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De La Hoya Glad Taishan Didn’t Get Knocked Out

•May 11, 2015

The fourth professional fight of Taishan Dong saw the 7-foot Chinese heavyweight take some clean, flush shots, though he remained standing and was able to take a four-round majority decision over Jamal Woods. Dong has been in the paid ranks for less than a year and is essentially learning as he goes. But while some may have watched Dong vs. Woods and seen a big stiff soon to get laid flat, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions acknowledged the tough moments while remaining optimistic.

De La Hoya Impressed by Canelo’s Poise With Kirkland

David P. Greisman

•May 11, 2015

Although Canelo Alvarez scored three knockdowns on James Kirkland, including the sensational one-punch knockout that laid Kirkland out, he first had to weather an assault in the opening minutes. The way he did that, along with the result, caught the eye of Alvarez’s promoter, Hall of Fame fighter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions. “Kirkland came on so strong but Canelo kept his poise. He tried to keep his distance, but Kirkland was just so relentless,” De La Hoya said immediately afterward. “What really impressed me was his defense. He was dodging the left hooks that Kirkland was throwing. And the body shots — he knew that the body shots would do it. He used everything in his arsenal. But the most impressive punch was the body shot.

Diplomatic De La Hoya Declines To Discredit May-Pac

Peter Lim

•May 10, 2015

In the wake of the sensational and explosive Canelo-Kirkland affair, promoter Oscar De La Hoya resisted the temptation to gloat about his symbolic triumph over last weekend's dud that was (over)hyped as Fight of the Century. Baited by the media at the post-fight press conference to compare the thrill factor of Canelo's one-punch knockout against that of the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, De La Hoya instinctively and sarcastically responded: "What fight?"

Video: De La Hoya on Canelo's Win, Cotto Next, May-Pac

BoxingScene Staff

•May 10, 2015

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas - David P. Greisman catches up with Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya, who discussed Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (45-1-1, 32KOs) scoring a vicious third round knockout of James Kirkland (32-2, 28KOs). Kirkland went down once in each round, with the third knocking coming from a massive right hand that caught Kirkland right on the chin and sent him down and out. De La Hoya talks about Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, whether or not Canelo is intending to fight WBC middleweight champion Miguel Cotto next, and more.

Golden Boy Wants Canelo To Be a Texas Regular

David P. Greisman

•May 10, 2015

It wasn’t the largest crowd that had come to see Canelo Alvarez in Texas, but it was still quite sizable, an announced 31,588 people in attendance at Minute Maid Park, the baseball stadium that is home field to the Houston Astros. This was the second time that Alvarez fought in the Lone Star State. Nearly 40,000 had watched him top Austin Trout at the Alamodome in San Antonio back in April 2013. And given the popularity Canelo has among Mexican and Mexican-American boxing fans, Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions says that Alvarez should become a regular there in the future

De La Hoya Not Giving Up on Frankie Gomez Just Yet

David P. Greisman

•May 10, 2015

You can add the namesake of Golden Boy Promotions to the list of executives disappointed in junior-welterweight prospect Frankie Gomez for coming in tremendously overweight and having his bout with Humberto Soto canceled this past Saturday on the undercard of Canelo Alvarez vs. James Kirkland. Gomez-Soto was supposed to be the televised co-feature and was also to be preceded by the HBO replay of Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao. But he said he fell sick two weeks ago. Golden Boy vice president Eric Gomez said Frankie Gomez didn’t inform them until the week of the fight. The weight limit was raised from 141 to 145, and still Frankie Gomez came in at 147.5.

Video: De La Hoya Discusses Canelo at Post Presser

BoxingScene Staff

•May 10, 2015

David P. Greisman was front and center at the post fight press conference on the night that Saul “Canelo” Alvarez dramatically knocked out James Kirkland. In front of more than 31,000 raucous fans Minute Maid Park in Houston, super welterweight sensation Mexico's Canelo Alvarez (45-1-1, 32 KOs) knocked out Texas' "Mandingo Warrior" Kirkland (32-2, 28 KOs) with a thunderous right hand in the middle of the third-round, capping a sensational performance that saw the 24-year-old drop Kirkland in the first round, second round in the third and deliver a number of huge shots before the eventual end of the fight. The fight was broadcast live on HBO World Championship Boxing®.

Canelo, De La Hoya Want Golovkin at The Right Time

David P. Greisman

•May 10, 2015

Canelo Alvarez may be moving toward a fight with middleweight champion Miguel Cotto, but that doesn’t mean that he and his team feel that they are also ready for a bout with 160-pound destroyer Gennady Golovkin. Perhaps that’s because Cotto is a small middleweight, someone who came in at 155 pounds for his win over Sergio Martinez and who will be defending his championship against Daniel Geale this June at a contractual catch-weight of 157 pounds. Golovkin, meanwhile, has long been a part of the division.

DiBella Fires Bombs on Golden Boy Over Haymon Claims

Rick Reeno

•May 6, 2015

On Wednesday morning, Golden Boy Promotions officially announced that their company had filed a $300 million lawsuit against manager/adviser Al Haymon and related companies and Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. and its related hedge funds. Golden Boy's lawsuit alleges repeated violations of antitrust laws and the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act. The lawsuit alleges that Haymon - through his Premier Boxing Champions series - "has entered into agreements to restrain trade in a substantial portion of the market for promotion of Championship-Caliber Boxers." And the papers further claim that Haymon is exploiting fighters by violating the Ali Act.

Oscar De La Hoya: Canelo Will Eventually Fight Golovkin

Lyle Fitzsimmons

•May 5, 2015

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - It’s official. Our long national hyperbolic nightmare is over. And as we turn from the tattered wreckage of Manny Pacquiao’s mayhem-creating aura – or from the tattered wreckage of his right shoulder, you decide – we can look confidently forward knowing that boxing’s pay-per-view future remains in the capable hands of a 20-something redheaded Mexican. Or so sayeth Oscar De La Hoya, at least. The “Golden Boy’s” got a vested interest in that scenario, of course, but that’s not to say that the fight his man will take part in this weekend – in Houston, against oft-menacing Texas native James Kirkland – won’t be worth a watch when it arrives on HBO’s air Saturday at 9 p.m. The match will air live, and will be paired with the network’s replay of some other fight that apparently happened last Saturday. The former six-division world champion sat down recently to discuss his company’s flagship fighter, the inherent danger of a rumble with Kirkland and the opponent he ultimate sees as a PPV foil.