Most Valuable Promotions

Shakur Stevenson, the superstar sweepstakes, man.

Who's gonna help Shakur get this bag? Right now, it's being reported that Shakur is officially being suited to trying to be wooed by Jake Paul's MVP and DAZN, the network themselves.

So it looks like the network that is DAZN wants to give him a network deal.

Now, we don't know why Eddie or why it's not being reported that Eddie wants to deal with Shakur, but that's still a major possibility, you know? Shakur could end up signing with Eddie Hearn or with just about anybody at this point.

He's been ordered by the WBO president to...

He has 20 days to negotiate with Raymond Murathaya and come to an agreement.

He's also being suited by DAZN, the network, and Jake Paul's MVP, both looking to sign him.

Jake Paul might bring some eyeballs.

He didn't just pick some passy.

And if you listen to the way that Richard Schaefer, who works with Canelo on his promotional company, which Canelo Promotions is the actual promoter of this fight in Saudi Arabia, most of these other events have been either promoted by Matchroom or Queensberry through the last couple of years.

This is a Canelo Promotions promotion.

Richard runs that company now.

And he was talking about when they went and they met with Turkey to talk about who – you know, who the opponent would be and what the possibilities were for this matchup.

even though they never had any particular problems or anything like that.

It was actually one of the smoother, friendlier types of relationships that they've had with any top championship-level pound-for-pound fighter.

As I've come to find out, he had been offered a contract by this upstart company in California that's done some smaller shows called DMG Promotions.

We do know that Floyd Schofield did win the fight with Lucas Body.

Lucas Body's camp and MVP promotions have been upset with the WBA, upset with the referee.

And, Rayfield, I read through this on their appeal, and I read your substack.

They are appealing even though he lost the decision significantly because it was only one knockdown or is it multiple knockdowns? Because otherwise, what are we doing here? Well, they claim.

I mean, what they're asking from the WBA, they want them to order a rematch.

The press release was pretty poor, to be honest, and I actually asked them about it because there was a lot of things that were vague.

The MVP

press release.

And no shock there or surprise there when you talk about Boddy coming from Canada, fighting the American, obviously here in the States, but also Boddy was the B-side.

He's with Jake Paul, MVP Promotions, and this was a Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya show with Floyd Schofield being the A-side.

I thought it was a great take, Bud, and a great pick by you again.

I'll say this.