Marlen Esparza has big plans in store for 2021, though willing to risk it for the sake of furthering a greater cause. The aspiring flyweight contender will appear on the undercard of an all-female Pay-Per-View show this Friday, headiined by her 2012...
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Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya may no longer promote pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez following their acrimonious breakup last fall, but he still pays attention to his fights. Alvarez, boxing’s biggest star, has boxed twice since parti...
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Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez, (41-0, 27 KOs), the Mexican light heavyweight contender and undefeated former world champion, has signed a multi-fight deal with Golden Boy. Details for Ramirez’s imminent return will be announced shortly.
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Oscar De La Hoya is certain Vergil Ortiz Jr. is ready to beat any welterweight in boxing, not just Maurice Hooker. Ortiz’s promoter proclaimed the undefeated contender as the best boxer in the 147-pound division Friday during a virtual press conferen...
For months, Oscar De La Hoya has sworn to anyone who will listen of his plans to one day return to the ring. The most significant step yet has been taken in that direction. The Hall of Fame former six-division champion was granted a new boxing Federa...
Junior middleweight/middleweight contender Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan is hoping to get selected as the comeback opponent for five division world champion Oscar De La Hoya in 2021. De La Hoya retired from the sport in 2008 after suffering a one-sided TKO...
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, 47-years-old, admits he was heavily inspired to return to the ring after watching Mike Tyson's performance in November. Tyson, 54-years-old and a former undisputed heavyweight champion, retired from the spo...
How does Oscar De La Hoya respond to a thinly-veiled death threat? By smiling from ear to ear, apparently. The threat in question was lobbed by middleweight titleholder Gennadiy Golovkin, who, a couple of months ago, responded to a reporter’s query a...
DALLAS—Oscar de la Hoya and his Golden Boy Promotions company are ready to re-enter the Gennadiy Golovkin business. Discussions remain ongoing for a middleweight title fight between Kazakhstan’s Golovkin (41-1-1, 36KOs) and Jaime Munguia (36-0, 29KOs...
DALLAS—A less experienced promoter would’ve watched their life flash before their eyes after witnessing hit the deck the way Ryan Garcia did in his latest crossroads bout. Oscar de la Hoya had flashbacks witnessing the moment in real time, though not...
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A few months ago, Golden Boy Promotions suffered a big blow when company superstar, Canelo Alvarez, broke away from their organization. They now have a new superstar in the making. On Saturday night at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas, Texas - l...
Ryan Garcia resoundingly says he’s ready to make the leap from prospect to top-flight contender and champion in 2021. The lightweight upstart has a tough test in front of him in Luke Campbell on Saturday night from the American Airlines Arena in Dall...
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No fighter is ever a finished product, especially at the tender age of 22. The boxing public realizes that Ryan Garcia is still a work in progress. Garcia’s (20-0, 17 KOs) potential is a promising one, and he further wants to prove that with a win ov...
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There was a time when Oscar De La Hoya wasn’t nearly this confident about how Ryan Garcia would fare versus Gervonta Davis. Based on Garcia’s considerable improvement while working with trainer Eddy Reynoso, though, “The Golden Boy” doesn’t think the...
