A familiar pattern has developed in the past few months. Oscar De La Hoya, the figurehead of Golden Boy Promotions, will make comments and that will raise more than a few eyebrows and then cause quite the stir within the boxing business. Afterward, the CEO of the company who oversees the day-to-day operations, Richard Schaefer, has to come in and clean up the mess created by the man whose silhouette is the company?s logo.
It happened once again as ?The Golden Boy? gave a recent interview to BroadcastingCable.com that suggested that their company should basically become the sole promoter in the United States with all the boxers and television dates under their auspices.
This, of course, meant that the Swiss banker would be asked about those rather bold statements.
“I read about these comments and am I being asked about it? Yeah, I?m being asked about it and I think that it r