Promoter Oscar De La Hoya verbally attacked British followers for being excited over stories that negotiations had been beginning for a struggle between Canelo Alvarez and British fighter Chris Eubank Jr. at Wembley Stadium in London.
De La Hoya is off to an early begin together with his Clapback Thursdays posts, which contain him roasting rival promoters and fighters. His former fighter, Canelo, is all the time somebody De La Hoya has one thing detrimental to say about.
“It will promote out Wembley as a result of UK followers don’t know s*** about boxing 😂😂😂,” mentioned Oscar De La Hoya on X, reacting to the information of a possible Canelo Alvarez vs. Chris Eubank Jr. struggle being negotiated.
Taking a look at it from De La Hoya’s aspect. He views Canelo vs. Eubank Jr. struggle as one other instance of the Mexican star deciding on a weak opponent, somebody who isn’t a high-level fighter, and definitely not adequate to problem for Alvarez’s WBA, WBC and WBO tremendous middleweight titles.
The 35-year-old Eubank Jr. (34-3, 25 KOs) doesn’t struggle at 168, isn’t ranked in that division, and hasn’t overwhelmed a high-level fighter ever in his profession. He lately got here off a 13-month layoff to knock out journeyman Kamil Szeremeta within the seventh spherical on October twelfth in Riyadh.
British wouldn’t argue that Eubank Jr. is just not a strong fighter who deserves a title shot in opposition to Canelo. Eubank Jr. is only a son of a well-known British fighter, and all his wins in his inflated report got here in opposition to lesser opposition. Eubank Jr. is recognition within the UK, however solely due to his father.
De La Hoya needs Canelo to struggle David Benavidez. He feels he’s been ducking him, and he doesn’t respect that. If not him, he needs Canelo to face Artur Beterbiev, Dmitry Bivol, or David Morrell. In different phrases, fighters that will have a great opportunity of beating him. You’ll be able to’t say that about Eubank Jr. He’s not going to beat Canelo, and he in all probability couldn’t even beat his final opponent, Edgar Berlanga. That was a man that followers had no respect for.
De La Hoya was reacting to this remark from Eubank Jr’s promoter Ben Shalmon to Sky Sports activities Information over negotiations beginning for Canelo-Eubank Jr:
“We’ve already began small conversations across the Canelo struggle. If he’s ever going to struggle within the UK, that’s the struggle, and that will promote out Wembley Stadium.”
