Ryan Garcia’s Bold Move: Calls for Oscar De La Hoya to Surrender Precious Prize
Garcia is suspended from boxing but continues to make headlines
Ryan Garcia just can’t help himself. The controversial boxer is maintaining a strong social media presence in light of his year-long suspension from the ring — and he might have just upset someone he couldn’t afford to anger.
Garcia, unable to fight professionally until 2025 due to a performance-enhancing drug scandal, continues to poke and prod at boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya, who recently condemned racist posts Garcia sent from his X/Twitter account. Since retiring from the sport, De La Hoya‘s pride and joy has been Golden Boy Promotions — of which he is founder, chairman, and CEO. But now, Garcia wants to satiate his hunger for success with a slice of the Golden Boy‘s pie.
Garcia wants Golden Boy Promotions!
De La Hoya on Sunday asked his X/Twitter followers who would win a hypothetical bout between Garcia and Vergil Ortiz Jr. — two of his many clients with Golden Boy Promotions. To raise the stakes just a little bit, Garcia quoted the post and said, “winner gets your company.”
Golden Boy Promotions is valued at roughly $450 million, but De La Hoya has held firm on his personal valuation of $1 billion. However, the former WBC light middleweight title-holder has no immediate plans to sell, and his post on X seems to indicate that he will put the wheels in motion for a Garcia – Ortiz showdown — which Garcia has, in his inimitable way, declared he would win, despite Ortiz’s perfect 21-0 record.
With Garcia suspended until next year following a positive test for Ostarine, any showdown between the two Golden Boy clients will have to wait until 2025 at the earliest. It’s also conditional on Garcia — whose personal problems have made international headlines — getting his metaphorical ducks in a row amid speculation that he is off to rehab.
