By Sam Volz: Golden Boy Promotions boss Oscar De La Hoya says the promoter for final Saturday’s occasion made the “stupidest transfer” by letting Canelo Alvarez tackle Dmitry Bivol for his WBA mild heavyweight title.
De La Hoya doesn’t come proper out and identify the promoter that he’s talking about, however it might appear evident that he’s referring to Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, who put the Canelo vs. Bivol battle collectively.
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Canelo (57-2-2, 39 KOs) is the one which wished to go as much as 175, daring to be nice with the hope of turning into a two-division undisputed champion after having completed that feat at 168.
De La Hoya, who used to promoter Canelo, says he must return to the 168-lb division and defend in opposition to Gennadiy Golovkin in a trilogy match. Canelo will win that battle in opposition to Golovkin and be again on high of the world, De La Hoya predicts.
De La Hoya doubts Canelo will battle Bivol in a rematch in his subsequent battle. What De La Hoya suggests is for Bivol (20-0, 11 KOs) to defend his WBA 175-lb in opposition to his fighter Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez, who’s headlining tonight in opposition to Dominic Boesel (32-2, 12 KOs) in a World Boxing Affiliation title eliminator on the Toyota Enviornment in Ontario, California.
“The truth that the promoter of this occasion pushed Bivol on Canelo, it was the dumbest transfer in boxing historical past,” mentioned De La Hoya to USA Today. “It’s not realizing boxing.
“It was the stupidest transfer. Whoever allowed Canelo to battle Bivol, I might’ve by no means allowed Canelo to battle Bivol,” De La Hoya mentioned.
It’s unclear what sort of fights De La Hoya would have Canelo battle if he have been nonetheless his promoter. The Mexican star had obtained criticism from followers for combating Golovkin after turning 35 slightly than when he was youthful.
Additionally, followers have given Canelo warmth for not combating David Benavidez and Demetrius Andrade, two fighters combating in the identical weight class as him. Would De La Hoya have been in opposition to the thought of letting Canelo battle them as effectively?
“Look precisely at what occurred. Canelo’s on the highest of the world,” mentioned De La Hoya. “He’s the king. Why battle a man that if Canelo fights ten occasions, he loses ten occasions? And he has nothing to realize. Nothing to win. No person knew Bivol.”
De La Hoya isn’t precisely giving Canelo a decisive vote of confidence about his possibilities of profitable a rematch with Bivol.
After all, many imagine Canelo gained’t set off his rematch clause to battle Bivol once more. As a substitute, he’ll observe the trail that De Hoya recommends for the Mexican star to return to the the168-lb division to face the 40-year-old Golovkin.
“I didn’t get a suggestion for a rematch,” mentioned Dmitry Bivol this week for a second Canelo battle. “Within the rematch, I can see issues and have them work extra in my favor. I can’t say if I’ll knock him out. ”
