‘Biggest bellend I’ve ever met in my life’: Hearn responds to taunts from De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya continues to poke fun at Matchroom, and Eddie Hearn shares his thoughts.
Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya continues to troll Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn about the tough year his fighters have had, even going so far as to say that Matchroom ruined Regis Prograis’ career, and Hearn fields a media question about De La Hoya’s comments and takes a moment to respond.
“The only thing that I can say about Oscar De La Hoya is he’s got so much pain inside his heart, my thoughts and feelings are with him every single day, and I hope that one day he can find some happiness in his life,” Hearn said.
“When we signed Regis Prograis he headlined in New Orleans, defended his world title, made an absolute fortune. Then he had a mega fight with Devin Haney, made an absolute fortune. And then, purely down to Regis Prograis — and I think he deserves so much respect for this — he chose to roll the dice in the UK against Jack Catterall, and Oscar De La Hoya is the biggest bellend I’ve ever met in my life.
“If he don’t respect fighters for trying to be great — because that’s what he says he was always trying to do — then the guy is the saltiest man on the year, and he has so much pain inside his heart that I hope one say, like I said, Oscar De La Hoya can finally find peace and happiness in his life.”