Golden Boy Promotions

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De La Hoya with the DeWalt Home Depot Marketing Team at the Fight Night Club event in June 2010.

Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is an American boxing & MMA promotional firm established in 2002 by former boxer Oscar De La Hoya (whose nickname is "The Golden Boy"). He is the first Hispanic to own a national boxing promotional company. De La Hoya owns a majority interest in the firm, with Bernard Hopkins being a minority owner. Previously Winky Wright, Shane Mosley, Marco Antonio Barerra and Ricky Hatton held interest in the company.[1] The company is based in Los Angeles, California.

Golden Boy Promotions is one of boxing's most active promoters, presenting shows in packed venues around the United States on networks such as HBO, HBO Latino, Showtime, Estrella TV, and ESPN. They present the monthly boxing series Fight Night Club sponsored by DeWalt Tools,[2] in association with AEG. It is held at the Club Nokia in Los Angeles and televised live on Fox Sports Net and others.[2][3]

Golden Boy Promotions also co promotes fight cards with other boxing promoters/companies i.e. Bob Arum's Top Rank, Main Events, Gary Shaw Productions, Lou Dibella, Murad Mohammad, etc. Golden Boy Enterprises has a diverse portfolio of investments including ownership in several Spanish-language newspapers in major markets throughout the U.S., and select investments in a number of consumer products. The company continues to seek additional business investments and opportunities that fit with its mission. Golden Boy Enterprises also holds a majority interest in Golden Boy Promotions. The company holds a 25% interest in the Houston Dynamo soccer team. It also acquired The Ring magazine. The promotion produces bi monthly boxing cards on Estrella TV.

Key people

Richard Schaefer making a speech at the press conference for the fight between Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
NamePositionNotes
Oscar De La HoyaChairman and CEO
Eric GomezPresident
Robert DiazHead Matchmaker
Erick Penarrieta Chief Financial Officer
Robert Gasparri Chief Operations Officer
Monica Sears Vice President of Operations

Current boxers

Source:[4]

NameWeight ClassNationalityNotes
Sadam AliLight middleweightUnited States American
Damon Allen Jr.LightweightUnited States American
Canelo ÁlvarezMiddleweightMexico Mexican
Daquan ArnettMiddleweightUnited States American
Manuel AvilaFeatherweightUnited States American
D'Mitrius BallardSuper middleweightUnited States American
Randy CaballeroSuper bantamweightUnited States American
Marvin CabreraMiddleweightMexico Mexican
Pablo César CanoWelterweightMexico Mexican
Jezreel CorralesSuper featherweightPanama Panamanian
Raúl Curiel GarciaWelterweightMexico Mexican
Diego De La HoyaSuper bantamweightMexico Mexican
Joseph DiazFeatherweightUnited States American
Oscar DuarteLightweightMexico Mexican
Romero DunoLightweightPhilippines Filipino
Rashidi EllisWelterweightUnited States American
Marlen EsparzaFlyweightUnited States American
Francisco EsparzaFeatherweightUnited States American
Yamaguchi FalcãoMiddleweightBrazil Brazilian
Luis FelicianoLight welterweightUnited States American
Joshua FrancoSuper flyweightUnited States American
Yuriorkis GamboaSuper featherweightCuba Cuban
Genaro GamezSuper featherweightUnited States American
Ryan GarciaSuper featherweightUnited States American
Mercito GestaLightweightPhilippines Filipino
Keandre GibsonWelterweightUnited States American
Eddie GómezWelterweightUnited States American
Christian GonzalezLightweightUnited States American
Gilberto GonzalezLight welterweightMexico Mexican
Joet GonzalezFeatherweightUnited States American
Miguel Ángel GonzálezSuper featherweightMexico Mexican
Mauricio HerreraWelterweightUnited States American
Azat HovhannisyanSuper bantamweightArmenia Armenian
Charles HuertaSuper featherweightUnited States American
Tureano JohnsonMiddleweightThe Bahamas Bahamanian
Yoshihiro KamegaiLight middleweightJapan Japanese
David LemieuxMiddleweightCanada Canadian
Jorge LinaresLightweightVenezuela Venezuelan
Éverton LopesLightweightBrazil Brazilian
Abraham LopezFeatherweightUnited States American
Marcelino Nicolas LopezLight welterweightArgentina Argentine
Alberto MachadoSuper featherweightPuerto Rico Puerto RicanWBA Super featherweight Champion
Fidel MaldonadoLight welterweightMexico Mexican
Robert ManzanarezLightweightMexico Mexican
Claudio MarreroFeatherweightDominican Republic Dominican
Javier MartinezFeatherweightUnited States American
Lucas MatthysseWelterweightArgentina Argentine
Travell MazionLight middleweightUnited States American
David MijaresSuper featherweightPuerto Rico Puerto Rican
Carlos MoralesSuper featherweightMexico Mexican
Jonathan NavarroLight welterweightUnited States American
Oscar NegreteSuper bantamweightColombia Colombian
Zachary OchoaLight welterweightPuerto Rico Puerto Rican
Anthony OgogoMiddleweightUnited Kingdom British
Antonio OrozcoLight welterweightUnited States American
Roberto OrtizLight welterweightMexico Mexican
Vergil Ortiz JrLight welterweightUnited States American
Gary O'SullivanMiddleweightRepublic of Ireland Irish
Michael PerezLight welterweightUnited States American
Jason QuigleyMiddleweightRepublic of Ireland Irish
Alex RinconLight middleweightUnited States American
Ronny RiosSuper bantamweightUnited States American
Kevin Rivers JrFeatherweightUnited States American
Lamont Roach JrSuper featherweightUnited States American
Manny RoblesFeatherweightUnited States American
Alexis RochaWelterweightUnited States American
Jesus RojasFeatherweightPuerto Rico Puerto RicanWBA Interim Featherweight Champion
Emilio SanchezFeatherweightUnited States American
Vyacheslav ShabranskyyLight heavyweightUkraine Ukrainian
Hector Tanajara JrSuper featherweightUnited States American
Patrick TeixeiraLight middleweightBrazil Brazilian
Todd Unthank-MayLight heavyweightUnited States American
Niko ValdesSuper middleweightUnited States American
Edgar ValerioFeatherweightMexico Mexican
Francisco VargasSuper featherweightMexico Mexican
Rey VargasSuper bantamweightMexico MexicanWBC Super bantamweight Champion

