Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya explained the reasons behind his recent legal letter to Floyd Mayweather - with the letter advising the retired former five division world champion to stay away from lightweight prospect Ryan Garcia.
Earlier this month, Mayweather made a fight offer to Garcia during an interview with TMZ Sports. He offered $200,000 for Garcia to fight Mayweather Promotions fighter Rolando Romero.
Garcia, regarded as one of the rising stars within Golden Boy's stable, personally attended a Mayweather Promotions card on February 9th, to watch WBA super featherweight champion Gervonta Davis score a first round knockout of Hugo Ruiz in Carson, California.
Mayweather, should Garcia beat Romero, promised to make the fight with Davis.
After Garcia attended Mayweather's birthday party this past weekend, De La Hoya had his legal team issue a cease and desist letter to Floyd.
De La Hoya explained that Mayweather crossed the line, and so far there has been no word in response to his letter.
"Well, there are proper ways of making fights happen. You don't go out there publicly [making offers]. The proper way, is you send in a contract and we take a look at it and we talk about it and we make it happen. That's what real promoters do. Not one word [from them in response to the letter]," De La Hoya told TMZ Sports.
"In any business, you don't deal with matters publicly, especially in business.... you talk about it or send an email. The proper way is to pick up the phone and call me."
Regarding a potential fight between Garcia and Davis, De La Hoya said that contest needs "needs the proper timing" in order to happen.