Schaefer to meet with Alvarez, Cotto
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer is looking to name an opponent for Canelo Alvarez as early as next week. Popular Puerto Rican veteran Miguel Cotto is the most lucrative option for the young Mexican star.
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Showtime, Golden Boy announce stacked Dec. 7 and Dec. 14 cards
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Showtime Executive VP Stephen Espinoza gathered the media on-hand to cover Hopkins-Murat in Atlantic City, N.J. for a surprise press conference, announcing a major reconfiguration of their boxing programming in the month of December.
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Schaefer: Mayweather-Alvarez could gross $200 million
Richard Schaefer on the potential revenue that will be generated by the Floyd Mayweather-Caenlo Alvarez promotion: “We’re probably going to be looking at a gross number of over $200 million.” The Golden Boy Promotions CEO says 2013 has been a banner year for boxing.
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Boxing is dead? Again?
For all its unpredictability, there’s one thing about boxing you can always count on: the talk of its demise. The latest death notice was delivered by the hosts of an ESPN debate show on Thursday.
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Espinoza talks about Time Warner-CBS/Showtime resolution
The money dispute between Time Warner cable and the CBS Corporation that had resulted in CBS and Showtime networks being pulled from cable systems in major U.S. cities last month was settled on Monday to the relief of many boxing fans.
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Mares requests likely rematch with Gonzalez
Abner Mares has requested an immediate rematch Jhonny Gonzalez, who stopped him in the first round this past Saturday to take the three-division titleholder’s WBC featherweight belt.
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Espinoza on All-Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo, Mares-Gonzalez
Stephen Espinoza on the numbers generated by All Access: Mayweather vs. Canelo: “Well over half a million people saw the first episode of All Access on the premiere night, which is a very good number.”
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Espinoza talks Matthysse-Garcia, more
Showtime Sports executive vice president Stephen Espinoza had a lot to say regarding the recently announced co-feature to Floyd Mayweather-Saul Alvarez, as well as the possibility of women’s boxing and/or Guillermo Rigdondeaux on the network.
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Garcia: Matthysse ‘is the fight I wanted’
Richard Schaefer says Danny Garcia-Lucas Matthysse has “Fight of The Year written all over it.”
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Lem’s latest: Alvarado balks at terms for Provodnikov fight
Mike Alvarado has made public his reasons for not yet accepting a proposed Oct. 19 clash with Ruslan Provodnikov.
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