You can bank on Golden Boy Richie Rich Schaefer to always look to the bottom line.
I mean, Oscar De La Hoya didn?t hire the ex-UBS banker because he was impressed at how RR blasts his way out of sandtraps at the Riviera Country Club.
RR often comes across at the podium as Snidely Whiplash but I?ve seen him actually laugh when Oscar pal George Lopez was unofficially roasting him so he does have a sense of humor.
(He could truly prove it by subscribing to my columns, lol.)
While it may seem I often target the Goldens in general and RR in particular, he?s just made a proclamation that is 100 percent truthful.
In discussing the Manny Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez, Floyd Mayweather, Sugar Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto ?Fearsome Fivesome,? Schaefer said that pairing any of the above against each other will make for a delicious fight.
And he was fair-minded enough to add the Bob Arum-promoted Cotto, who has a tough test against Joshua Clottey next Saturday night, to the big money mix.
Here?s how I predict the Big Fight Lollapalooza will play out:
Mayweather takes a decision over Juan Manuel Marquez on July 18.
Pacman is sitting ringside and licking his chops. Let?s face it, these two really need each other to break the bank in a 2010 PPV monster matchup. I bet you will see Floyd vs. Manny along about March of next year.
Now what about the leftovers?
Cotto will have some rocky moments but will escape Madison Square Garden with a narrow points victory over the game Clottey.
We will see, as some boxing insiders believe, if the Ghanaian is what Tyson tutor Cus D?Amato used to call, not so disparingly, ?a game quitter? meaning a fighter who fights only to a certain level and then settles for a courageous defeat rather than a pulsating victory.
To me, the natural rematch is apparent, Cotto against Mosley again, maybe this time in Las Vegas.This way, the fighters won?t face the onerous New York State and New York City tax schemes.
The seeds for this rematch have already been sown in Mosley?s claims that Cotto got the verdict because the bout was held in Boricua friendly Gotham.
I can see this one being slated for January and it would be a great way to kick off 2010 just as Mosley?s sensational thumping of Antonio Margarito kicked off 2009 in La La Land.
So again, it?s Cotto-Mosley II in January,and the Super Bowl of fights meaning Mayweather-Pacquiao come March.
That leaves Juan Ma, who won?t embarrass himself against PBF, at loose ends.
Has Uncle Bob got a ready made foil for him?
Bring in Wild Card Edwin Valero, the Mad Bomber from Venezuela, to fight Marquez in let?s say February.
By that time, I know for a fact that Valero will have overcome his Nevada licensing problems.
Jolting January. Feverish February. March Madness.
I?m excited now, aren?t you?
The format rolls on naturally from there with winners versus winners. And the Losers Bracket bouts can fill up a large portion of the regular HBO schedule.
If you’re a fight fan, you will be singing “Sweet Caroline…the good times never seemed so good…
“So good..
“So good…”
This party?s just getting started on July 18.
