Edgar Berlanga has had sufficient of Oscar De La Hoya.
This Saturday, Berlanga challenges Canelo Alvarez for the WBC, WBA, WBO, and Ring Journal tremendous middleweight title. It’s the most important combat of Berlanga’s profession however his placement within the combat additionally brought on appreciable backlash as followers and pundits view the 22-0 boxer beneath Alvarez, who is among the top-ranked pound-for-pound fighters within the sport.
Amongst these critics is De La Hoya, who introduced this week he’s attending UFC 306 at Sphere as a substitute of the boxing match. So on Wednesday throughout their ultimate pre-fight press convention, Berlanga had some selection phrases for the Golden Boy Promotions founder.
“And I wish to say one thing, too: f*ck Oscar De La Hoya too,” Berlanga mentioned. “That motherf*cker, he’e at all times — he retains speaking, he retains speaking and speaking. We’re gonna smack him after we see him. He’s bought to cease. He’s attempting to f*ck up the occasion.”
Berlanga is at present signed with Matchroom Boxing and earlier this week, he advised that De La Hoya’s drawback with the occasion stems from being unable to signal Berlanga final yr when he left High Rank.
Nonetheless, one other main think about De La Hoya’s vocal disregard for the combat could also be his long-standing feud with Alvarez.
The favored star from Mexico was beforehand signed to Golden Boy Promotions earlier than leaving in 2020 and the tensions between the 2 have solely escalated, significantly after Canelo accused De La Hoya of stealing cash from fighters earlier this yr
Canelo vs. Berlanga takes place this Saturday from the T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
