Oscar De La Hoya took to social media to taunt promoter Eddie Hearn over his flagship fighter Anthony Joshua’s knockout loss to Daniel Dubois final weekend. De La Hoya stated that fighters who signal with Hearn’s Matchroom are assured to lose or get injured.
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The previous two-time heavyweight champion Joshua (28-4, 25 KOs) has been a giant winner for Hearn since he signed him over a decade in the past and has introduced in some huge cash for his firm. AJ is getting older, and the timing was dangerous for him to problem the knockout artist Dubois (22-2, 21 KOs).
In hindsight, Hearn ought to have waited till Joshua fought Tyson Fury earlier than making the combat with Dubois. All Joshua needed to do was combat yet one more weak opponent just like the 4 earlier tomato cans whereas ready for the Fury to face Oleksandr Usyk of their rematch on December twenty first.
Hearn would in all probability acknowledge now that he made a mistake by matching Joshua in opposition to IBF heavyweight champion Dubois. He in all probability thought Dubois would crumble below the exhausting punches from Dubois as he had in his losses to Usyk and Joe Joyce. Nevertheless, these had been fights wherein Dubois was very a lot in them and landed loads of big bombs that might knock out each fighters.
DDD was robbed in his title combat in opposition to Usyk final 12 months in Poland after knocking him down with a physique shot within the fifth spherical, which the referee mistakenly dominated as a low blow. That ought to have been a knockout win for Dubois.
“Anthony Joshua was knocked out within the fifth spherical by Dubois. It was really an incredible and entertaining combat, and I like AJ. Nevertheless, this was one other big L for Eddie Hearn, who’s actually 0-11 to Frank Warren this 12 months,” stated Oscar De La Hoya throughout immediately’s Clapback Thursdays version.
It was an entertaining combat between Joshua and Dubois final weekend. It was one which AJ got here near profitable within the fifth spherical when he harm Dubois, however he tousled by throwing an uppercut whereas going for the kill. Joshua’s coach had instructed him to throw an uppercut, and that was ineffective directions.
“This continues the Matchroom curse, that means if you happen to signal with Matchroom, you’re both assured to lose or get injured,” De La Hoya continued.
“To make issues worse, Eddie Hearn confronted off together with his previous buddy Devin Haney on the crowd at Wembley. Eddie, you may’t construct a fighter to avoid wasting your life. Anthony Joshua had the world at his fingertips, and also you discovered a option to fumble his profession.”
