Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya gives his weekly roundup of thoughts on news in the boxing world.
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to get Oscar De La Hoya’s feedback on a number of news topics in the boxing world, including tomorrow’s fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, selling Ring Magazine, and more. Here’s some of what Oscar had to say below.
De La Hoya on Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson
“Jake Paul and Mike Tyson are set to fight tomorrow night on Netflix. Jake, you’re a f—ckin’ spectacular marketer my man. After only a few years in the sport you managed to get yourself an enormous payday and you’re fighting Mike f—cin’ Tyson. But you’re fighting Tyson at 60 years old. This is serious sh-t, where you can actually hurt an old man. Jake, it adds zero credibility to your resume.
“I’ve been saying this for years, that if you want to be taken seriously in boxing you need to take a different path. Regardless, I will be watching and I do hope Mike catches you with that left uppercut and knocks you the f-ck out.”
On selling Ring Magazine to Turki Alalshikh
“Big news was announced this week that Turki Alalshikh is now the new owner of The Ring Magazine, the most prestigious brand in boxing today, and I was happy to sell it to him. I bought The Ring Magazine more than a decade ago because it meant everything to me as a fighter and I wanted to preserve the brand’s legendary status.
“Man, I had hundreds of offers over the years to sell, but I didn’t feel any of the suitors were right until Turki came along. He has a tremendous passion for the sport and has a huge plan to expand the entire Ring brand. The world has been waiting for one champion per weight division and now I have all the confidence in the world we will see that very soon.”
On the proposed Matchroom vs Golden Boy five on five card
“Eddie Hearn now says he doesn’t want to fight ‘Boots’ Ennis with Vergil Ortiz. You’re right, Eddie. Boots looked like an amateur last weekend, but a deal is a deal. Don’t be a pussy now, Eddie. You also said you would fight me for the right number. F-ck the money, Eddie. I will fight you free. It would be my pleasure.”
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