Oscar De La Hoya has some colourful phrases of recommendation for Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. Type of.
Issues nearly acquired out of hand between the pair of boxing greats at a pre-fight press convention in Could 2024. It wasn’t forward of a struggle between the 2, after all, however Canelo and De La Hoya’s fighter, Jaime Munguia. Canelo gained the match by way of a unanimous resolution that prolonged his profitable streak to 4 (61-2-2).
It was lately introduced that Riyadh Season partnered with Golden Boy Promotions and Prime Rank. Canelo will return to the boxing ring towards Edward Berlanga on September 14, 2024. Nevertheless, the Mexican legend had no real interest in cooperating with Riyadh Season head, Turki Alalshikh, prompting De La Hoya to focus on the errors being made in his opinion.
“Guess what time it’s? Time in your new favourite 5 minutes of the week, ‘Clapback Thursdays,’” De La Hoya stated in an X video. “This truly may be my favourite one to date. So it seems I’m not the one one who thinks Canelo is an conceited piece of sh*t. Turki Alalshikh lately revealed that Canelo refused to satisfy with him in particular person and isn’t entertaining any offers to be carried out with him. Why? As a result of he’s outpriced himself a lot that the Saudis don’t even need to cope with him.
“It’s all as a result of he’ll do something to not struggle David Benavidez,” he continued. “Look, Turki is attempting to make the very best fights that everyone needs to see, and Canelo continues to take the fights that no person needs to see. That takes me to Edgar Berlanga, who’s preventing Canelo on September 14. Now, he claims he has a complete nation behind him. Edgar, bro, you’re from Brooklyn. I believe I’m extra Puerto Rican than you might be, and I solely lived there for six years. Puerto Rico doesn’t declare you, bro.”
The general message shouldn’t come as a shock from De La Hoya, who has fortunately gotten into back-and-forth together with his fellow fight sports activities names up to now, together with UFC CEO, Dana White. Due to this fact, listening to De La Hoya siding with UFC and the Noche UFC occasion on this case simply reveals how a lot he despises Canelo.
“As I stated weeks in the past, this struggle won’t do effectively on September 14,” De La Hoya stated. “Not solely as a result of the match up is okay, however as a result of they’re going up towards the UFC’s debut at The Sphere in Las Vegas. Now, that’s a spectacle that everybody and their mom has been ready to see because it opened up a couple of 12 months in the past. And who’s funding it and making all of it occur? Turki Alalshikh.
“Canelo, you’re actually making the incorrect enemies. However you recognize what? F*ck you,” he concluded.
