Canelo Alvarez Hits Out at Oscar De La Hoya – ‘They Are People Who Only Look Out for Their Own Good’

A year ago, Canelo Alvarez broke into the news headlines after parting ways with his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya. The pound-for-pound boxing king even filed a lawsuit against ‘The Golden Boy’, thus accusing him of cheating. But the duo settled their dispute and mutually broke their longtime partnership.

Recently, in a conversation with Telemundo, the Mexican boxer unveiled his notion on Oscar De La Hoya.

He said, “At some point (De La Hoya) disappointed me because they are people who only look out for their own good and their own interests. They say ‘I am your friend, we are family’, but it is never like that. And we are loyal, but not all people are like that,” (h/t Boxing Scene)

The unified super-middleweight champ admitted that De La Hoya and his promotion didn’t manipulate him, but they wanted to gamble different things on him. Alvarez sensed that and separated from ‘Golden Boy’.

The Mexican, Alvarez, opted to be a free agent in the boxing world, but recently, he signed a two-fight deal with the Matchroom. Currently, he’s preparing for his May 8 fight with the Brit Billy Joe Saunders for the unified 168-pound title clash, which will be the last fight of his contract with Matchroom.

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Canelo Alvarez vs Billy Joe Saunders – Preview

In this mammoth title clash, both Alvarez and Saunders will put their super-middleweight titles on the line to give each other a stern in-ring test. This fight is undeniably the best clash at super-middleweight landscape wherein both the pugilists will meet each other at their absolute prime.

Furthermore, this fight will be important for the Mexican boxer to signify his legacy at this weight class, thus etching his name in the history books.

That said, this super middleweight unification bout holds vast responsibilities and hype for obvious reasons, and fans cannot wait to see the pair go up against each other.