Floyd Mayweather asked to ‘F**K OFF’ from Ryan Garcia in fiery warning from Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya believes that Floyd Mayweather is influencing Ryan Garcia and has urged him to back off.
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Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather (image credit- TMZ, Marca)
In a shocking twist, Ryan Garcia decided to pass on a potential bout with undefeated Devin Haney. Furthermore, Garcia has decided to focus on a fight against charismatic WBA titleholder Rolando “Rolly” Romero instead. In addition, he believed it would bring in “greater business.” Many believe Garcia’s budding friendship with Floyd Mayweather played a role. According to DAZN’s recent stats, Haney’s fight with Regis Prograis did not get more than 50,000 PPV buys.
Hence, this led Garcia to decide not to fight Haney for nothing and instead move forward with Haney. This stunning development has sent shockwaves through the boxing world. Furthermore, even Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De la Hoya, was caught off guard and left perplexed. Subsequently, De La Hoya commented on this by stating:
Floyd, if you want to give Ryan the secret to defense in the ring, that’s great. Other than that, if you are still a promoter, like it says here, f**k off.Oscar De La Hoya via X
Interestingly, before this big announcement, Garcia started a budding friendship with boxing star Floyd Mayweather. Hence, many fans and De La Hoya believe this contributed to Garcia’s decision not to fight Haney.
De La Hoya and Mayweather have one of the most well-known rivalries in the sport of boxing. The two boxers have even competed against each other in the ring. But the bad blood between the two men seems to have spilled over into the ring.
Fans react to Oscar De La Hoya’s remarks
Recently, De La Hoya took to social media to share his feelings about Garcia, changing his mind about fighting Haney. Both fighters and their teams were engaging in talks for the mega fight until Garcia decided to pull out of it.
Furthermore, before the announcement, Garcia spent significant time with Mayweather and even called him his mentor. Hence, this has led people to assume that Mayweather influenced Garcia’s decision about his next fight. Garcia’s promoter thought the same and has voiced his concerns on social media. Fans reacted by stating, “Still, Salty Floyd beat him.” Check out some of the fan reactions:
Fans trolled De La Hoya because he is known for being a bit salty and possessive as a promoter. Furthermore, fans mentioned how De La Hoya brought this upon himself by criticizing his fighter publicly several times. Subsequently, fans remarked on how much Mayweather cares about Garcia and his career.
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Abhijay Roy
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