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Jon Jones Seeking To Reach 275 Lbs. In Quest To Be Baddest HW Ever

Former CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer is the lead advisor for Jon Jones and has shared a timeline for the return of the former 205-pound king. Richard Schaefer is a well-known boxing promoter and the executive now responsible for negotiating on behalf of Jones. The prominent businessman is said to have brokered hundreds […]

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Former CEO of Golden Boy Promotions Richard Schaefer is the lead advisor for Jon Jones and has shared a timeline for the return of the former 205-pound king.

Richard Schaefer is a well-known boxing promoter and the executive now responsible for negotiating on behalf of Jones. The prominent businessman is said to have brokered hundreds of boxing deals. While an agreement has yet to be struck with the UFC superstar, Schaefer has stressed that moving up to heavyweight for Jones is a meticulously planned project.

Recently, Jones posted a video on Instagram showing him pound through a leg workout.

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Fans have not witnessed “Bones” draped in black and gold since February of last year. Many are starting to wonder if Jones will ever make his highly anticipated move to the heavyweight division. Featured on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour, Schaefer clarified the intentions of the former champion.

“He was very clear from the very beginning: He wants to fight for the heavyweight championship. And so I sat down with Dana, with Hunter. And first, they tried maybe to do a comeback fight, or an interim fight, or this or that,” Schaefer revealed.

Richard Schaefer Expands On Jon Jones Negotiations

When asked about the potential date we might see Jones back in the Octagon, Schaefer explained that the 34-year-old won’t be available for a 2021 return, despite initial hopes.

“First, we were thinking about maybe November or December, but he really then felt that he wants to train. He’s the ultimate professional. I mean, I honestly have only seen once an athlete which is so structured and so strategic in his training, and that’s Floyd Mayweather. And I think that’s why they both are the GOATs. Richard Schaefer said. One is the GOAT of boxing; the other one is the GOAT of MMA. They go about it in a very strategic manner.”

With an emphasis on bulking up in the correct manner, the boxing executive acknowledged that the accolades of Jones are not by happenstance. Schaefer also shared that Jones is already 260 pounds and has a goal of reaching 275 pounds before all is said and done.

“So he said, ‘Look, I’m not gonna be ready in November or December. I want to bulk up. I want to bulk up in a smart way, in a strategic way, not just gain weight and be a big heavyweight. I want to gain the right weight.

By the way, I talked to him yesterday. He’s 260 pounds now…260 muscle, strong, explosive. Schaefer continued. And his goal is to go to 275 and basically be the biggest and baddest heavyweight the UFC has ever seen.”

The world has been waiting patiently for the former champ’s Octagon return, especially since Francis Ngannou began his heavyweight title reign by defeating Stipe Miocic. After negotiations for the megafight stalled, the UFC moved on quickly by offering Derrick Lewis and Ciryl Gane an opportunity to fight for an interim title at UFC 265. With Gane now the interim titleholder, he is expected to face Ngannou in early 2022. And it sounds like a bigger, badder Jon Jones may be awaiting the winner.

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Jon Jones Advisor Explains How He’ll Try To Make The Ngannou Fight

Jon JonesRichard Schaefer, the man tasked with guiding Jon Jones through perhaps the biggest moment of his fight career, has explained how he plans to secure a mega-money fight with Francis Ngannou for his client. Jones hasn’t competed inside the Octagon since defeating Dominick Reyes in controversial circumstances at UFC 247 in February 2020. The former […]

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Richard Schaefer, the man tasked with guiding Jon Jones through perhaps the biggest moment of his fight career, has explained how he plans to secure a mega-money fight with Francis Ngannou for his client.

Jones hasn’t competed inside the Octagon since defeating Dominick Reyes in controversial circumstances at UFC 247 in February 2020.

The former light-heavyweight king has since relinquished his title and announced his intention to compete at heavyweight moving forward. Despite the fact Jones has impressively bulked up over the last year, he has been unable to come to financial terms with the UFC for his heavyweight debut.

In the midst of this failure, Jones left his long-time management team and has now linked up with Schaefer who is best known for his exploits in the sport of boxing.

During an interview with Sirus XM, Schaefer revealed his goal is to help organize a fight between Jones and the current UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou.

“There’s this big fight out there, the fight against Francis Ngannou,” Schaefer said. “That’s the fight everybody wants to see. That’s what fight fans want to see – not just UFC fans, fight fans period – and that’s really my task, is to see if there’s a way to get that fight done and represent Jon Jones the legend against UFC, to see if we can get it done.”

Schaefer pointed out that Jones and Dana White took a wrong turn when they began publicly talking about a deal.

“When you start negotiating fights in the media, and people are starting to dig in their heels and say, ‘Well, this is too much,’ and people who maybe even aren’t supposed to talk are throwing out crazy numbers, which didn’t even come from the athlete himself, and people are getting pissed off at each other, that’s not the way you get deals done,” Schaefer said. “These (big fights) don’t get done through the media and Twitter and Instagram and things like that. They get done by professionals sitting down at the table talking about the different revenue streams and negotiating a deal. … That’s really the problem, because otherwise things get out of hand.”

Schaefer is confident in making Jones vs. Ngannou due to his own track record of making big fights and his friendly relationship with Dana White.

“It’s a matter of sitting down and seeing if we can structure a deal, which everybody can live with. I don’t know the MMA managers. I don’t know who the other MMA managers are. And I frankly don’t care. I have one task, which is to deliver to Jon that fight, and I’m gonna do whatever I can to do that based on my experience, based on my great relationship with Dana, and see if we can turn out what I think can be the biggest UFC pay-per-view event of all time.”

Jon Jones’ advisor insists now is the time to make a fight with Ngannou.

“My philosophy going back into my boxing days: If you do have a mega-event (in front of you), I always try to get that mega-event done,” Schaefer said. “Because if you allow for interim fights or other fights, you never know. A guy might lose, a guy might get injured. There just are so many question marks out there. My philosophy was always to deliver the biggest fights when they can get made.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)

Do you think Richard Schaefer will help get Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou done?