Jon Jones Selects Former Golden Boy CEO as Advisor for Fighting Career

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has new representation for his fighting career.

“Bones” announced via Twitter on Wednesday that he has retained former Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer as his advisor. Jones parted ways with First Round Management, led by Malki Kawa and Abe Kawa, early this year.

“I have retained Richard Schaefer as my advisor,” Jones wrote. “Richard has been in the combat sports space for over 20 years and has put together some of the biggest pay-per-view events over that period. The likes of [Floyd] Mayweather, [Oscar] De La Hoya, ‘Canelo’ [Alvarez], [Bernard] Hopkins, [Marco Antonio] Barrera and [Juan Manuel] Marquez have headlined exciting events that Richard has promoted and produced.

“His knowledges and experience of the pay-per-view industry and combat sports are second to none. I am excited to embark on this next chapter of my career as I continue to cement my place in history as one of the greats with Richard as my advisor. I can’t wait to give my fans and the sport the fights they want to see.”

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— BONY (@JonnyBones) May 26, 2021

Jones has not fought since he defending the 205-pound belt in a controversial decision win against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 in February 2020. Since then, the Jackson-Wink MMA standout has engaged in contentious negotiations with the UFC regarding a move to heavyweight that have put his career on hold.

A native of Switzerland, Schaefer left Golden Boy in 2014 but founded his own boxing promotional company in 2016 called Ringstar Sports.