacho is a great trainer but sucked as a manager! I want to see JMM-Pacman2 and JMM with a couple of others,he can beat them all imo. I hope he signs Rafa too though,seeing the 2 best boxing brothers ever fight together is awesome! and yeah,I'm a big big fan!

Completely agree with your statement on JMM 100%. Its too late now to try and take BIG fights back 2 back. I was looking to see about R. Marquez but found nothing about him being signed guess he stood with Goosen.


cc. OumaFan for the info.

[Galaxy]

A good move for Marquez I feel. Should now get some big fights under his belt. A move to 130 has to be the next step as thats where all the major players are!

[amat]

WOW. De La Hoya has boxing by the throat now. Take a look at this.

Top Rank fighters.

Paulie Ayala
Mike Alvarado
Jose Luis Castillo
Martin Castillo
Steven Luevano
Miguel Cotto
Kid Diamond
Carlos Hernandez
Vanes Martirosyan
Erik Morales
Victor Ortiz
Kelly Pavlik
Antonio Margarito
Hasim Rahman
Zahir Raheem
Giovanni Segura
Anthony Thompson
Bobby Pacquiao
Brian Viloria
Yuri Foreman
Jose Armando Santa Cruz
Joshua“Hitter” Clottey
Humberto Soto

Outside of Morales, there are no marquee names on there. I mean seriously. Well, Cotto is one. And the jury is out on how Castillo gets recepted his next time out. Margarito is basically living and dying at Mayweather's doorstep despite not beating a top 5 fighter yet. Plus, word is, he might leave Arum anyways. Arum has been a top promoter for years, but his current crop is very underwhelming. Outside of Clottey, Margarito, Raheem, Soto, Pavlik and Foreman, I don't see to much championship material in there. And Golden Boy is snatching EVERYONE and merging with a lot of the small time promoters. Still debate on whether or not they are the top promoters of today. Now lets look at Golden Boy.

Daniel Ponce De Leon
Marco Antonio Barrera
Bernard Hopkins
Oscar Larios
Oscar De La Hoya
Demetrius Hopkins
Otis Griffin
Rock Allen
Juan Manuel Marquez
Hugo Cazares
Abner Mares
Aaron Garcia
Kingsley Ikeke
Juan Lazcano
Marco Antonio Rubio
Vincente Escobedo
Jorge Barrios
Jonathan Oquendo
Ishe Smith
Fernando Montiel
Librado Andrade
Jhonny Gonzalez
Javier Jauregui
Ray Bautista
Antonio Escalante
David Lopez
Shane Mosley
Kassim Ouma
Z Gorres
Walter Mathysse
Winky Wright

Mighty big difference. Plus the prospects appear to be better on the Golden Boy side, so...out of nowhere, Oscar De La Hoya has become the biggest force in boxing, or at least it looks like it.

A while back, when Golden Boy was created and Oscar showed he was serious, I predicted that somewhere down the line, he would become the biggest promoter. I mean, his frontmen are Bernard Hopkins, Marco Antonio Barrera, Winky Wright, Johnny Tapia among others. All fighters who have gone through promotional ups ad downs, dealt with crooked managers and eventually made it to the other side. A young fighter (such as Rock Allen) looks and can go several directions. He can go with Don King or Bob Arum who have notoriously screwed fighters over in the past and almost never have a good word said about them by retired boxers, or a camp made up entirely of people who were in their position before. It's a no brainer. I can't beleive this didn't happen before. I would have expected it 15-20 years ago and I thought it was almost to late for the torch to be passed. It wasn't. And the torch wasn't passed, more like stolen. Great for boxing.

Sorry for the random thoughts, just kind of eye opening.

[CutMeMick]

I'm keeping my eyes open for when he holds that 'World Championship Boxing' again like the Mexico vs. Thailand.
That was great.

[amat]

I'm keeping my eyes open for when he holds that 'World Championship Boxing' again like the Mexico vs. Thailand.
That was great.

CC! That World Cup of Boxing was great. Quality quality fights.


Plus the mexicans really took it to the Thai fighters

[CutMeMick]

I'm keeping my eyes open for when he holds that 'World Championship Boxing' again like the Mexico vs. Thailand.
That was great.

CC! That World Cup of Boxing was great. Quality quality fights.


Plus the mexicans really took it to the Thai fighters

True.

Last I heard Mexico was to challenge the next country. Not sure tho can't remember the details.

[chamiley]

WOW. De La Hoya has boxing by the throat now. Take a look at this.

Top Rank fighters.

Paulie Ayala
Mike Alvarado
Jose Luis Castillo
Martin Castillo
Steven Luevano
Miguel Cotto
Kid Diamond
Carlos Hernandez
Vanes Martirosyan
Erik Morales
Victor Ortiz
Kelly Pavlik
Antonio Margarito
Hasim Rahman
Zahir Raheem
Giovanni Segura
Anthony Thompson
Bobby Pacquiao
Brian Viloria
Yuri Foreman
Jose Armando Santa Cruz
Joshua“Hitter” Clottey
Humberto Soto

Outside of Morales, there are no marquee names on there. I mean seriously. Well, Cotto is one. And the jury is out on how Castillo gets recepted his next time out. Margarito is basically living and dying at Mayweather's doorstep despite not beating a top 5 fighter yet. Plus, word is, he might leave Arum anyways. Arum has been a top promoter for years, but his current crop is very underwhelming. Outside of Clottey, Margarito, Raheem, Soto, Pavlik and Foreman, I don't see to much championship material in there. And Golden Boy is snatching EVERYONE and merging with a lot of the small time promoters. Still debate on whether or not they are the top promoters of today. Now lets look at Golden Boy.

Daniel Ponce De Leon
Marco Antonio Barrera
Bernard Hopkins
Oscar Larios
Oscar De La Hoya
Demetrius Hopkins
Otis Griffin
Rock Allen
Juan Manuel Marquez
Hugo Cazares
Abner Mares
Aaron Garcia
Kingsley Ikeke
Juan Lazcano
Marco Antonio Rubio
Vincente Escobedo
Jorge Barrios
Jonathan Oquendo
Ishe Smith
Fernando Montiel
Librado Andrade
Jhonny Gonzalez
Javier Jauregui
Ray Bautista
Antonio Escalante
David Lopez
Shane Mosley
Kassim Ouma
Z Gorres
Walter Mathysse
Winky Wright

Mighty big difference. Plus the prospects appear to be better on the Golden Boy side, so...out of nowhere, Oscar De La Hoya has become the biggest force in boxing, or at least it looks like it.

A while back, when Golden Boy was created and Oscar showed he was serious, I predicted that somewhere down the line, he would become the biggest promoter. I mean, his frontmen are Bernard Hopkins, Marco Antonio Barrera, Winky Wright, Johnny Tapia among others. All fighters who have gone through promotional ups ad downs, dealt with crooked managers and eventually made it to the other side. A young fighter (such as Rock Allen) looks and can go several directions. He can go with Don King or Bob Arum who have notoriously screwed fighters over in the past and almost never have a good word said about them by retired boxers, or a camp made up entirely of people who were in their position before. It's a no brainer. I can't beleive this didn't happen before. I would have expected it 15-20 years ago and I thought it was almost to late for the torch to be passed. It wasn't. And the torch wasn't passed, more like stolen. Great for boxing.

Sorry for the random thoughts, just kind of eye opening.

you forgot JESUS CHAVEZ

[Swashbuckling Gordy]

Marquez is a quality fighter one of my favourites .

I like his style not typically Mexican doesnt maruade forward more of a back foot counter puncher .