Monthly Archives: June 2014

Source confirms Oscar De La Hoya taking Richard Schaefer to arbitration for $50 million

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Oscar De La Hoya/photo courtesy of Denver Post

In the wake of our Q & A with Hall of Fame fighter/promoter Oscar De La Hoya last week, ESPN.com reported that De La Hoya is taking former Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer to private arbitration and seeking some $50 million in damages. An informed source told us Monday this is accurate.

Schaefer is the only CEO De La Hoya’s company has had since its inception in 2002. Schaefer resigned in early June after ongoing differences with De La Hoya. De La Hoya told us that Schaefer remains under contract until 2018.

 

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Terence Crawford, Yuriorkis Gamboa make weight for Saturday’s title fight

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Terence Crawford/photo courtesy of Top Rank Inc.

Terence Crawford and Yuriorkis Gamboa both made weight Friday for their lightweight title fight Saturday night in Crawford’s native Omaha, Neb. Crawford weighed in at 134.8 pounds, just under the 135-pound limit. Gamboa came in at 134.4 pounds.

Crawford (23-0, 16 KOs) will be making the first defense of his title. Gamboa, of Cuba, has the identical record of 23-0 with 16 knockouts. The two will square off at CenturyLink Center and their fight will be televised on HBO.

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Gennady Golovkin staying the course of his training regimen

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Gennady Golovkin/photo by Associated Press

Middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin is currently in Big Bear training for his July 26 title defense against Daniel Geale at Madison Square Garden in New York City (on HBO).

With a record of 29-0 and 26 knockouts, Golovkin has become one of the most feared champions, and one of the most talk about. But his meteoric rise doesn’t mean he’s going to start changing things. Certainly, not his diet. His trainer, Abel Sanchez of West Covina, said as much this week from Big Bear.

“Not really a particular diet, no sugars, fats or sodas,” said Sanchez, who was talking about Golovkin’s overall training regimen, which partially consists of running five miles three times a week and sprints twice a week. “Just a balanced diet. Gennady eats pretty much what he wants, but he’s very smart about what he eats in camp.
“The great (late) Emanuel Steward said it best. Keep it as simple as possible for the fighter. It should not be a dramatic change as they get to another level.”
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Check out this excerpt from Q & A with Oscar De La Hoya

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Oscar De La Hoya/Photo by Gene Blevins

Here is an excerpt from a Q & A we did with Oscar De La Hoya. He was asked about his addiction to alcohol and drugs, his induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the departure of his Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer.

Question: Word has it that you were surprised that Richard Schaefer left. But amid all the rumors, you could not have been completely surprised, could you?
Answer: “I was taken aback by it. I was very surprised. You hear rumors, you hear rumblings – the boxing world is a small world – and so I started to hear some rumblings years ago. But you don’t want to believe them. Call me naive, call me innocent or whatever you want to call me, but I just didn’t want to believe them. So when you have a CEO, you put all your trust into the CEO and the CEO runs your company for you. That’s basically what was happening. So to me, when he resigned, it was an instant shock at the time. But I heard rumblings many years ago.”

Check out the full Q & A by copying and pasting this link:

http://www.dailynews.com/sports/20140623/oscar-de-la-hoya-talks-the-boxing-business-going-to-rehab-and-becoming-a-hall-of-famer

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Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero, Yoshihiro Kamegai make weight for Saturday’s fight

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Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (pictured left) and Yoshihiro Kamegai on Friday both made weight for their welterweight showdown Saturday at StubHub Center

Weighing in at the DoubleTree Hotel in Carson, Guerrero weighed in at 146 pounds, a pound under the 147-pound limit. Kamegai came in at 146.8 pounds.

The semi-main event fighters also made weight. Gary Russell Jr. and Vasyl Lomachenko both weighed 125.4 pounds for their featherweight world-tltle fight; the limit is 126.

Showtime will televise both bouts on the Golden Boy Promotions card.

