Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
Former middleweight titleholder James Page now readies his Lion’s Den Boxing Gym fighters, including undefeated Amari Jones, for not just a single contest but for a career in boxing.
In the latest high-profile moves of Turki Alalshikh, the chairman of the General Entertainment Authority in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Season has announced partnerships with Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions.
Oscar De La Hoya’s new social-media feature, “Clap-back Thursdays” won over some immediate support this week for cutting to the core of some of the high-profile matters the former world-champion fighter and powerful promoter is involved in.
On Saturday, the WBC lightweight champion and free agent star Stevenson was in Philadelphia for the Matchroom Boxing show headlined by Jaron “Boots” Ennis’ hometown fight and stoppage win against David Avanesyan.
Instead of getting bogged down in Ryan Garcia’s suspension or the weight difference between last year’s lightweight Garcia and current junior-middleweight elite contender Vergil Ortiz Jr. (21-0, 21 KOs), De La Hoya pounced on the suggestion the bout could take place next year.
Shakur Stevenson’s free agency tour officially launched Thursday as the unbeaten three-division and WBC lightweight titleholder engaged in an afternoon Zoom call with Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions.
The scrap between knockout artists Serhii Bohachuk and Vergil Ortiz Jr. is shaping up to be a scintillating slugfest, and the fighters gathered Thursday at Golden Boy headquarters to start stewing interest for their summer showdown.
In Monday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Waters,” analyst Chris Algieri said the current situations of each fighter leaves them looking for a dance partner, peering squarely at the other. Three-division and WBC lightweight champion Stevenson (22-0) just disposed of challenger Artem Harutyunyan in New Jersey to complete his contract with promoter Top Rank, which signed him out of the 2016 Olympics.
Promoter Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday expanded on his social media post condemning the racist comments of his suspended fighter Ryan Garcia, explaining that the rehab-bound Garcia is “in a bad, bad place now – really bad."
