Oscar De La Hoya clarifies promotional future of Ryan Garcia

On February 21, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia headlines The Ring: High Stakes fight card. They will meet for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title, live on DAZN Pay-Per-View.

Before Garcia challenged for the WBC title, Oscar De La Hoya spoke to Fight Hub TV about the promotional future of “Kingry.”

De La Hoya clarifies Golden Boy future of Ryan Garcia

Garcia’s relationship with Golden Boy has often been tumultuous. Some may even call it toxic. “Kingry” has spoken regularly in the past about his desire to leave Golden Boy, even saying: “Oscar doesn’t respect me.”

When asked about the promotional future of Garcia, De La Hoya said: “I don’t think he knows. Or maybe he does, but we have several fights with him. And I’m proud to promote him as a young kid, and now see him evolve. And yet, the differences that we’ve had, I seriously don’t know what, what happened, but it is what it is. I mean, I’m still proud to promote him.

“I’m so proud to get him to this world title shot. And that’s where I feel proud as a promoter, is when I can help a fighter get to their dreams, get to that world title, and become world champion. But we have several fights with him left.”

Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia full fight card

• Mario Barrios vs Ryan Garcia, 12 rounds, for Barrios’ WBC welterweight title
• Richardson Hitchins vs Oscar Duarte, 12 rounds, for Hitchins’ IBF super lightweight title
• Gary Antuanne Russell vs Andy Hiraoka, 12 rounds, for Russell’s WBA super lightweight title
• Frank Martin vs Nahir Albright, 10 rounds, super lightweights
• Bektemir Melikuziev vs Sena Agbeko, 10 rounds, super middleweights

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