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Yoshihiro Kamegai vows to leave indelible mark in fight with Robert Guerrero

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Yoshihiro Kamegai of Japan will take on Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero on Saturday at StubHub Center

Photo by Gene Blevins – Hogan Photos/Golden Boy Promotions

It’s safe to say not many boxing fans in United States know a lot about Japan’s Yoshihiro Kamegai, who will be the underdog when he takes on Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero in the welterweight main event Saturday at StubHub Center. He promises to leave a lasting impression, however.

“This is a very important fight and a tremendous opportunity for me,” Kamegai said. “Not a lot of people know me now, but they will after the fight.”

Guerrero, of Gilroy, is 31-2-1 with 18 knockouts. Kamegai is 24-1-1 with 21 knockouts. He has previously fought three times in the U.S.

 

 

 

 

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Showtime video previewing undercard of ‘Canelo’ Alvarez-Erislandy Lara on July 12

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This Showtime video previews the undercard for the July 12 junior middleweight showdown between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez of Mexico and Erislandy Lara of Cuba at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Showtime pay-per-view. Just click on the link.

http://youtu.be/5neyd-mr_Do

 

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Chad Dawson will return to the ring Saturday at StubHub Center

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Andre Ward, Chad Dawson

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Andre Ward (left) stopped Chad Dawson in the 10th round in September 2012 in Oakland

 

Chad Dawson just 4 1/2 years ago was looked upon as one of the top light heavyweights in the world. After a November 2009 victory over Glen Johnson, he was 29-0 – 6-0 in world-title fights, 7-0 in you count interim title fights. On his list of wins were two over Antonio Tarver, two over Johnson and one over Tomasz Adamek.

Then Dawson lost to Jean Pascal via 11-round technical decision. Dawson came back with a 12-round decision over Adrian Diaconu, fought to a two-round no-contest against Bernard Hopkins, then beat Hopkins via 12-round majority decision in April 2012, and he still had his respect. But successive knockout losses to Andre Ward and Adonis Stevonson have Dawson on the comeback trail. Dawson was stopped in the 10th round by Ward in September 2012 and was knocked out by Stevenson in the first round in June 2013.

Dawson (31-3, 17 KOs) will be featured on Saturday’s Golden Boy Promotions card at StubHub Center in Carson (on Showtime Extreme). He’ll square off with George “Honey Boy” Blades (24-5, 16 KOs) of Orlando, Fla.

Dawson, of New Haven, Conn., won’t be 32 until July 13. He said he knew he would continue his career after the two devastating setbacks.

“I had the privilege of becoming a world champion early,” he said. “I’ve been a professional for almost 13 years. There was never a doubt in my mind that I wouldn’t come back. I needed to take time to be a family man and come back when I felt like I could come back.

“I’m looking to get back to being the old Chad Dawson, the smart boxer who has height and reach. Once I get back to that, (it’s) back to the top. I’m happy to be back in the game.”

Dawson will be facing a 12-month layoff when he steps into the ring.

 

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Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero anxious to see what he learned from loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero will fight for the first time in 13 months Saturday when he takes on Yoshihiro Kamegai (24-1-1, 21 KOs) of Japan in the welterweight main event at StubHub Center (on Showtime).

Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KOs), of Gilroy, has been inactive this long in part because he had contractual hassles with his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions. The sides didn’t want to touch much on that during a conference call Tuesday – obviously, things are settled enough to where Guerrero is going to fight – but Guerrero did talk about many other things. Included was his one-sided decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 4, 2013 in Las Vegas.

“To bounce back, it wasn’t tough at all,” said Guerrero, when asked about the psychological aspect of getting over his first loss in 7 1/2 years. “You’ve gotta learn from experiences like that. I lost to be the best fighter in the world. You want to get better, you want to get stronger, you want to get faster. It really lit a fire under me to become a better fighter. I can’t wait to get out there and fight.”

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