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RICHARD SCHAEFER
Richard has been with Oscar for six years and is generally credited with being the architect of Golden Boy’s meteoric success during that brief time. He was born in Bern on October 25, 1961, and was raised in Switzerland.
AFTER AN EDUCATION IN BANKING (AS WELL AS A BA IN PSYCHOLOGY MA IN HYPNOSIS)
After an education in banking, he began his career with Swiss Volksbank, then came to Los Angeles in 1988 with Swiss Bank, (now UBS, the largest bank in Switzerland), and continued to get promotion after promotion until he was named Deputy CEO of Banking Operations in the United States in 1997. He was young, incredibly successful, and destined for a life of comfort and wealth.
(HE WAS SENT TO WORK ON THE INSIDES AND TO PROTECT HIMSELF FROM THE LAWSUITS SURRONDING THE HOLOCAUST SCANDAL... RICHARDS FATHER RELOCATED TO HEAD OF BANKING IN GENEVA...
Richard married his wife Lilia in 1994, and they have three children, ages, 12, 10, and 9.
“It was the smartest thing I’ve ever done,” he says of his marriage. “She’s just fantastic, she really allows me to do what I have to do to build up the business. It’s really important to have someone at home where you know the kids are taken care of.”
"IT WAS THE SMARTEST THING I'VE EVER DONE" LOL REALLY? DIDNT KNOW LOVE HAD A BRAIN...
“She’s just fantastic, she really allows me to do what I have to do to build up the business. SHE STAYS THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY...IS THAT WANT YOU MEANT TO SAY?
Richard met Oscar in 1995 through Raul Jaimes, Lilia’s nephew and longtime De La Hoya friend, who is now the Vice-President of Boxing Operations for Golden Boy. A few years later, Oscar approached Schaefer to build a business for him and in the year 2000 he left the banking business to make history with De La Hoya, intrigued with the possibilities in the burgeoning Hispanic market with the charismatic De La Hoya as the face of the company.
It was a calculated gamble that has paid off well. Today they operate out of the 12 story headquarters known as the “Golden Boy Building” on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, enjoying enormous success as a promotional company on the top tier of the industry.
ANSWERING THE ALLEGATIONS
As previously stated, not everyone is convinced of the motives and methods of the Golden Boy operation. Richard Schaefer went on the record to answer his detractors and describe his vision for Golden Boy.
Swann: Are you still promoting Chico Corrales and if so, when is his first fight?
Schaefer: “Well hopefully. We were copied a letter from Gary Shaw where he claims he still has promotional rights for Chico Corrales . A lot of people were copied, short of Jim Lampley and Harold Lederman from HBO just about everyone else that you could think of. But Chico Corrales subsequently responded back to Gary and asked, ‘I was not aware of signing any promotional or Showtime agreement, would you please be so kind as to send me a copy to refresh my recollection?’ And he has not received a copy of that agreement.
“When I saw a copy of that letter, I went on the record saying that, of course, if there is a valid promotional agreement we would, of course, withdraw as Chico Corrales’ promoter because the last thing we want is to interfere with an existing valid contract.
“What is interesting though is that in reference to William Trillo [Pound4pound.com] in the article you called brilliant, which I don’t think is that brilliant because if he had checked with us, which he didn’t, I would have told him.
“Prior to signing Chico Corrales I called Gary Shaw and told him as you know there are a number of promoters trying to retain and sign services for Chico Corrales. We obviously are one of them who are interested, and he [Shaw] acknowledges that. I talked to him and he said, ‘Well, I’m trying to sign him as well.’ Not one time did he say to me that, ‘Hey, I still have a promotional contract and I ask you not to interfere.’ And that obviously is very unfortunate. I asked him, ‘Why didn’t you tell me you had an agreement?’ He said, ‘Well you didn’t ask me directly.’ I said, ‘C’mon, I’m calling you telling you I’m interested in Corrales, you told me you wanted to re-sign him as well, why didn’t you just tell me you had a contract with him?’ He said, ‘I don’t have to tell you anything.’ He told me other things in the conversation that I don’t want to repeat because I respect Gary Shaw and I have nothing against the man.
“[James] Prince, his [Corrales] manager was mentioned as well. Why didn’t Richard call Prince? Well, I did call Prince. As a matter of fact I even negotiated the contract with Prince. Shane Mosley was on the phone, I was on the phone, James Prince was on the phone. James Prince actually asked our attorney to send him a copy of the contract, so he was part of that. Why didn’t he say , ‘Richard we can’t because there’s a valid contract.’ He knew we were going to sign Diego Corrales. There’s a track record on our email. There was no conspiracy that we were trying to take him [Corrales] from another promoter. We checked with the fighter, we checked with the promoter, and we checked with the manager.”
Swann: How about the Pacquiao signing?
Schaefer: “Again, his attorney was there and we negotiated the contract very thoroughly. If Bob Arum feels he wants to sue us, he should. In return I’m asking him [Arum] what your claims are and he sent what he claims they are and there’s nothing to it. So again, it’s other promoters trying to bully their way around, and it just doesn’t fly with us. I believe in the end the truth will always come out. I sleep well at night because I know I’m doing the right thing. Anybody can sue anybody. We’ve gotten sued in the past and, touch wood, we’ve always won.”
Swann: Shouldn’t someone have checked the status of the contracts with Corrales and Pacquiao?
Schaefer: “These are two different cases. Chico Corrales said he didn’t [have an existing contract]. Yes, I think a promoter should look into it and not take the fighter’s word, absolutely.
“In one case we had Manny’s attorney involved and he knew what was signed and not signed. We checked with other people who checked and confirmed that Manny Pacquiao is a promotional free agent, but I’d rather not name those other people . When he [Arum] does go to the lawsuit, people will find out who these people are.
“ As to Diego Corrales, if a fighter asked me [ for a copy of the contract] I would just send it to him and I would send a copy of the Showtime agreement. If they’re signed and they’re done, what is the big mystery? If I signed a deal and I’m still obligated to provide certain services, I’m going to provide those services. We said that even though we checked, if a contract pops up, that’s fine with us , too.”
Swann: How about the charge that Golden Boy cannot develop talent and steal talent from other promoters after they develop them?
Schaefer: “ We develop talent. For example, take Ponce De Leon. We brought him along. He’s world champion now and he’s been on HBO several times. Johhny Gonzales, one of the most talked about , exciting fighters, we brought him along. Israel Vasquez is a guy who has been around, but we brought him into prominence. So is Joan Guzman. We create the opportunities and it’s up to them to deliver. Another guy we brought along from the beginning was Librado Andrade, who is ranked #1 [super middleweight] in the world and is the mandatory to Mikkel Kessler. He was built up on HBO Latino and Telefutura. So there are a number of fighters that we have built up and frankly I don’t know any other promoter who can say they have developed as much talent as we have done in the last few years.
“You know a lot of that is driven from jealousy. When you are successful, it breeds jealousy.”
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Schaefer: “ I must compliment Kathy Duva. At least she is open enough to go public with her feelings. While other people hide and don’t want to be named in public because they’re afraid that it will have consequence and make me out to be that monster.
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