“Ryan Is Being Advised Wrong”: Oscar De La Hoya Opens Up on Why Ryan Garcia Is Going Against Him Since Gervonta Davis Fight

Golden Boy Promotions, led by Oscar De La Hoya, is entangled in its second legal dispute. That too with a marquee fighter. Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s premier attraction, parted ways with Golden Boy in November 2020. Thus, terminating his substantial 11-fight, $365 million contract after legal action against the promotion. So now the spotlight is on Ryan Garcia, who asserted in June, via a demand letter, that Golden Boy breached his promotional contract.

As the legal saga unfolded, the mediation between Garcia and De La Hoya’s promotion had already commenced on October 18. Still, Garcia’s current fight against Oscar Duarte is being promoted by De La Hoya and Garcia gave a stern reply to his promoter during the presser. And now De La Hoya has expressed his thoughts on his boxer’s behavior.

Oscar De La Hoya responds to Ryan Garcia’s recent behavior

In an exclusive interview with Manouk Akopyan, Oscar De La Hoya talked about his ongoing feud with his longtime pugilist Ryan Garcia. It has taken some vivid turns, especially after the harsh statements of Ryan Garcia directed towards Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya. However, ‘Golden Boy’ believes Garcia is under bad influence and that’s the reason behind his behavior.

De La Hoya said, “I know for a fact that Ryan is being advised wrong. I know for a fact that Ryan is being fed wrong information. I do not understand what Ryan has against us after we told him not to take the Tank fight on their terms. And he went against our word, you know, meaning the rehydration clause, meaning he took less percentage.” Moreover, he also admitted that besides his absence from the presser, Garcia had no reason to be mad about it.

So he stated, “We built him from the bottom-up, that’s why I just do not understand what is going on other than he has bad advice. He has too many whispers in his ear.” As of now, Ryan Garcia is quite frustrated about his contract with Golden Boy Promotions and has given his response to Hopkins’ misunderstanding.

Ryan Garcia makes Hopkins understand about his reality

In a press conference leading up to his 143-pound catchweight bout against Oscar Duarte, Ryan Garcia took an unexpected turn by publicly confronting his promoters. Bernard Hopkins, Golden Boy’s co-founder found himself in Garcia’s crosshairs after suggesting he would decide whether Garcia should continue boxing based on his performance.

Garcia vehemently rejected this notion, asserting that his coach, team, and those who work closely with him have the authority to make such decisions. Shortly thereafter, Garcia directed his scrutiny toward Oscar De La Hoya, who had defended Hopkins on social media. De La Hoya urged Garcia to focus on his craft instead of being influenced by misinterpretations from his team.

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So, there may be a possibility that Garcia and De La Hoya forget their differences and make amends with each other. What are your thoughts about this? Let us know in the comments section.

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