By Jake Tiernan: Golden Boy Promotions boss Oscar De La Hoya wished Eddie Hearn “good luck” with him making an attempt to get Jaime Munguia for tremendous middleweight contender Edgar Berlanga’s subsequent combat following his twelve spherical unanimous choice victory over Jason Quigley final Saturday night time on the Hula Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.
Berlanga & Hearn referred to as out Munguia (42-0, 33 KOs) after the combat, saying they wished him subsequent. When De La Hoya made it clear on Twitter that they’re not going to get Munguia, Hearn stated he would communicate to DAZN after which return to him to as soon as once more talk about making the Berlanga-Munguia combat.
In different phrases, DAZN will put strain on De La Hoya to have him let Berlanga combat Munguia. It’s unclear what the repercussions can be for Golden Boy if De La Hoya refuses to let Berlanga combat Munguia.
Eddie Hearn: So he’s an entire fool, to be sincere with you, as a result of his job is to placed on good fights for DAZN, and he hasn’t actually performed that with Jaime Munguia, has he? He’s most likely the worst-managed profession I’ve ever seen within the historical past of boxing, Jaime Munguia.
“His opponent record has been terrible aside from Derevyanchenko lately, who I do know is your pal, however he’s additionally a light fighter, so what I’ll do with Oscar De La Hoya is I’ll communicate to his bosses, and I’ll come again to him.
Edgar Berlanga: “Oscar has received to close his mouth. He’s [Hearn] the very best within the enterprise. Folks perceive. Eddie got here from the UK. He got here from one other aspect of the world. He got here to the U.S. and took over, and he’s taking it over offered quickly.
“De La Hoya is a loopy man. At some point he’s your pal, and the following day he needs to speak about you. Clearly, you’ve seen what occurred with Canelo. He signed a three-fight take care of PBC. So he’s on one other community. What are we going to do?
“We’ve received guys like Munguia, guys like Golovkin, guys like John Ryder that we are able to make occur rapidly. Yeah,” stated Berlanga when requested if he thinks De La Hoya is bitter in the direction of him. I had a sit down with him earlier than I signed with Eddie.
#lonesomeEddie you couldn’t ship @EdgarBerlangaJr to Canelo and now your throwing Munguías identify? Good luck. 😂
— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) June 25, 2023
“He’s a man with Twitter fingers. He needs to sort his a** off. Chill, man. Chill out. The love that you just guys gave me throughout combat week. The quantity of consideration. The build-up for this combat was superb, bro,” stated Berlanga when requested if he was pleased with Hearn.
“I’m going to again my promoter up whether or not who likes it or not. That is the man, and we’re undoubtedly going to make one thing occur huge after this combat. I left a mark. From the twelfth spherical, I’m selecting up from the twelfth spherical, and it’s recreation time. These guys are going to be in bother for certain.
“Nah,” stated Berlanga when requested if Quigley was his hardest combat. “I felt my hardest combat was Angulo as a result of he was a troublesome fighter who got here ahead and took punch.
“He [Quigley] simply had a particular recreation plan, which was to maneuver round. I take my hat off to him. He’s an important fighter. He caught in there, particularly within the twelfth spherical. He received hit with some huge pictures.
“I broke his nostril with a jab. I broke his orbital bone with a jab. I’m simply comfortable that I can go away off from the twelfth spherical and get again within the gymnasium in per week and simply run.”
Hearn: “The truth that all week, De La Hoya has been speaking about me is nice. Don’t neglect. My following might be 80% English. So if Oscar De La Hoya will help my profile over right here, it’s implausible. I simply hope that he’s going to be okay.”
