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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 13: Oscar De La Hoya speaking to the media during the CANELO VS. ROCKY Final Press Conference at Madison Square Garden Dcember 13, 2018 in New York City . (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)
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NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 13: Oscar De La Hoya speaking to the media during the CANELO VS. ROCKY Final Press Conference at Madison Square Garden Dcember 13, 2018 in New York City . (Photo by Bill Tompkins/Getty Images)
Ryan Garcia is all set to move on from his devastating loss against Gervonta Davis. In order to get back to winning ways, he has set his eyes on his next potential opponent, and it is going to be none other than Rolly Romero. But all hell broke loose, when Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya posted a picture with his possible opponent. This obviously enraged a lot of boxing fans, as even before this, De La Hoya’s absence during the Davis-Garcia post-match conference angered many in the boxing fraternity.
Later, in a social media post, De La Hoya confessed that he couldn’t attend the conference because he had been getting a lot of death threats that week. And his security team advised him to stay away from public gatherings. Still, many fans criticized De La Hoya for not being there for his fighter.
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And now, after Ryan Garcia has announced that he wants to take up Romero as his next opponent and redeem the loss of Ismael Barroso, De La Hoya has tweeted a photo with Rolly Romero with the caption, “My man supporting Goldenboy unlike other fighters.” And this particular caption and photo received a lot of angry reactions from fans.
Fans’ reaction to Oscar De La Hoya hanging out with Ryan Garcia’s opponent
One of the fans, david, reminded De La Hoya about his absence at Ryan Garcia’s post-conference.
Unlike when you left Ryan at the post fight 😂🔪
— david (@david62240385) May 28, 2023
Another fan, Vick, took a dig at his caption where he couldn’t even stand behind his own fighter while expecting his fighters to still be with him.
Wasn’t “other fighters” left all alone after his defeat in the press conference?
— Vick 📅 (@Vicksburgh) May 28, 2023
Lloyd Smith wrote De La Hoya can’t “run away” if he wants support from his fighters.
The last time “other fighters” needed support you literally ran away 😂😂
— Lloyd Smith (@Lloyd_Smith678) May 28, 2023
On the other hand, some fans were excited to see Garcia vs. Romero going down this year.
A user, Daniel Suarez, wants it to happen in September.
Make the Ryan garcia vs Rolly fight for late September
— Daniel Suarez (@DanielSuarez86) May 28, 2023
While juan Chavez praised De La Hoya for working to make this bout happen.
Yeah buddy! Make the fight Champ!!! PPV Gold!
— juan Chavez (@forgiveALL100) May 28, 2023
Safe to say, the fans questioned De La Hoya’s commitment to fighters fighting under his promotion after he posted the photo with Rolly Romero. What are your thoughts about this situation? Share it with us in the comments section.
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