De La Hoya: Spence will knockout Brook in late rounds

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By Scott Gilfoid: Oscar De La Hoya is looking forward to tonight’s big fight between American talent Errol Spence Jr. and Kell Brook in their scrap for Brook’s IBF welterweight belt in England. De La Hoya sees Spence knocking out the 31-year-old Brook in the late rounds of their fight at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England. If Spence accomplishes that vision, it would a nice victory for the American. He could add Brook’s scalp to his growing list of scalps.

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De La Hoya says Mayweather-McGregor will hurt boxing

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By Allan Fox: Floyd Mayweather Jr’s circus fight against UFC star Conor McGregor has Golden Boy Promotions boss Oscar De La Hoya concerned that the fight could do irreparable harm to boxing by driving fans away from the sport due to the match being such a horrible one. De La Hoya points out that boxing is only now starting to recover from the fiasco of the 2015 Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao mega-fight, which turned out to be a badly overpriced fight that cost the boxing fans plenty and failed to deliver action despite the build-up and hype surrounding the fight.

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De La Hoya predicts Canelo-GGG does 3 million PPV buys

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By Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is predicting 3 million pay-per-view buys for the September 16th mega-fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) and Gennady “GGG” Golovkin 37-0, 33 KOs) on HBO PPV. This might sound like another one of De La Hoya’s overly ambitious predictions for the number of buy rates, but he could be right this time. It’s a match-up that will show whether Canelo can carry the sport on his back the way De La Hoya believes he can do.

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De La Hoya: I made Canelo-GGG to help the sport

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says he made the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin fight because he cares about the boxing fans and he wanted to help the sport. De La Hoya maintains that he could have made 4 smaller fights for Canelo without risk, but he wanted to give the fans what they’ve been asking for.

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Spence destroys Brook says De La Hoya

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By Scott Gilfoid: Promoter Oscar De La Hoya is picking Errol Spence (21-0, 18 KOs) to beat IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) by a knockout in their fight this month on May 27. Da Hoya is really high on the talent of the 27-year-old American Spence, and he sees him as too good for Brook. De La Hoya sees Spence obliterating Brook on the night when the two of them go at it at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England.

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Canelo-Golovkin: De La Hoya wants Saul to KO GGG

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By Allan Fox: Oscar De Hoya says he wants to see a knockout for his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez over Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in their fight on September 16. De La Hoya says a win for the 26-year-old Canelo will make him the No.1 pound-for-pound fighter in boxing, and he’s probably right about that. The current No.1 pound for pound fighter Andre Ward earned the No.1 spot off of a highly controversial decision win over Sergey Kovalev last November.

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Alvarez-Golovkin: People counting out Canelo says De La Hoya

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By Allan Fox: Golden Boy Promotions head honcho Oscar De La Hoya is surprised and not happy to learn that the odds-makers have already installed Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) as the betting favorite to defeat his guy Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (49-1-1, 34 KOs) for their fight on September 16. The Canelo vs. Golovkin fight, which De La Hoya has named “Bombs Away,” was just announced last Saturday night, and the bettors have the unbeaten Kazakhstan fighter as the favorite.

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Video: De La Hoya: Canelo will KO GGG

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By Dan Ambrose: Saul Canelo Alvarez’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya says his fighter is going to knockout IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin (37-0, 33 KOs) when the two of them face each other in September 2017. De La Hoya is saying the Canelo-Golovkin fight will definitely be happening this year, even though he’s not sure what’s going to take place with Canelo’s next fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on May 6. De La Hoya says Canelo will be knocking out GGG.

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Video: De La Hoya doesn’t like Spence fighting Brook overseas

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By Dan Ambrose: Unbeaten Errol Spence Jr (21-0, 18 KOs) is fighting IBF welterweight champion Kell Brook overseas in the UK is not something that Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya agrees with. De La Hoya says he would never make the same move as the promoters for the 27-year-old Spence from Premier Boxing Champions. De La Hoya thinks there’s too much risk in Spence going overseas to fight the 30-year-old Brook (36-1, 25 KOs) in his hometown at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, UK.

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Video: De La Hoya: Canelo will soon be the pound-for-pound King

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By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya surprised some of the media earlier on Wednesday by saying his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) will be the pound-for-pound king by either the end of 2017 or by 2018. De La Hoya is obviously counting on Canelo getting a big boost in the pound-for-pound ratings with a win Gennady Golovkin as well as a victory over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

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