By: Sean Crose
Regardless of what one could say, there’s no arguing that Oscar De La Hoya was featured in some huge occasions again in his day. The fighter often called the “Golden Boy” was even in what on the time was probably the most watched pay per view struggle in historical past, when he fought Floyd Mayweather again in 2007. Suffice to say, the legendary boxer turned main promoter was not impressed with boxing’s newest mega occasion – Mike Tyson’s lower than spectacular brawl final week in opposition to social media star turned boxer Jake Paul. Actually, De La Hoya made it clear that the bout was an train in utility.
“Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul was by its nature a horrible struggle proper from the beginning.. It was simply terrible, mentioned De La Hoya by way of Instagram. “Mike nearly fell down throughout his stroll up and he was on quicksand for the reason that first 10 seconds of the struggle. Oh, and did you see that 58-year-old ass?” De La Hoya moved on to discussing a critical matter relating to the bout. “Now all people is speaking about how staged this struggle was. I do consider it was scripted and I consider that Tyson was definitely held again.” A daring factor to say, however the former pound for pound nice appeared to consider what he was saying.
“Look,” he mentioned, “I’m a fighter and I can see it. It goes on their report and it was sanctioned. Jake Paul paid to get the ‘W’ on his report! For what? In your personal private satisfaction? I maintain telling you, if you wish to be an actual fighter such as you say you wish to be, what are you doing? Whose subsequent? Joe Biden? It’s a must to struggle actual fighters.” De La Hoya went on to match the game of boxing to a hibernating bear. “Boxing has been in hibernation,” he mentioned. “It’s like a sleeping bear. Boxing has been the most well-liked sport for the reason that starting of time. These days it’s been Mayweather vs McGregor, who fought within the ring, not the octagon, as a result of boxing is king.”
As far was De La Hoya was involved, boxing can dwell as much as expectations if fighters would merely sq. off. “Now we have to get our shit collectively,” De La Hoya mentioned. “Fighters aren’t daring to be nice and we’re caught accepting mediocre fights.” It’s an assertion most critical boxing followers would seemingly agree with. Nonetheless, there was one constructive that De La Hoya discovered on the Tyson-Jake card.
“The struggle drew 65 million households,” he mentioned, “which suggests roughly 200 million eyeballs had been watching and the massive winners had been Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, who placed on an unbelievable, actual struggle and had been launched to new followers around the globe.”
