By Sean Jones: Oscar De La Hoya says Canelo Alvarez is “regressing” by preventing “all these British fighters” as he’d achieved within the current previous, and he believes he’s hurting his legacy by not preventing the most effective.
De La Hoya isn’t certain who’s the one that’s accountable for Canelo (59-2-2, 39 KOs) selecting to battle John Ryder (32-5, 18 KOs) subsequent on Might sixth in Guadalajara, Mexico, however he has a reasonably good thought.
De La Hoya is probably going hinting about Canelo’s British promoter Eddie Hearn because the one which picked Ryder, a Brit, because the Mexican star’s subsequent opponent, contemplating he’d been speaking about wanting this battle for a lot of months.
Hearn has been chomping on the bit, speaking 24/7 about wanting Canelo to battle Ryder for ages, and it’s weird why he’d prefer to make this horrible mismatch. Does Hearn have a tin-ear for what the followers need?
It doesn’t take a genius to know that U.S. followers may have no real interest in seeing Canelo going backward along with his profession, preventing one other hopelessly overmatched opponent like just about all of the fighters he fought from 2019 to 2021.
Canelo’s opposition from 2019 to 2021:
Rocky Fielding
Callum Smith
Billy Joe Saunders
Avni Yildirim
Daniel Jacobs
Sergey Kovalev
Caleb Plant
Sadly, Canelo vs. Ryder doesn’t curiosity U.S. boxing followers, and it received’t assist DAZN usher in new subscribers or cease the flood of present members from canceling as a result of current substantial value hikes in subscription charges.
It’s mind-boggling making the Canelo-Ryder battle proper now with DAZN elevating the subscription charges. It’s unclear whether or not Hearn thought this factor via or had no selection if this was one thing that Canelo’s coach/supervisor Eddy Reynoso got here up with all on his personal.
Somebody ought to have sat Reynoso down and stated, ‘Eddy, this isn’t an excellent time for Canelo to take one other gimme like Ryder. He must battle somebody good to maintain the DAZN subscribers from persevering with to cancel.’
If Canelo & Hearn wished to be an excellent workforce gamers for DAZN, they’d have picked considered one of these high quality fighters as a substitute of Ryder:
David Benavidez
Dmitry Bivol
David Morrell
Jermell Charlo
Artur Beterbiev
“I feel it’s nice that Canelo Alvarez goes again to his roots and goes again to his hometown. I feel it’s particular. I feel it’s a fantastic factor,” stated Oscar De La Hoya to Struggle Hub TV when requested about his view of Canelo preventing John Ryder subsequent on Might sixth in Guadalajara.
“We had been, Golden Boy, the final promoters to advertise him in his hometown 12 years in the past. So it makes me joyful that he’s going again and doing it for his individuals,” De La Hoya continued.
“He’s doing it for the Mexicans in Guadalajara, so it makes me joyful that he’s doing that, however when it comes to opposition, I’m undecided which route he needs to go. It looks like he’s regressing contained in the ring.
“He’s regressing when it comes to choosing opponents. He’s preventing all these British fighters, and it does nothing for his legacy. So, I don’t know whose fault that’s. I don’t need to point out something.
“I feel Canelo ought to analyze rigorously, who he needs to battle subsequent, whether or not it’s Bivol, whether or not it’s Munguia, however he has to step up and battle the powerful opposition. The powerful guys which can be on the market that can provide him a battle. It’s NOT the John Ryders of this world.
“Positive, these are the kind of fights that construct your legacy. The kind of fights the place individuals need to guess who’s going to win, the place individuals have to consider it actually laborious who,” stated De La Hoya when requested if Canelo ought to battle Davd Benavidez subsequent.
“When you’ve a decide ’em battle, it brings boxing again to the glory days. Yeah, that’s what it’s all about,” stated De La Hoya.
