Ryan Garcia made peace with his promoters Óscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins after their relationship broke down after feeling abandoned at the press conference after his first professional loss to Gervonta Davis.
In an interview with The MMA Hour, García explained that he resolved his problems with De La Hoya after adding him to a group chat with his team where He made it clear to them that if they did not reach an agreement he would not work with any of them.
“When you don’t do what people want you to do, they throw you out like a brat. I don’t want to go into that too much, Now we are fine, I don’t want to repeat old wounds. We are very good. We text each other all the time. Greetings, Oscar. He’s great,” he said.
“I don’t like situations that are not peaceful, I can’t live with that for long. I put Oscar in a group chat with people on my team and said ‘there are a lot of people who don’t like you, Oscar, and that’s causing me problems.’ I told them if they didn’t discuss it, I wouldn’t work for any of you, I would defeat him like Michael Jackson, and that solved it,” he added.
The relationship between Óscar De la Hoya and Ryan García since the defeat with Gervonta Davis was marked by discussions on social networks and a demand from the promoter to King Ry to fulfill his contract with Golden Boy Promotions, a fact that worsened the situation for both of them. Now, everything seems to be calm between the two and that could be seen at the press conference to promote his fight with Devin Haney.
Bernard Hopkins and Ryan García leave their differences behind with a hug
During Bernard Hopkins’ intervention in the first official confrontation between Devin Haney and Ryan García, the Californian He took advantage of the moment to smooth things over with his promoter and with a hug they left their differences behind.
“These two young fighters have to understand that to be great you have to do great things. This is one of the fights that can go down in history… This fight has a superstar in it. As far as I’m concerned, Ryan’s career starts with this fight here“, he expressed.
Now that everything is fine with Bernard Hopkins and Óscar de la Hoya, King Ry is focused on becoming world champion for the first time and promised that he will beat up Devin Haney on April 20 at the Barclays Center in New York when they compete for the World Boxing Council (WBC) 140-pound title.
Ryan Garcia, 24, moved up to 140 pounds after his first loss in the sport and He made his successful debut in the new category after knocking out Óscar Duarte to try to be crowned world champion. The Mexican-American boxer has a record of 24 wins (20 by knockout) and one setback in his professional career.
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