Oscar De La Hoya is the most recent to go after Canelo Alvarez.
It looks as if everybody has one thing to say in regards to the boxing champion as of late, with UFC CEO Dana White, UFC star Conor McGregor, and Saudi promoter Turki Alalshikh all taking photographs at Alvarez forward of his Sept. 14 tremendous middleweight title struggle towards Edgar Berlanga. The final theme of the criticism is that Berlanga isn’t a fascinating opponent and that Alvarez is avoiding harder—and presumably extra profitable—matchups.
De La Hoya and Alvarez have had a frosty relationship since Alvarez parted methods with De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions secure in 2020, and the promoter took goal at his former enterprise accomplice in his newest version of “Clap Again Thursdays” on social media.
“So it seems, I’m not the one one which thinks Canelo is an boastful piece of shit,” De La Hoya mentioned. “Turki Alalshikh not too long ago revealed that Canelo refused to satisfy with him in particular person and isn’t entertaining any offers to be accomplished with him.
“Why? As a result of he’s out-priced himself a lot that the Saudis don’t even wish to cope with him. And it’s all as a result of he’ll do something to not struggle David Benavidez. Look, Turki is making an attempt to make the very best fights that everyone desires to see, and Canelo continues to take the fights that no person desires to see.”
Alvarez has gained 4 straight fights since a failed try to maneuver as much as gentle heavyweight and declare Dmitry Bivol’s WBA title. His wins throughout that stretch embrace a trilogy bout with Gennady Golovkin, plus tremendous middleweight championship defenses towards John Ryder, Jermell Charlo, and, most not too long ago, Jaime Munguía.
In response to De La Hoya and Alalshikh, Berlanga is the most recent in a line of Alvarez opponents that they don’t see as transferring the needle.
“That takes me to Edgar Berlanga, who’s preventing Canelo on Sept. 14,” De La Hoya mentioned. “Now, he claims he has an entire 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.”
De La Hoya then echoed McGregor’s sentiment that UFC 306, which takes place at Sphere in Las Vegas, will dwarf the Canelo vs. Berlanga occasion.
“As I mentioned weeks in the past, this struggle won’t do properly on Sept. 14,” De La Hoya mentioned. “Not solely as a result of the matchup is OK, however as a result of they’re going up towards the UFC’s debut on the Sphere in Las Vegas. 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 improper enemies. However you understand what? F*ck you.”
