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Oscar De La Hoya Intensifies Rivalry With Dana White By Challenging Him To A Fight

Oscar De La Hoya Intensifies Rivalry With Dana White By Challenging Him To A Fight

Oscar De La Hoya is ready to settle his differences with Dana White in a fight. Would the UFC president be crazy to accept his challenge?

Adnan Riaz

Adnan Riaz

Oscar De La Hoya has turned his rivalry with Dana White up a notch after challenging him to a fight.

The 45-year-old former boxer, who is now a boxing and MMA promoter, called out the UFC president this week for underpaying his fighters.

The 49-year-old American decided to fire back by releasing the earnings of Chuck Liddell during his time with UFC.

It was an intentional swipe at De La Hoya, mainly for how the Ice Man came out of retirement to compete for his Golden Boy Promotions.

Speaking on Sirius XM's the Luke Thomas Show, De La Hoya didn't hold back when it came to challenging White to a fight.

"Sounds defensive here," he said, before adding: "Jeez. Let's get in the ring. Yeah, why not? Let's get in the ring. Three rounds. Let's do this.

"Let's do this under Canelo [Álvarez], Cinco de Mayo. I'll even give you five months so you can get off the juice and we can get in great shape, and then we can go three rounds.



"Look, I'm going to give you what... a fifty-pound advantage? It's OK. I can take you on. Let's do it. Oh, wait. Oh, wait. He's never laced up a glove in his life. I'm sorry about that."

There's no love lost in this feud, with White launching a full-on criticism of De La Hoya.

"The guy wants to act like he's my competitor [promoting MMA]," he told Yahoo! Sports. "I have a real business that I've built over the last 18 years. A real business, and I can hit you with numbers for days about [how successful it is].

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"How much has Oscar De La Hoya reinvested into the sport of boxing? We've reinvested millions and millions of dollars and we continue to do it every day. The list goes on and on.

"He's a phoney and God help anybody who wants to go fight for Golden Boy. These fighters are grown, men and women.

"All they have to do is take one meeting with Oscar De La Hoya and they'll see what he knows about MMA, which is absolutely [expletive] nothing.

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"The guy wants to come out and tell lies and say things that make no sense when he doesn't know what he's talking about.

"He knows nothing about this sport. He doesn't know the [expletive] guys' names who are fighting on his card. He's a liar."

Would you pay to see De La Hoya fight White?

Let us know in the comments.

Featured Image Credit: PA

Topics: Boxing News, Boxing, UFC, MMA, Dana White