Promoter Oscar De La Hoya agreed to Eddie Hearn’s provide for a 5 vs 5 Golden Boy vs. Matchroom card. The previous six-division world champion De La Hoya desires to make it a 6 vs 6, with him going through Hearn within the headliner.
The 45-year-old Hearn doesn’t have boxing expertise and would stand no probability towards the 51-year-old De La Hoya in a struggle.
De La Hoya stated that Hearn should conform to the circumstances for the fights to be contested in a “tiny ring” in order that not one of the fighters can “run,” which is a dig at Shakur Stevenson due to his extremely cell fashion.
WBC light-weight champion Shakur (22-0, 10 KOs) can be at an incredible drawback combating the high-volume strain fighter Zepeda (31-0, 27 KOs) in a small 16-foot ring. Whereas Hearn agreed to the Stevenson-Zepeda struggle, he didn’t point out De La Hoya’s situation that it have to be in a smaller ring quite than a 24-foot one which Shakur would seemingly insist on.
De La Hoya’s 5 vs 5 in “Tiny Ring”
– Vergil Ortiz vs Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis
– Jaime Munguia vs Diego Pacheco
– William Zepeda vs Shakur Stevenson
– Oscar Duarte vs Devin Haney
– Jose Ramirez vs. Arnold Barboza: Winner faces Jack Catterall
Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) is coming off a three-knockdown, 12-round majority choice loss to Ryan Garcia on April twentieth on the Barclays Heart. Haney took numerous punishment in that struggle, and he’s in all probability not going to be agreeable to combating a slugger like Oscar Duarte (27-2-1, 22 KOs).
The Hearn-promoted IBF welterweight champion ‘Boots’ Ennis (32-0, 29 KOs) has by no means fought at 154, and he will not be able to tackle the unbeaten WBC junior middleweight champion Vergil Ortiz Jr. (22-0, 21 KOs) in his debut within the weight class.
Ortiz Jr. is coming off a grueling majority choice win over Serhii Bohachuk on August tenth in a struggle that many followers felt he misplaced. Ortiz Jr may drag his toes on the thought of combating Boots Ennis, as a result of it includes danger. He didn’t wish to give Bohachuk a rematch to clear up the controversy over their struggle.
Solely three of the fights De La Hoya is fascinated by have an opportunity of being made. In Hearn’s reply to De La Hoya’s provide, he factors out that he doesn’t promote Devin Haney, however he’ll ask him if he’s fascinated by combating Duarte. Hearn additionally reminds De La Hoya that he not promotes Munguia. He’s with High Rank now, but when he returns, that’s a risk.
“Boots v Ortiz – AGREED. Munguia v Pacheco, he left you for High Rank however should you can deliver him again AGREED. Shakur v Zepeda AGREED. Duarte v Haney, Devin is just not formally with us however pleased with the struggle and to debate with him. Caterrall v Barboza/Ramirez AGREED,” stated Eddie Hearn on X, agreeing to a lot of the 5 fights that Oscar De La Hoya proposed however not mentioning the problem for a struggle between them.
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