" It is an honor and a privilege to be able to work with such an amazing athlete and person as Jon Jones. Now it seems that it will move to mixed martial arts while advising Jones on the next steps in his career. Schaefer remains a major player in the sport of boxing, where he focused primarily throughout the years. He parted ways with Golden Boy in 2014 and, Since then, he has worked in real estate companies and founded his own boxing promotion company called Ringstar Sports. In 2000, Schaefer abandoned his career in finance to join Oscar De La Hoya in his new venture with the Golden Boy promotion, where they built an impressive stable of athletes while laying down some of the most important cards in boxing history. before finally becoming the chief operating officer for the entire western part of the United States. With the two sides unable to reach an agreement, Jones is still out of action, while now Ngannou is expected to face Derrick Lewis this summer.Īs for Jones's new advisor, Schaefer was born and raised in Switzerland and previously worked as the manager of the Swiss Bank's Los Angeles office. which was supposed to come later this year in a fight against new champion Francis Ngannou. The former champion has clashed with UFC president Dana White on numerous occasions regarding negotiations for his heavyweight debut. Jones is expected to compete as a heavyweight when he books his next fight, But controversial relationships with the UFC have kept him on the sidelines since February 2020.
While Jones has actually conducted his own negotiations for his past fights with UFC, It looks like he will be leaning on Schaefer to handle more of that role with promotion as he looks to get back into action. I can't wait to give my fans and the sport the fights they want to see. I am excited to embark on this next chapter of my career as I continue to cement my place in history as one of the greats with Richard as my advisor. " His knowledge and experience in the pay-per-view and combat sports industry is second to none. People like Mayweather, De La Hoya, 'Canelo', Hopkins, Barrera and Márquez have headlined exciting events that Richard has promoted and produced. Richard has been in the combat sports space for over 20 years and has hosted some of the biggest pay-per-view events of that period. « I have hired Richard Schaefer as my advisor. The former light heavyweight champion has hired former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer as his new advisor after previously working with First Round Management, a high-profile agency run by brother tandem Malki and Abe Kawa. Jon Jones has found a new representation while continuing to negotiate with UFC in his next fight.
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