While Oscar De La Hoya is preparing for the American release Eddie Hearn will fight Frank Warren in England on June 1st in Saudi Arabia. In preparation for the “5 on 5″ tournament the gloves were dropped as Hearn starred at the August 3 event in Los Angeles.
“No promoter comes to my area and thinks they can run my project! ” Posted by De La Hoya on Thursday X. – This is a war! ! For someone who doesn’t know how to box!
De La Hoya argued, “Eddie, for British boxing, stay in England to promote.” Leave the real promoters in the US market, because boxing is important in that market. You had a chance, and you wasted hundreds of millions of dollars by not building something in America.
Turki Alalshikh, New Power boxing agent and chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, tapped Hearn to bring the card to the 22,000-seat BMO Arena in Los Angeles.
The card features a WBA junior title bout between three-division champion Terence Crawford and 154-pound champion Israil Madrimov, and Vergil Ortiz Jr. De La Hoya vs. former junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu; his first title defense against Jose El Rayo Valenzuela; former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Jarrell Big Baby Miller; and first-time champion David Morrell in a light heavyweight tournament featuring two-time Olympic gold medalist Andy Cruz.
Hearn also called it the best card ever played in America and mocked De La Hoya’s position. “Oscar De La Hoya, are you sure you’re okay?” Hearn responded on social media. ——You follow me like a crazy person. You had a big win on Saturday [Ryan Garcia over Devin Haney], but you were focused 24/7.
– Unfortunately for you, I am a world promoter with 18 world titles (you have 4). I have big plans to work with everyone to grow the sport worldwide and have great talent in the US market. I really like you and hope you enjoy what you do.
L.A. Story: Oscar De La Hoya Pushes Back on Eddie Hearn’s Aug. 3 Card https://t.co/bFSROM6tmA
— BoxingScene.com (@boxingscene) April 27, 2024
The feud comes despite De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions and Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing both having crossover deals with DAZN.
On Friday’s episode of ProBox TV’s “Deep Water,” analyst Chris Algieri suggested that toxic air was a bigger factor than De La Hoya’s loss to the sport’s most popular champion, Saul Canelo, to and Hearn during the epidemic.
“At first, you think, ‘Canelo [and] De La Hoya are feuding,'” Algieri said. “He’s the biggest cash cow in sports,” and it’s fitting that the “Golden Boy” and “Golden Boy” should wear it. It looks like Canelo has moved on and it’s up to Eddie now. This may be part of it.
However, Alvarez will defend his super middleweight title against De La Hoya Promotions’ Jaime Munguia on May 4, at Al Hai Promoted under the Al Haymon Super Boxing Championship banner.
It is Algeria’s opinion that the real reason for this crisis is De La Hoya’s view that it is a turf war.
– Oscar De La Hoya is a champion. When you’re his age, you’re promoting a show with the biggest man in the world, Turkey Arasheh, and he’s coming to compete with Eddie Hearn – tune in to L.A., De La said. Hoya for this is the Turf fight:
“You enter my country, my city, and leave without knowing it?”
De La Hoya tried to explain that it had nothing to do with Turki Arashih, but he wasn’t shy about disparaging Hearn.
“I know,” Algieri said. —[De La Hoya] is a Mexican-American fighter. He is very masculine. From L.A. The East Coast is important, and it’s like Eddie stepped in and stepped on his toes, so Oscar did what Oscar did.
