Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, reveals he practically boxed Oscar De La Hoya a number of years in the past.
St-Pierre final competed in 2017 after he grew to become the middleweight champion with a submission win over Michael Bisping. Attributable to well being causes, he retired, however there have been talks of him popping out of retirement to face Khabib Nurmagomedov however that didn’t occur.
Together with that, Georges St-Pierre says he had agreed to field Oscar De La Hoya however UFC CEO Dana White shut the struggle down.
“It didn’t occur as a result of, Dana White instructed me, Dana White hates Oscar De La Hoya. My contract, after you retire, you continue to have a number of years, relying on the contract, my contract the best way it was made, I nonetheless had ties with the UFC. I nonetheless had tied with UFC, after I requested Dana for permission he was like ‘F that man’. That’s why, after which he referred to as me after, he mentioned he wished me to struggle Khabib, however Khabib already retired and I already retired,” St-Pierre mentioned on the Pound 4 Pound podcast.
It’s attention-grabbing that St-Pierre was even in talks to field Oscar De La Hoya because the Canadian has no expertise with boxing. However, had the struggle occur, it might have been a highly-anticipated bout and one many followers would have been excited for.
Georges St-Pierre claims Dana White initially thought Oscar De La Hoya would destroy him
This isn’t the primary time Georges St-Pierre talked a couple of potential matchup with Oscar De La Hoya.
Nevertheless, again in 2021, St-Pierre says initially White shut it down as a result of he thought he would get destroyed by the boxer.
“At first he says to me that the explanation why he didn’t need it’s as a result of he thought that Oscar would mainly destroy me in a boxing match. And I had some good arguments — I instructed him that I imagine Oscar has extra mileage than I do, he’s now not in his prime, I stayed busy the entire time, I’m nonetheless in nice form, I’m going to be very properly ready and I’m taking this struggle very severely.”
“If I do it, as a result of it’s my title — my picture is connected to it — I’ll do it one hundred pc. And I instructed Dana, I mentioned, ‘If there’s one MMA fighter that go to boxing and look good on this scenario, it might be me,’” St-Pierre mentioned to The MMA Hour again in 2021.
Finally, St-Pierre is now wonderful in retirement and it seems to be like he received’t struggle once more.