Notables

De La Hoya vs. Mayweather

Golden Boy promoted the May 5, 2007, "super fight" between De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather won the bout by a split decision. The fight once held the record for most pay-per-view buys and once held the record as the second highest grossing fight in the history of the sport.[5] They also co-promoted along with Top Rank, The Dream Match: Oscar De La Hoya Vs Manny Pacquiao on December 6, 2008.

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) promotion

Affliction: Trilogy

In 2008, Golden Boy Promotions and Affliction Clothing started a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion, aggressively pursuing free agents.[6] The promotion was cancelled 10 days prior to its third Affliction: Trilogy PPV event, featuring Fedor Emelianenko and Josh Barnett, in July 2009, subsequent to Barnett having tested positive for anabolic steroids, in accordance with the California State Athletic Commission,[7] when a qualified replacement fighter could not be secured in time.[8][9]

2010s

In 2018, De La Hoya added mixed martial arts matches to his roster, as Golden Boy MMA, beginning with a 2018 trilogy bout between long-time rivals Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz,[10] with the inaugural event slated for November 24, 2018 in California.[11]

Projects

In 2005 Golden Boy Enterprises announced the formation of Golden Boy Partners, a company focused on urban development in Latino communities.[12]

In June 2009, Golden Boy Enterprises became embroiled in a dispute over who would fight for the WBA junior welterweight title. On the one hand, undefeated Dmitry Salita (the WBA's No. 1-ranked 140-pounder) was told by the WBA in writing that he will face the winner of the June 27 fight between titleholder Andreas Kotelnik and Amir Khan. On the other hand, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy said that he had it "in writing" that that fight would face the winner of the Victor Ortíz-Marcos Maidana fight.[13] The WBA's top executives were unavailable for comment. Salita was extremely upset over the prospect that he could lose what would be his first title shot. "They're a big company", he said of Golden Boy. "They're trying to bend the rules. They're trying to kick everyone to the side and get their way, rules or no rules. When Oscar De La Hoya formed Golden Boy, he said he wanted to change boxing, to bring honor to the sport. This isn't the honorable thing to do. This isn't good for boxing. This isn't justice. This goes against the right to pursue happiness, which is why my family immigrated to this country (from Ukraine) and why I've worked so hard. We'll see what happens."[13] Salita ended up fighting Khan, losing by 1st-round TKO.

In January 2017, Golden Boy signed a contract to bring their boxing promotions to ESPN under a two year deal of a total of 48 fights[14].

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (19 July 2005). "De La Hoya's Promotional Strategy Packs a Wallop" – via NYTimes.com.
  2. 1 2 "Southern California's finest square off on the return of "Fight Night Club" on February 24". Golden Boy Promotions. February 11, 2011. Archived from the original on October 16, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Fight Night". The Ring online. August 25, 2011. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Fighters - Golden Boy Promotions". www.goldenboypromotions.com.
  5. ↑ ":: Golden Boy Promotions Inc. ::".
  6. ↑ "Exclusive: Ben Rothwell considering offer from new Golden Boy and Affliction fight promotion - Five Ounces of Pain". 19 March 2008.
  7. ↑ Stupp, Dann (July 22, 2009). "CSAC: Affliction's Josh Barnett tested positive for anabolic steroid, license denied". MMAjunkie.com. Archived from the original on August 20, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  8. ↑ AP "No foe for Emelianenko sinks card", ESPN, July 24, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  9. ↑ Sherdog.com. "Update: Affliction Cancels 'Trilogy'". Sherdog.
  10. ↑ Okamoto, Brett "Former UFC stars Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz agree to third MMA fight", ESPN, July 4, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
  11. ↑ BoxingScene.com "De La Hoya: I strongly feel Golden Boy MMA will not be a one-off", September 7, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2018.
  12. ↑ :: Golden Boy Promotions Inc. :: Archived 2008-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. 1 2 "Data".
  14. ↑ Rafael, Dan (2017-01-19). "'Golden Boy Boxing on ESPN' begins partnership in March". ESPN.com. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
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