Golden Boy Promotions head Oscar De La Hoya has taken a weird shot at Matchroom rival Eddie Hearn, accusing him of ruining Anthony Joshua’s profession whereas receiving a face therapeutic massage from girlfriend Holly Sonders.
The previous six-weight world champion was reacting to Hearn’s newest present, headlined by Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk whereas loved by 65,000 punters at Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium, and pretended to not know his title whereas rambling by way of the livestream.
“I am going to inform you one factor the, uh…” De La Hoya begins, earlier than asking for affirmation from Sonders on the fighters.
“Joshua versus Usyk, which no person noticed within the US, as a result of…”
Oscar De La Hoya firing pictures at Eddie Hearn after Anthony Joshua's defeat to Oleksandr Usyk…
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“What’s that promoter that does not know the right way to.. that has no clue of what to do within the US? I feel his title is Hearn or one thing,” De La Hoya provides.
“Oh, Thomas Hearn?” Sonders, a sports activities presenter and mannequin, says.
“Yeah, Thomas Hearn. Thomas Hearn…” De La Hoya begins once more, considering he’s addressing the Brit immediately.
“Keep within the UK. Promote your fights. You don’t have any clue what you might be doing within the US. DAZN is doing the precise factor by sticking with Golden Boy.”
“Avoid the US,” De Lay Hoya additionally says.
“He doesn’t know the right way to promote in America – Usyk topped himself world champion and Eddie Hearn ruined Joshua’s profession,” he finishes, concerning the Ukrainian’s factors win that relieved the 2012 Olympic gold medalist of his heavyweight straps.
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What makes De La Hoya’s rant even stranger is that he possible is aware of full nicely who Hearn is, with the promoter virtually working British boxing and likewise being concerned with the likes of Mexican megastar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
As implied, Golden Boy Promotions has an unique cope with DAZN to point out the bouts of fighters comparable to light-weight and welterweight contenders Ryan Garcia and Vergil Ortiz, however so too does Matchroom with their settlement lately boosted for an additional 5 years in July for a reported $ 135 million.
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But this doesn’t make them rivals by any means.
Above all, De La Hoya is probably bitter over having misplaced pound-for-pound king ‘Canelo’ to Hearn.
Regardless of him not signing immediately with Matchroom, the Mexican’s previous couple of fights have been promoted by the UK agency, and the 2 events will even transfer ahead collectively for his upcoming tremendous middleweight unification assembly with Caleb Plant on November 6 in Las Vegas.
Maybe De La Hoya ought to give attention to his personal affairs, and getting face messages from Sonders every time he can.
Rumored to have shacked up earlier this yr, after assembly at a boxing occasion in June, the pair struck up a union after Sonders broke off her engagement to sports activities betting marketing consultant Dave Oancea referred to as ‘Vegas Dave’.