By: Sean Crose
“That is lengthy overdue,” Oscar De La Hoya stated on Struggle Hype Friday morning, “however I needed to get the authorized information so as earlier than clapping again.” The Corridor of Fame fighter turned excessive finish promoter then went on to handle a lawsuit filed towards his firm, Golden Boy Promotions, in addition to its fighter, Ryan Garcia by the workforce of Devin Haney, who Garcia surprisingly battered in a pay per view battle again in April. That struggle, nonetheless, was not with out controversy as Garcia examined optimistic for the banned substance ostarine as not too long ago because the day of the struggle. Garcia was subsequently suspended from the game in New York and the struggle dominated a no-contest.
“A couple of weeks in the past the Haney’ s filed a lawsuit within the state of New York,” De La Hoya stated, “towards my fighter Ryan Garcia for battery, fraud and breach of contract. The Haneys additionally named my firm, Golden Boy Promotions within the lawsuit as a result of they need a full accounting of Devin’s struggle towards Ryan. They need to see my books. They don’t imagine the truth that Garcia-Haney solely did a bit of over 300 thousand properties, they usually’ve been paid what they’re owed. They need extra money that doesn’t exist.”
Suffice to say, the numbers for the Garcia-Haney bout are surprisingly low if De La Hoya is right right here. The previous multi-division titlist, nonetheless, argued that the numbers basically have been what they have been. “We now have advised you time and again that this struggle simply didn’t promote,” De La Hoya continued, addressing Haney’s father Invoice straight. “These are the information. Quantity two, you guys are suing Ryan Garcia for battery? Have you learnt your son Devin is an expert fighter, proper, based mostly on battering different opponents?”
De La Hoya nonetheless wasn’t performed. “And now, Invoice, you’re going to say that Ryan was doped up for the struggle. The traces of ostarine have been so minute that professionals have stated it didn’t even matter and didn’t make a distinction. The reality is easy – that your son couldn’t block the left hook (of Garcia’s), he couldn’t keep on his toes with these nasty Uggs he was sporting, and he couldn’t deal with Ryan Garcia. Level Clean.”
De La Hoya then tossed the figurative ball to Haney’s court docket. “We’re all nonetheless ready to listen to the information from you Invoice,” he stated, “as a result of all of us watched that struggle and we cant unsee it.”
