Oscar De La Hoya has taken to social media to confirm the terms he would be satisfied with for his 154lbs star, Vergil Ortiz, to take on Jaron “Boots” Ennis.
De La Hoya said on Instagram that he’d been finalizing the WBC welterweight title fight between Mario Barrios and Ryan Garcia, working with PBC and Al Haymon, and that an announcement would be made on Monday.
“We have a lot of top matches to be made, as the US’ top promoters,” said the Golden Boy boss.
But most of his messaging concerned the possible fight between Ortiz and Ennis.
“In the meantime, Eddie Hearn is begging the media for this ‘Boots’-Vergil Ortiz fight. It’s so stupid as a promoter to pigeonhole your fighter into one opponent. You lose your negotiating power, which ends up being a lot of lost money for your fighter…
“Look, Vergil can fight two or three different guys in megafights. He’s got options. Imagine him with Errol Spence at Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Or Sebastian Fundora in a megafight in Vegas. Boots is part of the plan, but it doesn’t have to be next. Eddie, since you’re so desperate to make this fight, let’s do this: 60-40 for Vergil and five per cent to the winner, because I’m not moving off those numbers. You’re the ones begging for the fight.”
De La Hoya, by the way, added that there was a manager he was working with who was going behind his back to do deals, and that he would start sending legal letters, and that he was looking to keep big fights in the USA.
