Oscar De La Hoya gave a essential evaluation of Canelo Alvarez in how he’s aged, and able to be dethroned by the younger star Jaime Munguia this Saturday evening on the T-Cell Area in Las Vegas.
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Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya was surrounded by the media in the present day on the finish of in the present day’s closing press convention, giving his views on how the 33-year-old undisputed tremendous middleweight champion Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs), having bodily aged and not the fighter that he as soon as was.
De La Hoya had angered Canelo throughout the press convention by reminding the media how Golden Boy had constructed him, and the way he’d failed two drug checks years in the past. Munguia was going to step in for him throughout that point to battle Gennadiy Golovkin.
Age, Conflict Wounds, and Munguia’s Youth
“I do know that he’s strolling on quicksand now. I do know that accidents are catching as much as him. I do know he’s an outdated 33-years-old,” stated promoter Oscar De La Hoya to the media, speaking about Canelo Alvarez after in the present day’s closing press convention for Alvarez’s battle towards Jaime Munguia on Saturday.
The getting older that De La Hoya is speaking about is with Canelo’s knees and shoulder, which have given him issues.
“In boxing, you might be outdated even at 25 relying on the wars you’ve been in. Identical to me. I used to be outdated at 30. It depends upon your life-style. I believe Jaime Munguia’s youth and the celebrities being aligned [for him to win].
The Controversy That Gained’t Fade
“I simply go by what the reality was and that was he didn’t drug checks,” stated De La Hoya about Canelo. “That’s what I’m going by and that’s what occurred. I’m not an investigator. I’m not somebody that’s going to go and discover out precisely what occurred. Did he take the meat or not? All I do know is on paper, he failed two drug checks.”
