Eric Gomez laughed when recalling his first fight-night duties at Golden Boy Promotions.
“One of my jobs was unfolding the chairs,” he said. “Putting the chairs on the floor, putting the little stickers with the numbers on the chairs, picking up the managers, picking up the fighters from the airport, renting the van. I’d do the travel, I used to do the hotel reservations, I used to do the medical certifiers, I used to do the licensing.”
That was 2002, the year Golden Boy opened its doors. Fourteen years later, on Sept. 7, Gomez was promoted to president of the company owned by childhood friend and Hall of Fame fighter Oscar De La Hoya.
Gomez on Thursday spoke in prideful tones about his move up the ladder of one of boxing’s top promotional companies. He went from chair unfolder to matchmaker to senior vice president to el presidente.
“It’s a validation of all the hard work, all the travel, all the sleepless nights, all the negotiations,” said Gomez, a 13-year residen sport world...
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