By: Sean Crose
Oscar De La Hoya speaks in a fascinating interview with FightHype, “But since you have two people as A-side, it’s going to be a bit back-and-forth.” Golden Boy is talking about a potential bout between his boxer, Ryan Garcia, and Floyd Mayweather’s boxer, Gervonta Davis. If implemented, the match will be an exciting duel between two young, famous and extremely talented boxers. “It is a problem,” continued De La Hoya, “to just speak out and determine who deserves a few more points, who deserves less. Give and take”.
That could prove to be easier said than done. First, De La Hoya and Mayweather were never best friends (although De La Hoya spoke graciously about his old nemesis in the interview, even complimenting Mayweather directly). On top of that, it’s a matter of broadcast teams and of course money and popularity in general. “Everybody has an argument about side A, who is on side B,” says De La Hoya. “With the right dance partner, you can make a big fight and that happens with Gervonta Davis and vice versa.” While it’s true that both boxers’ exciting styles would make a Davis-Garcia match a must-see match, explosive Davis has experience on the pay-per-view front. there. Garcia doesn’t.
However, De La Hoya doesn’t think it’s a big deal. “Gervonta Davis may be getting pay-per-view but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s selling hundreds, hundreds of thousands of homes,” he said. “I have seen the numbers. I know what they are I know they are less than 100,000. I know it’s real.” In a sense, De La Hoya indicates that the ball is in Davis’s field. “Does he want to keep fighting for low wages per view,” De La Hoya asked rhetorically, “or does he want to create a big event with Ryan Garcia because that is his only dance partner that he can create a special event. It is a matter of choice. “
However, De La Hoya made it clear in the interview that the fight between the two hot boxers was simply a matter of common sense. “I’m pretty sure there’s room for people to just sit down in a room and point this out,” he said, “because there’s so much money.” How big does De La Hoya think a Davis-Garcia fight could be? “I feel strongly,” he said, “this fight could do much bigger than my fight with Floyd.”
