By: Sean Crose
Regardless of what one might say, there’s no arguing that Oscar De La Hoya was featured in some monumental occasions again in his day. The fighter often known as the “Golden Boy” was even in what on the time was probably the most watched pay per view combat in historical past, when he fought Floyd Mayweather again in 2007. Suffice to say, the legendary boxer turned main promoter was not impressed with boxing’s newest mega occasion – Mike Tyson’s lower than spectacular brawl final week towards social media star turned boxer Jake Paul. In truth, De La Hoya made it clear that the bout was an train in utility.
“Mike Tyson vs Jake Paul was by its nature a horrible combat proper from the beginning.. It was simply terrible, stated De La Hoya through Instagram. “Mike virtually fell down throughout his stroll up and he was on quicksand because the first 10 seconds of the combat. Oh, and did you see that 58-year-old ass?” De La Hoya moved on to discussing a severe matter relating to the bout. “Now all people is speaking about how staged this combat was. I do imagine it was scripted and I imagine that Tyson was actually held again.” A daring factor to say, however the former pound for pound nice appeared to imagine what he was saying.
“Look,” he stated, “I’m a fighter and I can see it. It goes on their document and it was sanctioned. Jake Paul paid to get the ‘W’ on his document! For what? To your personal private satisfaction? I maintain telling you, if you wish to be an actual fighter such as you say you need to be, what are you doing? Whose subsequent? Joe Biden? You need to combat actual fighters.” De La Hoya went on to check the game of boxing to a hibernating bear. “Boxing has been in hibernation,” he stated. “It’s like a sleeping bear. Boxing has been the preferred sport because the starting of time. Currently it’s been Mayweather vs McGregor, who fought within the ring, not the octagon, as a result of boxing is king.”
As far was De La Hoya was involved, boxing can dwell as much as expectations if fighters would merely sq. off. “We now have to get our shit collectively,” De La Hoya stated. “Fighters will not be daring to be nice and we’re caught accepting mediocre fights.” It’s an assertion most severe boxing followers would doubtless agree with. Nonetheless, there was one constructive that De La Hoya discovered on the Tyson-Jake card.
“The combat drew 65 million households,” he stated, “which suggests roughly 200 million eyeballs had been watching and the massive winners had been Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, who placed on an unbelievable, actual combat and had been launched to new followers world wide.”
