THEY'RE FIGHTING WORDS FOR OSCAR.Byline: ROBERT MORALES Every time we turn around, Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy the promoter is signing another famous fighter to some kind of contract. Over the past couple of years, De La Hoya La Hoya is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 30 inhabitants. has signed fellow fighters Bernard Hopkins  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. , ``Sugar'' Shane Mosley "Sugar" Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions and is the only boxer to date to have beaten Oscar de la Hoya twice. and Marco Antonio Barrera Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at WBO Super Bantamweight (122 lb), IBO / WBC Featherweight (126 lb), WBC Super Featherweight (130 lb) and IBF Junior Lightweight (130 lb) divisions. to contracts that also made them partners in Golden Boy Promotions Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a boxing promotional firm started by former world champion in six weight divisions, Oscar de la Hoya, whose nickname is The Golden Boy. Superstars Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley have also joined the firm. , a rapidly-growing powerhouse. Late last Saturday night, after Mosley had stopped Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas (born December 7, 1977 in Oxnard, California) is an American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious" and "The Aztec Warrior". in the sixth round at MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Grand in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , De La Hoya announced he had signed Winky Wright and his new company, Winky Promotions, to a ``strategic alliance'' contract. It is not the same kind of contract signed by Hopkins, Mosley and Barrera, who have holdings in Golden Boy. It is nevertheless another solid acquisition by Golden Boy, which will now co-promote Wright's fights and assist Winky Promotions with its fights. ``Basically, he will be using us as a vehicle to get his company started, and at the same time, we will be helping him promote his fights,'' De La Hoya said of the former junior middleweight champion and another in a recent line of fighters who have ventured into the promotional side of the sport. ``It is not an equity type of deal where we are going to give him (Wright) equity in Golden Boy Promotions,'' De La Hoya said. No, but having Wright adds another big name to an already strong cast. A day before announcing the signing of Wright, Hopkins referred to what is happening with Goldey Boy ``as a takeover. ... We are young, and we are rich.'' And brash. For example, De La Hoya was informed Tuesday via telephone that Gary Shaw, Wright's now-former promoter, had been quoted in a New Jersey newspaper as being perturbed per·turb tr.v. per·turbed, per·turb·ing, per·turbs 1. To disturb greatly; make uneasy or anxious. 2. To throw into great confusion. 3. about certain elements of the scenario. Wright, a few months back, tried to suddenly fire Shaw while Shaw was negotiating Wright's fight last month against middleweight champion Jermain Taylor, which ended in a draw. Shaw only ended up co-promoting the fight because HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy said it would not back the fight if Shaw were not included since he had done all of the work on Wright's behalf. Shaw knew then it might be his last fight with Wright, but he held out hope that Wright would continue to work with him at least on a fight-by-fight basis. Wright had even given Shaw permission to negotiate for him with HBO for a fall fight. Shaw was doing that. Unbeknownst to him, De La Hoya and Wright were about to seal their deal during a game of golf. Shaw said he didn't like being ``misled,'' and he didn't like Wright's lack of loyalty. This is what De La Hoya said: ``When you have Manny Pacquiao, when you have Winky Wright, when you have Shane Mosley not wanting to do business with you again, what is wrong with that picture? Who is wrong and who is right?'' Ouch! Shaw was shocked that De La Hoya would rip him in that manner. He quickly pointed out that super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez and junior lightweight champion Michael Anchondo left Golden Boy because of what they perceived to be unfair offers. Shaw also noted that De La Hoya twice left his longtime promoter, Bob Arum, as well as television mogul Jerry Perenchio, who briefly promoted De La Hoya during his first separation from Arum arum, common name for the Araceae, a plant family mainly composed of species of herbaceous terrestrial and epiphytic plants found in moist to wet habitats of the tropics and subtropics; some are native to temperate zones. . ``Winky Wright won his fights while under my tutelage TUTELAGE. State of guardianship; the condition of one who is subject to the control of a guardian. , big fights,'' Shaw said. ``Shane Mosley beat Oscar De La Hoya under me and Manny Pacquiao beat Erik Morales under my banner. It has nothing to do with me losing anybody. It surprises me that Oscar would say something like that. I have a lot of comments, but I try to use restraint. I have good karma. I go forward. ``Are you saying that Perenchio is a bad person because you left him to go back to Arum? And if Arum is a bad person, why go back to him? Oscar has had fighters leave him. Does that make Oscar bad?'' No, but all these moves prove De La Hoya has the same fire in his belly as a promoter that he has as a fighter. His next action will be to hold a summit for fighters so he can educate them on the business of boxing. Managers and promoters will also be able to attend, but De La Hoya said this idea came about because promoters have always exploited fighters. De La Hoya had a message for all up-and-coming fighters. ``To all of these fighters who are in the Olympic Games, who are you going to sign with?'' De La Hoya said. ``Are you going to sign with a promoter who has never laced up a glove, or a promotional company that has fighters as partners?'' Baldomir still has something to prove Tonight's Arturo Gatti-Carlos Baldomir championship fight in Atlantic City might tell us a bit more about Baldomir, who in January shocked the boxing world by beating Zab Judah in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. to win the World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council was initially created by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of welterweight belt. Most experts believe Baldomir won that fight because Judah was completely out of focus, looking ahead to a fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. ``I am taking Baldomir very seriously,'' said Gatti, of New Jersey via Canada. ``He beat Zab Judah. Zab Judah is a much better fighter than I am, but he doesn't have the heart that I have. Baldomir won the title in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , but he's going to lose it in New Jersey. A victory is guaranteed. Bet the house.'' Gatti, 34, is 40-7 with 31knockouts. He has won world titles in the super featherweight and junior welterweight divisions. Baldomir, 35, of Argentina, is 42-9-6 with just 12 knockouts. HBO will televise tel·e·vise tr. & intr.v. tel·e·vised, tel·e·vis·ing, tel·e·vis·es To broadcast or be broadcast by television. [Back-formation from television. the fight after it replays last Saturday's ``Sugar'' Shane Mosley-Fernando Vargas fight, won by Mosley via sixth-round technical knockout. This will be Gatti's 20th appearance on HBO, behind only Roy Jones Jr., Lennox Lewis, Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya. ``Gatti is a terrific fighter,'' said Kery Davis, an executive at HBO. ``You don't get to fight 20 times on HBO if you're not a terrific fighter. You don't sell tickets the way he does unless you're a terrific fighter. ``This will be a competitive, exciting fight. When Baldomir fought Judah, he had Judah just about running at the end of their bout.'' When Baldomir beat Judah, it was his first major title. ``I'm really happy to be back in the New York area because I won the belt here,'' Baldomir -said at Wednesday's final news conference. ``I'll never forget that. Everyone knows me and everyone knows Gatti, so I'll leave all the conclusions to you guys.'' Baldomir is trained by Amilcar Brusa, who also trained the late great middleweight champion Carlos Monzon. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1) Oscar De La Hoya has shown he can walk into a boxing arena as a promoter just as successfully as when he's got the gloves laced up. Robert Laberge/Getty Images (2) CARLOS BALDOMIR Box: (1) FIGHT NIGHT (2) Etc. |
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