You could very well say Oscar De La Hoya isn’t just being a critic he’s being a bit of a jealous one. With the blockbuster showdown between Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez dominating headlines, De La Hoya’s recent comments about the fighters being “too friendly” during promotion have raised eyebrows. But dig a little deeper, and the real issue might be that he’s not the one promoting the fight.
As the head of Golden Boy Promotions and a man who once promoted Canelo himself Oscar De La Hoya has never been one to bite his tongue. But when it comes to a historic superfight that he’s not involved in, his remarks start to sound less like objective critique and more like sour grapes.