“Oscar De La Hoya Is Using My Name to Build His Profile”- Eddie Hearn Fires Back at the Golden Boy Kingpin

The ongoing turmoils between Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya might not end soon, as the Matchroom kingpin has advanced the feud by lashing out at the former boxer. However, the roots of the banter may have come out from the Golden Boy shelter.

A few days back, ‘The Golden Boy’ took to Twitter and ridiculed Hearn for claiming that Matchroom would become the UFC of boxing. Being two of the biggest promoters in the sport, De La Hoya and Hearn seem to be in a constant race against each other, and Hearn’s idea of introducing a UFC-based model in boxing didn’t sit well with the former world champion boxer.

Nevertheless, Hearn didn’t seem worried about that as he responded to De La Hoya in his own fashion. The Matchroom Director sat down at the AK &Barak Show and shed his opinion on the entire scenario.

“It’s a good thing Oscar de la Hoya is using my name to build his profile. I respect Oscar. He’s doing his thing, and I’m doing mine. It’s nothing personal when I say I want to monopolize boxing. It’s just competition. I don’t look at Golden Boy as a competitor for what we’re doing on a global level,” said Eddie Hearn (H/T:- World Boxing News)

The 41-year-old added, “Where I want to take the sport, we will upset some people. We have been for years. This is nothing new. We want to be the biggest promoter in the sport and become a global player.”

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Eddie Hearn vs Oscar De La Hoya

Both the promotions are currently on the road to the top and have legitimate superstars on board. So, they might not hesitate to carry forward the clash. A few days back, Hearn also shot fire at Oscar De La Hoya’s prime prodigy and the current WBC Interim 135 lbs champion Ryan Garcia.

While Garcia was mandatory to Devin Haney’s WBC belt, the Interim champion opted to face Javier Fortuna in his next fight. As per Hearn, it urged them to line up ‘The Dream’ against Jorge Linares. This was just one instance amongst many in which Hearn and De La Hoya have gone against each other.

Given the latest salvo and Oscar’s impending in-ring return, this feud is sure to take center stage for a substantial period. Do you think the rigmaroles between De La Hoya and Hearn will hamper the sport of boxing? Or will they better it by trying to outdo the other?

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