Oscar De La Hoya Digs At Eddie Hearn Over Ryan Garcia-Devin Haney Talks

Oscar De La Hoya continues to trade words with a range of people in the boxing world, from his own charge Ryan Garcia to his rival promoter Eddie Hearn.

De La Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions are coming off a good weekend in which one of their fighters, super middleweight contender Jaime Munguia, put on a devastating and display and secured a knockout win against a brave John Ryder in Arizona.

But De La Hoya still had something to say to Hearn about his comments regarding the talks between rivals Garcia and Devin Haney, who have been on and off with negotiations since Haney beat Regis Prograis late last year to become a two-weight world champion.

Initially Garcia called out Haney, then said he was pursuing Rolly Romeo, then revealed he had been lied to by De La Hoya so is now going back after Haney. 

Speaking at a press conference after the Munguia fight, former world champion De La Hoya expressed surprise at Hearn’s claims that he was involved with those negotiations.

“Last I heard, Haney was a free agent so I’m not sure what he’s talking about.”

He then addresses rumours that, like the Matchroom versus Queensbury card that is in the works, he might pit his own stable against Hearn’s Matchroom.

“An all Golden Boy versus Matchroom showdown? I’m not sure what fighters I can put against his. I’m not sure he has the talent in his stable.”

Also this week, De Le Hoya was quick to tell Shakur Stevenson to vacate his world title if he meant what he posted about retiring from the sport.