It’s that time of the week. Already a staple, perhaps it won’t take long before Oscar De La Hoya‘s ‘Thursday Clap-Back’ becomes a habit for the boxing aficionados. Though he couldn’t make it to the centerpiece, as always, star protagonist Canelo Alvarez had an exclusive place reserved for him in the show’s latest episode.

‘The Golden Boy’ saw star fighter Vergil Ortiz Jr. announcing his arrival in the big league. In August, a ‘fight of the year’ performance against Serhii Bohachuk saw him secure an interim light middleweight title. Next month, on November 16, Gilberto Ramirez will step in the ring for a title unification attempt. On the same card, another Golden Boy standout, William Zepeda, will try to extend his unbeaten streak. Del La Hoya’s one-of-a-kind roasting picked up from Tim Tszyu‘s shock defeat.

The promotional blunders

Last week, at Orlando’s Caribe Royale resort, Tszyu suffered a consecutive career loss. His attempt to snatch away Bakhram Murtazaliev‘s IBF light middleweight title failed miserably. Especially the way he went down, at least four times before his corner threw in the towel, sent shock waves across the boxing world.

Like many, Oscar De La Hoya also felt badly for a visibly disoriented Tszyu. However, according to him, for all the fight the gallant Aussie had put in, one couldn’t help but notice a grave matchmaking lapse. And for that, he held PBC responsible. “This is just another example of PBC’s horrible matchmaking skills,” he said. Fans might recall that earlier on March 30, Tim Tszyu fought Sabastian Fundora at the inaugural event of the PBC-Amazon Prime Video partnership.

De La Hoya turned the pages of history. “I had several traitors in my office, do*ches. My company Golden Boy promotions built all the top PBC Fighters, including Errol Spence, Deontay Wilder, the Charlo Brothers, Danny Garcia, Abner Mares, Leo Santa Cruz, the list goes,” ‘The Golden Boy’ said. However, thanks to those office bearers, several fighters joined the PBC stable once their respective contracts expired.

According to him, ‘hundreds of millions’ were pooled in. However, despite their efforts to ‘take over the boxing world’, the PBC couldn’t succeed. Had they continued to work with his promotions, the Barcelona Olympic gold medalist claimed that some of the fighters might have carved out careers well deserving of a place in the Boxing Hall of Fame. Instead, under PBC, their careers descended into an abyss. They barely received any fights.

De La Hoya further cited that the Al Haymon-led promotions might be under duress due to financial challenges. Through a barrage of posts, veteran boxing matchmaker Rick Glaser has been pointing in a similar direction. In fact, in a tweet, he suggested that there’s a chance partners Amazon Prime might overlook the PBC for another promoter to broadcast boxing events in 2025.

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Canelo Alvarez: Round #…

Of course, we cannot leave without a word about Canelo Alvarez. “Canelo just can’t help himself when it comes to being an ungrateful jealous a**h*le,” said De La Hoya towards the end. He shared a short clip in which the super middleweight champion seemingly disapproved of any mention of him. ‘The Golden Boy’ expressed a curiosity—why his former charge disliked him so much when he was the one who took Alvarez’s career to dazzling heights.

The former six-division champion deduced that perhaps Alvarez was just jealous. The Guadalajara-born champion has been facing criticism over avoiding the much-sought-after matchup against David Benavidez. On the other hand, De La Hoya never shied away from any of the challengers during his prime. So probably Alvarez might have struggled to accept the facts.

Fans will definitely be looking forward to the next episode for another round of boxing chat.

Do you also feel that Canelo Alvarez should now genuinely consider fighting Benavidez next year?