CSAC turns down Robert Guerrero’s arbitration request to break Golden Boy contract

guerrero322By Dan Ambrose: Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero had a big setback on Wednesday with the California State Athletic Commission opting not to accept the 30-year-old Guerrero’s arbitration request to have his contract with Golden Boy Promotions ruled invalid so that he can walk away from it. Guerrero will now need to take his case to New York if he’s to break the contract.

“The New York State Athletic Commission does not have an arbitration procedure for boxers in contractual disputes, so Guerrero would have to pursue his case through the New York courts,” ESPN’s Rafael said.

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Schaefer says Robert Guerrero’s contract with Golden Boy is valid

guerrero2453By Dan Ambrose: If Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (31-2-1, 18 KO’s) wants to get out of his contract with Golden Boy Promotions then he’s going to need to prove to the arbitrator with the California State Athletic Commission that there are holes in the contract that will enable him to squeeze out of it. If not, then Guerrero will be tied with Golden Boy for several more years, which will almost surely take the 30-year-old Guerrero to the end of his prime years as a boxer.

It’s thought by some boxing fans that Guerrero is just trying to get out of his contract with Golden Boy Promotions so that he can try and get a big money fight Manny Pacquiao. That can’t happen while he’s with Golden Boy, and he already got big money fight against Golden Boy’s top fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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How Marcos Maidana Toppled the King in Waiting

maidana88By James Connell: The sound and fury that has been built by Golden Boy, Al Haymon’s team, HBO, Showtime and everyone else who has had a stake on Adrien Broner’s success, will now hopefully be quiet for a short while after Broner lost a deserved unanimous decision to Marcos Maidana.

The boxing press – including several prominent contributors to this site – didn’t give Maidana a cat’s chance in hell against boxing’s, supposed, next pay-per-view star, and the self-acclaimed heir to Floyd Mayweather’s pound-for-pound title. One can only wonder at why the odds on Maidana were so long: his style, punching-power and weight were all wrong for Broner; it’s fine to have expected Broner to win, but this fight, at its widest, was only ever a 60-40 one in favour of Broner.

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Schaefer wants Broner vs. Mayweather mega-fight

0000(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer isn’t content with his young star WBA welterweight champion Adrien Broner (27-0, 22 KO’s) slowly climbing his way to the top to become a mega pay-per-view star.

Schaefer wants to hurry it along by having Broner face the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. (45-0, 26 KO’s) in 2014. But the thing is, Schaefer needs the boxing public to help him out by creating pressure on the two fighters to face each other in the ring, because both of them are good friends.

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Schaefer giving Cotto another week to decide on Canelo

cotto552By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is giving 33-year-old Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KO’s) another week to decide whether he’ll accept the $10 million+ offer that he made to him to face former WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-1-1, 30 KO’s) in March or not.

If Cotto doesn’t get back to him by then, Schaefer will move on and look to match Canelo against either IBF 154 lb. champion Carlos Molina or the winner of this Saturday’s fight between Austin Trout and Erislandy Lara.

Cotto reportedly was given a big money offer by Top Rank for him to fight WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (51-2-2, 28 KO’s) on June 7th at Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Cotto might end up taking that fight rather than facing Canelo.

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Victor Ortiz and Robert Guerrero both game to prove who’s “Cali’s best”

ortiz34By Dallas Orysiuk It has been nearly a year since “Vicious” Victor Ortiz has been in the ring. In his last outing, in an exciting fight, Ortiz squared off with the heavy underdog Josesito Lopez who was supposed to be an easy walk through for Ortiz.

We all know how that turned out…. slightly up on the judges score cards, Ortiz was forced to quit when he could no longer continue due to a broken jaw that he sustained early on in the fight. Ortiz lost by a 9th round RTD.

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Schaefer: Broner still has a long-term contract with Golden Boy

broner54By Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer reportedly isn’t pleased with the news that Curtis Jackson aka “50 Cent”, is interested in signing WBC lightweight champion Adrien Broner (26-0, 22 KO’s) to his SMS Promotions stable.

There had been previous talk about the 23-year-old Broner’s contract with Golden Boy expiring next month in April, but Scaefer is saying that’s not that case. He says Broner is still under a long-term contract with Golden Boy and Al Haymon, his adviser.

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De La Hoya: Doesn’t HBO know Golden Boy is stacked with talent?

de la hoya33By Allan Fox: Oscar De La Hoya was surprised with HBO’s move made earlier today to sever ties with Golden Boy Promotions fighters, and no longer televise their fights. De La Hoya, the president of the company a former star for HBO that made them millions of dollars during professional and promotional career, sees it as a self-defeating move by HBO due to Golden Boy having so many talented fighters in their stable.

De La Hoya said on his social media site: “Game on!! I am so pumped to bring all the great fights to @SHOsports and CBS. Good luck With your captain sailing you through the Dead Sea…I’m surprised @HBOboxing would make such a bold move. Don’t they know GBP is stacked with talent?”

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The Top Rank and Golden Boy feud is ruining boxing

By John Kelvin: A lot of people like to claim that boxing is dying and that casual fans are no longer interested in the sport. The huge pay-per-view numbers generated by Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather contradict these claims. However, the sport would be a lot healthier and popular if the current conflict between the top two promotional companies, Top Rank and Golden Boy was brought to an end. This conflict has and will continue to have a significant impact on the sport as the top champions will be unable to face each other to decide who is the very best in the division.

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Canelo vs. Trout is a bad match-up for Golden Boy

alvarez1By Dan Ambrose: WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo”Alvarez said yesterday that he’ll most likely be facing WBA junior middleweight champion Austin Trout on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr’s next fight on May 4th in Las Vegas, as long as Mayweather signs a contract to face him in September.

The Canelo-Trout fight is a potential nightmare for Golden Boy Promotions, Canelo’s promoters, because Trout is a highly skilled fighter who specializes in making his opponents miss and then hitting them with counter shots. Canelo could lose this fight and put Golden Boy Promotions in the situation where a beaten Canelo would then be fighting Mayweather in September.

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