Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya might seem at peace with himself, but he’s far from peace when it comes to Ryan Garcia and Eddie Hearn. De La Hoya’s beef with UFC president Dana White is longstanding, but a recent appearance on The MMA Hour saw De La Hoya opening up about lawsuits and ongoing feuds with some of boxing’s biggest names.
First, boxing star Ryan Garcia, who has accused De La Hoya of breaching a contract, which saw De La Hoya counter-sue.
Dana White, Eddie Hearn, Ryan Garcia: The Many Feuds Oscar De La Hoya
“I’m not suing him for money, he’s not suing me for money. I just want him to honor my contract. That’s it. Just honor your contract. That’s it.
You have obligations, right? I want you to fight. I want you to be a legend. Do you think I wanted him to fight [Gervonta] Tank Davis with a rehydration clause?
Hell no. I’m looking out for him, but he has people that are whispering in his ear. ‘Oh, Oscar is bad. Go with this other promoter who will take care of you more. You’ll make more money.’
Well, guess what? Ryan just made 30 million plus dollars. I’m not doing anything wrong here. I’m trying to create a legend.
What better person than me to guide your career, to mold you into this superstar boxer who people will respect. But all these whispers, man, all these whispers.”
The relationship between De La Hoya and Garcia declined following Garcia’s loss against Gervonta Davis. There’s also the matter of De La Hoya’s feud with Matchroom Boxing CEO Eddie Hearn.
“There’s stuff I really can’t talk about because of business. But, look, he’s a great promoter in Europe in the U.K. Just let me do my job here, and let me take care of business. Because obviously he doesn’t know the market here.
He’s not building anything. He literally just spent… I don’t know how many millions of dollars of DAZN’s money and still hasn’t built anything.
What fighter has he built, other than maybe two or three that are from Europe that do not resonate here in the US? So let me do my job, let me build my champions here. Let me promote the biggest fights, like [Floyd] Mayweather.
I promoted all these guys like, The Bronze Bomber [Deontay Wilder] and, and Errol Spence and Canelo [Alvarez]. Let me do my job.” De La Hoya also warned Hearn to stay out of the US market.
“When I used to promote on HBO, and Don King was promoting on HBO, and Bob Arum was promoting on HBO, we were all like co-existing, and we were all promoting great – we were promoting the platform, we were promoting great fighters, and there was a piece of pie for everyone.
So he just doesn’t understand the market.”
