Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
Terence Crawford and Oscar De La Hoya have some differing viewpoints as it relates to growing the boxing business. An existential crisis of sorts has gripped boxing since it was announced earlier this week that Showtime will no longer be programming the sport after the end of this year, effectively ending the broadcaster’s nearly four-decade relationship with The Sweet Science.
Some of the most notable fighters in boxing want to help improve the sport’s business model. With the news on Tuesday that Showtime, the premium cable network that has showcased boxing since 1986, will no longer be broadcasting the sport after the end of the year, prominent fighters such as junior welterweight star Ryan Garcia and undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford took to social media to voice their desire to reinvent the way boxing is distributed to the masses.
UFC’s Dana White insists that boxing promoters will have neither the moolah nor chutzpah to stage a fight at the latest entertainment spectacle in Las Vegas, The Sphere.
Oscar De La Hoya has been looking for a breakthrough star in the lightweight division. One that won’t only put butts in seats, but someone capable of winning a world title.
Confidence has brought Ryan Garcia a long way. It’s also been his downfall. For most of his career, the 25-year-old hasn’t been pushed to his limits. Even against Luke Campbell in 2021, Garcia peeled himself up off the canvas and went on to stop his man in the seventh.
Eddie Hearn is receptive to Oscar De La Hoya’s recent call to action to promoters. Last week, Golden Boy’s De La Hoya exhorted rival promoters to come together and collaborate on making “all the fights the fans want to see.”
Gilberto “Zurdo” Ramirez has had a forgettable last year mired by a unanimous decision defeat against Dmitry Bivol last November and blowing weight in his originally scheduled bounceback fight in March against Gabriel Rosado.
Golden Boy head Oscar De La Hoya believes Ryan Garcia is being matched relatively tough for his next fight, his first since suffering the first loss of his career.
Days after pleading with boxing promoters to come together, Golden Boy head Oscar De La Hoya has offered up an ambitious if highly unrealistic matchmaking idea centered around Super Bowl weekend.
Oscar De La Hoya is the latest key figure in boxing who’s chimed in on the Canelo Alvarez versus Jermell Charlo fight. The Hall of Fame fighter turned promoter once backed both boxers but he was not pleased with Alvarez’s one-sided beating and Charlo’s listless performance.