Eddie Hearn roasted promoter Oscar De La Hoya in an interview, saying, “He’s misplaced all his fighters,” and his firm, Golden Boy, is “Achieved.”
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Hearn was in a reactionary mode in response to De La Hoya’s Clap Again Thursdays this week, wherein he gloated about his fighter, Anthony Joshua, being knocked out by Daniel Dubois final weekend and Devin Haney beefing with him within the crowd over his ticket points.
De La Hoya states that Hearn doesn’t know the way to construct fighters, and that guys that signed with him will both lose or get injured. Hearn believes that De La Hoya is bitter and hurting inside as a result of he’s misplaced Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia, two of his prime fighters.
He additionally factors out that Ryan Garcia is out for the rest of the 12 months. Vergil Ortiz Jr’s current battle in opposition to Serhii Bohachuk on August tenth didn’t promote many tickets on the Michelob Extremely Area in Las Vegas.
Hearn famous that De La Hoya as soon as once more didn’t make the most of his Clap Again Thursdays to speak about his personal fighters from Golden Boy to attempt to promote them. That might clearly be the logical factor to do fairly than utilizing the dear time trashing different promoter and their fighters.
“He’s only a bizarre man, however all of us want bizarre in our lives. I don’t like individuals who faux they’re so completely satisfied however are literally burning inside with this foolish voice he’s placed on,” mentioned promoter Eddie Hearn to the Stomping Grounds, reacting to Oscar De La Hoya’s feedback about him throughout his Clap Again Thursdays submit.
“He’s misplaced all his fighters, and I believe he’s hurting. Canelo is clearly gone. Jaime Munguia, he pretends that he hasn’t gone, however he’s gone to Prime Rank. Vergil Ortiz, you noticed his crowd in opposition to [Serhii] Bohachuk. Ryan Garcia is out for a 12 months. Golden Boy is finished.”
Canelo has been gone for some time now, however Ryan Garcia is now bringing in the most effective numbers. The New York State Athletic Fee suspended him till April 2025. Munguia simply misplaced to Canelo, and it’s unclear whether or not he’ll ever be a star.
“He’s [De La Hoya] nonetheless a personality. I don’t take it too critically, both, about what he says,” mentioned Hearn. “I simply assume he’s obtained a variety of demons, Oscar. I simply hope he’s okay. When he says, ‘Take a look at AJ, he dropped. He doesn’t know the way to construct fighters.’ AJ might be the best-built fighter out of any fighter in our era. Oscar is Oscar. It’s one other week of not speaking about his fighters, who’re all principally irrelevant.”
Joshua has introduced in some huge cash to Matchroom and continues to take action if he’s matched rigorously. It wouldn’t be a good suggestion to match him in opposition to Dubois or every other sluggers once more. Joshua is simply too fragile within the chin division to battle sluggers at this late stage of his profession.
“We met with His Excellency on Friday. I don’t assume he’d be aggravated by me saying that he desires to see the rematch,” mentioned Hearn about Turki Alalshikh eager to see the Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois rematch.
Hearn ought to maintain Joshua away from Dubois, and focus extra on matching him in opposition to Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. These are two guys that don’t punch exhausting, and are nonetheless winnable fights for Joshua if he’s obtained the suitable recreation plan.
“Clearly, that’s our choice to take, and it might effectively occur. We’re going to have a bit assume. Get his hand checked out, and get every thing checked out, and we’ll see if that’s doable,” mentioned Hearn about Joshua.
