Time certainly hasn’t healed any wounds between Saul « Canelo » Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya.
Time certainly hasn’t healed any wounds between Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya.
Boxing’s most high-profile rivalry exploded this week.
Alvarez (60-2-2, 39 KOs) will defend his undisputed super middleweight title against Jaime Munguia (43-0, 34 KOs) Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Munguia belongs to De La Hoya’s promotional company Golden Boy Promotions, and this week’s pre-fight promotional events brought Alvarez and De La Hoya face-to-face.
And it got ugly.
De La Hoya, a superstar former boxer-turned-promoter, issued a cease-and-desist letter to Alvarez on Thursday over what he claims are defamatory allegations made by Alvarez on Wednesday that he did not properly pay his fighters, according to ESPN.
Alvarez, who was promoted by De La Hoya’s company for 10 years before a 2020 split, alleged that De La Hoya stole money from Gennadiy Golovkin, among other fighters.
