Eddie Hearn roasted promoter Oscar De La Hoya in an interview, saying, “He’s lost all his fighters,” and his company, Golden Boy, is “Done.”
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Hearn was in reactionary mode in response to De La Hoya’s Clap Back Thursdays this week, in which he bragged about his fighter, Anthony Joshua, who was knocked out by Daniel Dubois last weekend and Devin Haney who with him in the crowd for his ticket issues. .
De La Hoya claims that Hearn doesn’t know how to build fighters, and that the guys who signed with him will lose or get hurt. Hearn believes De La Hoya is bitter and hurt inside because he lost to Canelo Alvarez and Jaime Munguia, two of his top fighters.
It also indicates that Ryan Garcia is out for the rest of the year. Vergil Ortiz Jr’s recent fight against Serhii Bohachuk on August 10 did not sell many tickets at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Hearn noted that De La Hoya once again failed to take advantage of his Clap Back Thursdays to talk about his own fighters from Golden Boy trying to promote him. That would obviously be the logical thing to do rather than use valuable time to drag other promoters and their fighters.
“He’s just a strange man, but we all need strange in our lives. I don’t like people who pretend to be so happy, but who actually burn inside with this stupid voice that he put on,” he said promoter Eddie Hearn to the Stomping Groundsreacts to Oscar De La Hoya’s comments about him during his Clap Back Thursdays post.
“He lost all his fighters, and I think he’s injured. Canelo is obviously gone. Jaime Munguia, he pretends he’s not gone, but he’s gone to Top Rank. Vergil Ortiz, you saw his crowd against (Serhii ) Bohachuk. Golden Boy is out for a year.”
Canelo has been gone for a while, but Ryan Garcia is now putting up the best numbers. The New York State Athletic Commission has suspended him until April 2025. Munguia just lost to Canelo, and it’s unclear if he’ll ever be a star.
“He (De La Hoya) is still a character. I don’t take anything too seriously, even what he says,” Hearn said. “I just think he’s got a lot of demons, Oscar. I just hope he’s okay. When he says, ‘Look at AJ, he’s down.’ He doesn’t know how to fight. AJ is probably the best built fighter of any fighter in our generation. Oscar is Oscar. It’s another week of not talking about his fighters, who are all basically irrelevant.”
Joshua has brought a lot of money to Matchroom and will continue to do so if matched carefully. It wouldn’t be a good idea to match him up against Dubois or any of the other sluggers. Joshua is too fragile in the chin department to fight sluggers at this late stage of his career.
“We met with His Excellency on Friday. I don’t think he’s bothered by me saying he wants to see the rematch,” Hearn said about Turki Alalshikh wanting to see the Joshua vs. Daniel Dubois rematch.
Hearn should keep Joshua away from Dubois, and focus more on deals with Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk. These are two guys who don’t punch hard, and they are still winnable fights for Joshua if he has the right game plan.
“Obviously, this is our option to take, and it can happen well. We have to think a little. Check the hand, and check everything, and we’ll see if it’s possible,” said Hearn about Joshua.
