Boxing legend and promoter Oscar De La Hoya is not happy with UFC President Dana White.
De La Hoya is upset with White because the highly anticipated fight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather and UFC Lightweight Champion Conor McGregor is taking place three weeks before another highly anticipated boxing match between Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin.
“It was disrespectful,” De La Hoya said on ESPN’s SportsCenter. “I would have thought that Dana White would have a little more respect with this boxing event taking place, because look, you just don’t do that.
“It’s like having the Super Bowl and then three weeks later the World Series takes place, the final game. It just doesn’t happen. We have the whole year to stage these types of big events. They could have maybe staged it in November or December but, look, it is what it is.
“We have a superfight here. We have a real fight, and that’s exactly what we’re focusing on.”
De La Hoya is the promoter for Alvarez vs. GGG. The fight will take place Saturday, September 16 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
Three weeks earlier, Mayweather will fight McGregor on Aug. 26 at the same venue.
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