If Amir Khan beats Canelo, we'll obviously do the rematch," De La Hoya told The Guardian. “I’m very confident [Canelo vs. Golovkin will happen]. I like Golovkin, he has a great style, he’s a real fighter and he has created a mystique that I love. It’s just a matter of time. Believe me it will happen very soon.
Oscar De La Hoya Say About Canelo vs Golovkin fight.
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Sad that Oscar as a fighter took on all comers, big, small he fought them all and win, lose or draw he was respected because of it and always sold big time events but as a promoter, he feels he has to protect his cash cow and essentially cherry pick opponents for him rather than have him mimick his own career of taking on the best.Comment
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The paragraph cited above is from:If Amir Khan beats Canelo, we'll obviously do the rematch," De La Hoya told The Guardian. "I'm very confident [Canelo vs. Golovkin will happen]. I like Golovkin, he has a great style, he's a real fighter and he has created a mystique that I love. It's just a matter of time. Believe me it will happen very soon."
The only "problem" with this Oscar quote is that it is from Monday 29 February 2016 22.30 GMT -- as the Guardian article reads...
Oscar changed his tune long ago as about that "it will happen very soon" part...
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To be fair, Haymon stole most of his fighters. Alvarez is all he's got. These guys, Garcia, Thurman, Alvarez were fighting legitimate fights for their level until Haymon took away half of them.Sad that Oscar as a fighter took on all comers, big, small he fought them all and win, lose or draw he was respected because of it and always sold big time events but as a promoter, he feels he has to protect his cash cow and essentially cherry pick opponents for him rather than have him mimick his own career of taking on the best.Comment
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