Following the recent departure of former CEO Richard Schaefer, there's been much confusion about who is and who is not a Golden Boy Promotions fighter. Currently, the company's website lists 78 active fighters on their roster. While that sounds impressive, there's a small catch...some of those 78 fighters are not formally signed to contracts with Golden Boy Promotions. At least a third of their roster is advised by Al Haymon, and the vast majority of his fighters are promotional free agents. Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya must now figure out which fighters are his, which fighters are not, and which fighters are near the end of their contracts.



While some of Haymon's fighters, like Jermell Charlo, Keith Thurman, and Gary Russell Jr., are already free agents, several sources have confirmed that virtually all of his fighters are already approaching the end of their contracts and currently have no plans of resigning with Golden Boy Promotions. That includes fighters like Devon Alexander, whose final fight with Golden Boy will take place on June 21 when he takes on Jesus Soto Karass. To make matters worse for De La Hoya, one of his own partners, unified light heavyweight champion Bernard Hopkins, doesn't even have a signed contract with the company. Essentially, De La Hoya could soon be faced with the reality that, with the exception of Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, every major star on his roster will be gone by 2015.



Below is a list of the active fighters that Golden Boy Promotions currently has on their website. Those that are advised by Al Haymon are denoted with [AH] before their name. As previously stated, according to our sources, virtually all of them are either already free agents or on the verge of becoming free agents in the very near future. In other words, don't expect the following fighters to remain on the Golden Boy roster: Leo Santa Cruz, Gary Russell Jr., Omar Figueroa Jr., Danny Garcia, Lamont Peterson, Adrien Broner, Amir Khan, Devon Alexander, Keith Thurman, Luis Collazo, Marcos Maidana, Paulie Malignaggi, Robert Guerrero, Victor Ortiz, Erislandy Lara, Jermell Charlo, Daniel Jacobs, Peter Quillin, Librado Andrade, Enrique Ornelas, Deontay Wilder, Seth Mitchell, Lucas Matthysse*, and Abner Mares*. If you're wondering who that leaves as Golden Boy fighters, check out the list below (minus the Al Haymon fighters).



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Ivan Morales

Cesar Seda

Randy Caballero

Cristian Mijares

Diego de la Hoya

Joseph Diaz Jr.

[AH] - Leo Santa Cruz

Manuel Avila

Santiago Guevara

Yoandris Salinas

[AH] - Abner Mares

Braulio Santos

Daniel Ponce De Leon

[AH] - Gary Russell Jr.

Jayson Velez

Joseph Rodriguez

Julian Ramirez

Rene Alvarado

Ronny Rios

Francisco Vargas

Sergio Thompson

Vicente Escobedo

Will Tomlinson

Abner Cotto

Adan Mares

Jamie Kavanagh

Jeffrey Fontanez

Jorge Linares

[AH] - Omar Figueroa Jr.

Roberto Manzanarez

Sharif Bogere

[AH] - Adrien Broner

Antonio Orozco

[AH] - Danny Garcia

Erik Morales

Fidel Maldonado Jr.

Frankie Gomez

Humberto Soto

Jairo Castaneda

Johan Perez

[AH] - Lamont Peterson

[AH] - Lucas Matthysse

Mauricio Herrera

Michael Perez

Pablo Cesar Cano

Roberto Ortiz

Zab Judah

Zachary Ochoa

[AH] - Amir Khan

[AH] - Devon Alexander

Jesus Soto Karass

Jorge Silva

[AH] - Keith Thurman

[AH] - Luis Collazo

[AH] - Marcos Maidana

[AH] - Paulie Malignaggi

[AH] - Robert Guerrero

Sadam Ali

[AH] - Victor Ortiz

Alfonso Blanco

Alfredo Angulo

Eddie Gomez

[AH] - Erislandy Lara

Gerardo Ibarra

[AH] - Jermell Charlo

Phil Lo Greco

Saul Alvarez

Anthony Ogogo

[AH] - Daniel Jacobs

[AH] - Peter Quillin

D'Mitrius Ballard

[AH] - Librado Andrade

Marco Antonio Periban

Yamaguchi Falcao

Bernard Hopkins (free agent)

[AH] - Enrique Ornelas

[AH] - Deontay Wilder

[AH] - Seth Mitchell

* Note: Of all the fighters currently being advised by Al Haymon, we're told that Lucas Matthysse and Abner Mares are the only ones that may actually remain with Golden Boy Promotions for an extended period due to their contract.

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