"I had been around the filming of “The Fighter” movie and had been speaking to Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg about boxing and training. They both encouraged me to come out to LA and see how I like it, take a shot at it."
Fed up with the nonsense, Gerald pulled the fighters in and told them he would be holding their purses if they did not fight. Afterward, someone reminded Gerald that he did not have the authority to withhold money from fighters. “They don’t know that,” Gerald retorted.
He’s one of boxing’s top media men for all those great shots that fight fans get to enjoy all over social sites leading up to some of the sport’s biggest events.