On the conference call today to promote Saturday night's Oscar De La Hoya-Manny Pacquiao fight, I asked Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer whether he could confirm that Golden Boy will promote both the Affliction MMA show and the Antonio Margarito-Shane Mosley boxing match on the night of January 24.
Schaefer's answer served as a reminder that for Golden Boy, boxing is big business, whereas MMA is just a side activity.
"I don't want to talk about it right now," Schaefer said. "We're still trying to finalize it. The one thing I know for sure is that Antonio Margarito and Sugar Shane Mosley will be fighting on January 24."
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