Oscar De La Hoya
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Oscar De La Hoya says Vergil Ortiz and Ryan Garcia is ‘very doable’
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...
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Oscar De La Hoya meets with Shakur Stevenson, says any agreement ‘starts with him’
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.
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Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Serhii Bohachuk promise war in high-stakes clash
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.
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Why now is the right time for Shakur Stevenson to fight William Zepeda
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)...
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Interview
Oscar De La Hoya: Ryan Garcia 'in a bad place now,' headed to rehab
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."
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Tank, Benavidez and the Ongoing Search for a Post-Floyd American Boxing Superstar
Oscar De La Hoya made it so easy. On his way out the door, as his physical capability faded, he transferred the gift that is truly the last thing to go for top fighters — not the punching power, as the cliché mistakenly states, but rather the earning...