OSCAR DE LA HOYA EXPLAINS WHY HE ABANDONED RYAN GARCIA POST-FIGHT AFTER HIS KO LOSS
Las Vegas, NV (April 25th, 2023)– Oscar De La Hoya received heavy criticism from the boxing community for his post-fight departure by skipping the post-press conference after Gervonta Davis defeated Ryan Garcia this past weekend and explained his situation in the video below.
Bernard Hopkins, who also works with Golden Boy Promotions, faced some trouble throughout the festivities.
“First of all, congratulations to Gervonta Davis, you fought a hell of a fight,” De La Hoya said on Instagram . “My hat’s off to you. You had a great game plan, a beautiful body shot. Ryan Garcia, we are proud of you, the world is proud of you. You made this fight happen. You wanted this fight, and I’m sure a lot of fighters will learn from you, that you’re daring to be great.
“But, I do want to clarify why Bernard Hopkins and I weren’t at the post-fight press conference,” he continued, “First of all, Bernard Hopkins was accused during the weigh-in of having testosterone cream on his hands and touching Gervonta Davis, when he only wanted to help him because he was going to fall off the stage. So, PBC (Premier Boxing Championships), Gervonta’s promoter, banned him from everything. He couldn’t get inside the ring. He couldn’t do anything during the promotion.
“And so, as for myself, my security team told me, ‘Boss, we’ve got to get the f—k out of here,’ because I received death threats. You guys don’t know this, I received death threats throughout the whole week, and they just said it was simply too dangerous so we got out of there. And plus Eric Gomez, who is my president, who was right there front and center with Ryan Garcia — so there was no issue, no problems. This is all coming from all these PBC minions that are just attacking Ryan, attacking Golden Boy. But it’s all good, it’s all good.
“Ryan Garcia made this happen, ‘Tank’ made this happen,” he continued. “We had a great fight, the best man won. My hat’s off to you. And again, ‘Tank’ Davis, you’re a great fighter. Ryan Garcia, I have your back. Bernard has your back. We’re with you 1,000 percent, and you will be back stronger than ever, better than ever. Guaranteed.”
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