Ryan Garcia is as soon as once more having hassle discovering an opponent, and he and promoter Oscar De La Hoya simply is perhaps kicking up their on-again, solely barely off-again feud with each other.
De La Hoya mentioned on January 16 that “all these fighters (are) pricing themselves out!!” with a kind of cry-laughing emojis that he, 50, has seen the #teenagers do on-line.
However yesterday, De La Hoya Tweeted {that a} combat with Jose Ramirez, who simply signed with Golden Boy, was “getting shut and occurring.”
This morning, the 25-year-old Garcia shot that down:
No Ramirez. Let’s make that clear.
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) January 18, 2024
Shortly after, he posted this:
Ryan Garcia vs Oscar De La Hoya at this level ♂️
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) January 18, 2024
The journey on this one has been attention-grabbing, to place it a method.
Garcia (24-1, 20 KO) returned to motion on Dec. 2, beating Oscar Duarte through eighth spherical stoppage. He instantly known as for a combat with WBA 140 lb titleholder Rolando “Rolly” Romero, however quickly after modified route, concentrating on WBC titleholder Devin Haney after polling followers on Twitter.
After the vacation season handed, Garcia swerved Haney, as soon as once more turning his consideration to Romero.
Garcia and De La Hoya have had their spats earlier than — many, many instances earlier than, and just lately — and lots of have simply been ready for what has at instances appeared inevitable, for the perimeters to essentially wind up in courtroom much like what occurred between Golden Boy and Canelo Alvarez years again.
However that hasn’t absolutely occurred but, and the standard consequence for the larger public beefs has really been some type of contract extension between the perimeters.
We’ll see what occurs with the state of affairs this time, however we don’t seem like significantly near the “main combat” De La Hoya promised we’d see from Garcia early this 12 months, regardless of Golden Boy bulking up its roster at Garcia’s weight.
