“Loyalty Is a Lifestyle, Not an Action”: Floyd Mayweather Calls Out Oscar De La Hoya for Skipping Davis vs. Garcia Post-Fight Press Conference

Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis concluded with ‘Tank’ coming forth victorious after a splendid KO in the seventh round. Before the fight, both boxers weren’t great friends, as there was a lot of heat between the two. But in the Post-Fight Press Conference, they kept their differences aside and showed respect towards each other. Davis and Garcia even shared their phone numbers with each other, during the conference. This gesture became quite famous as many considered this instance to be the prime example of sportsmanship. But a lot of people pointed out that Garcia was alone at the post-fight press conference.

He wasn’t joined by his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya and even Bernard Hopkins wasn’t there for him. This made Floyd Mayweather Jr. comment on it, as he spoke about the ‘Golden Boy’s’ absence.

Floyd Mayweather on the absence of Oscar De La Hoya at the post-fight presser

The interview of Floyd Mayweather has been uploaded on YouTube by Fight Hub TV, where he speaks against De La Hoya’s absence, and how he’d have always been there for Gervonta Davis. Mayweather stated that despite the fight results, he’d have stood in support of Davis. And he’d never leave his fighter alone as Oscar did.

Mayweather said, “If Tank was to win or take a loss, I would’ve stood behind him 100%. If I’m with you, I’m with you through the good, bad, and ugly. Loyalty is a lifestyle, not an action.”

Now, there have been many reasons for De La Hoya’s absence. But after a lot of such backlash, De La Hoya had to come forward and talk about the real reason why he couldn’t attend the Davis vs. Garcia post-fight press conference. As even the Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe blasted Oscar De La Hoya for ‘ditching’ Ryan Garcia.

Oscar De La Hoya blurts out the real reason for his absence

Oscar De La Hoya stated that he wasn’t able to attend the conference because it wasn’t safe for him to be present at such a crowded event. De La Hoya told his fans how he was getting death threats all week, and his security team suggested to him that it wouldn’t be safe for him to be there at that moment.

De La Hoya said, “My security team told me, ‘Boss, we got to get the f**k out of here.’ Because I received death threats, you guys don’t know this, I received death threats throughout the whole week and they just said it was simply too dangerous, so got out of there.”

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