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Mr.Richard Schaefer, CEO
Golden Boy Promotions
626 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 350
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Richard,

May I introduce myself as a boxing enthusiast, Houston Boxing Examiner, and supporter of Golden Boy Promotions.

Conveying a few suggestions for consideration by your team regarding the proposed Floyd Mayweather, Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez welterweight match.

Suggestions, as follows:

1. The Mayweather vs. Marquez fight should be held either as an undercard or co-main event bout together with the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto fight, and preferably on October 17 (and not in November).
2. On that date, perhaps we can see another exciting fight, perhaps with Victor Ortiz squaring off against Edwin Valero or Juan "Baby Bull" Diaz. Even a Vladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye fight would be most welcome as one of the other "super undercard" fights. Let's have not just super-fights, let's also have "super undercard" fights. MMA and the UFC have both done wonders in capturing the imagination of today's youth, what can we do to counter, or complement, such interest in prize fighting?

Given your (and my) background in investment banking, the whole can be greater than the sum of the parts if synergies are realized. The fact of the matter is, Mayweather vs. Marquez is not selling with the fans. We don't even know the details on Mayweather's (alleged) injury. Re-scheduling the bout to take place right around Mexico's Independence Day, in my view, is but an artificial ploy for increasing viewer traffic without ample or significant interest in that fight.

What would greatly elevate the interest in Mayweather vs. Marquez, however, is if it is scheduled right before Filipino phenom Manny Pacquiao takes on Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto. It would be an unimaginably raucous and loud crowd - the Americans, Mexicans, Filipinos, Puerto Ricans, Russians, Brittish, and every other boxing-loving creature, would be there . . . flag-waving, chanting, talking smack, yelling, and enjoying.