Oscar De La Hoya

Canelo-Chavez Jr. bigger than Canelo-Golovkin says De La Hoya

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By Dan Ambrose: The May 6th fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 34 KOs) and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) is viewed by Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya as the bigger fight than Canelo vs. Gennady “GGG” Golovkin. Canelo and Chavez Jr. will be fighting on HBO PPV at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

De La Hoya says there are only a couple hundred tickets remaining for the fight. He’s calling a sellout right now. Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. probably will sellout well before May 6, but that doesn’t mean that the fight is a bigger one than a potential match between Canelo and Golovkin.

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De La Hoya: Canelo and Chavez Jr. will be fighting a war

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By Dan Ambrose: If Oscar De La Hoya’s prediction comes true, Mexico stars Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. will be fighting a “civil war” on May 6 in their fight at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. De La Hoya calls it a civil war due to both fighters being Mexican. It should be interesting to see if the fight does turn out to be a war.

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De La Hoya: I would turn Errol Spence into a superstar

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By Scott Gilfoid: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya thinks it’s a mistake for 2012 U.S Olympian Errol Spence Jr. (21-0, 18 KOs) to be going to Europe to fight for the IBF welterweight title against Kell Brook. De La Hoya says that Spence’s career isn’t being moved a long like it should be for a fighter with his kind of talent. He says that if Spence was one of his fighters in his Golden Boy stable, he would turn him into a star. He would have Spence fighting on the undercard of the Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. card on May 6.

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De La Hoya says Canelo-Golovkin match depends on outcome of Chavez Jr. fight

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya says that he still hopes to match Saul “Canelo” Alvarez against Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in September, but it depends on how things go in May 6 fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Canelo (48-1-1, 34 KOs) is fighting Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs) on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

De La Hoya says that if Canelo loses to Chavez Jr. or if there fight is very exciting for the boxing public, then there would be a rematch. Golden Boy already has plans for Canelo to fight Miguel Cotto in December, and that’s obviously not going to change.

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De La Hoya: Canelo-Chavez Jr. just bet purses

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By Jeff Aranow: Oscar De La Hoya, the head honcho at Golden Boy Promotions, says his fighter Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and his opponent Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. bet their fight purses for their May 6 fight on HBO pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Apparently, Canelo (48-1-1, 34 KOs) got upset with Chavez Jr. predicting an 8th round knockout of him on May 6. Canelo also took issue with Chavez Jr. pointing out that he’s not fought anyone.

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Canelo: Golovkin can accept the offer or not

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By Dan Ambrose: Former two division world champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez reminded the media today that IBF/IBO/WBA/WBC middleweight champion Gennady “GGG” Golovkin has been given an offer for a fight between them. Golovkin can take the offer or not. Canelo didn’t say what the offer is, but it appears that it’s the same $15 million flat fee offer that was given months ago.

Canelo says it’s up to Golovkin. Canelo says his concentration is on his next fight against Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. on May 6. Golovkin has his offer from him and Golden Boy. He can do what he wants. Canelo didn’t say whether this is a new offer or the same existing one.

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De La Hoya: Canelo vs. Chavez Jr. has 99% chance of ending in KO

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By Dan Ambrose: Mexican stars Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. checked in at the second stop of their 4-city International press tour on Tuesday in New York to talk about their big fight on May 6 on HBO pay-per-view. Canelo’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya was in fine form in talking about how a Golden Boy Promotions poll has the boxing fans predicting a knockout in the Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight by 99.9%.

De La Hoya didn’t say who the fans were predicting would be the one that gets knocked out, but if you put his feet to the fire, he would likely say Chavez Jr.

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De La Hoya picks T-Mobile Arena for Canelo Alvarez – Chavez Jr. fight

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has made his decision in selecting the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada for the May 6 fight between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. to fight. The Canelo-Chavez fight card starts at 9:00 pm. ET/6:00 pm. ET.

The two fighters will be battling it out on HBO PPV at a catch-weight of 164 ½ pounds. De La Hoya chose the T-Mobile Arena over the giant 90,000 seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It should be interesting to see how much the ticket prices are for the Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight at the T-Mobile Arena.

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De La Hoya: Boxing needs the Canelo-Chavez Jr. fight

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By Dan Ambrose: Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya believes that the sport of boxing needs the May 6 fight between Mexican star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (48-1-1, 32 KOs) and former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (50-2-1, 32 KOs). The two of them are going to be fighting on HBO pay-per-view in either Las Vegas, Nevada or Texas.

For many Mexican boxing fans of the two fighters Canelo and Chavez Jr., it’s considered a big fight that will bring in a lot of money on PPV and at the gate. De Hoya feels that the fight will help the sport. He may be right about that, even though the fight is considered a non-competitive match on paper, and not the fight that the hardcore boxing fans want to see in the U.S.

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