During an interview with Marcos Villegas of Fight Hub TV, Golden Boy promoter Oscar De La Hoya talks about his big plans in attempting to sign Terence Crawford, and touches on the Gervonta Davis vs Ryan Garcia fight which he expects to be formally announced any day now. Check out some excerpts of what he had to say below.
De La Hoya on his pitch to Terence Crawford to join Golden Boy
“We’ve been talking to Terence Crawford. What a great individual. What a smart man. And what a talent, obviously. I’ve always said that Terence Crawford is the best P4P fighter on the planet today, by far.
“And, look, ultimately he wants Spence, which for some reason, certain reasons — I don’t know what they are — that fell apart, and we’re talking to him about a Rocha fight, possibly a Vergil Ortiz fight, and maybe down the road a Spence fight that everybody wants to see.
“I’m not sure what order but those are the fights that he wants, and those are the fights that he deserves so we’re talking to him (about) maybe representing him. Talks are ongoing and we’ll see what happens.
“To put a contract together — and this is what people don’t understand —it’s not just about signing a fight and ‘okay, you get red corner, this guy gets the blue corner, weight.’ No. It’s so complex, it’s just back-and-forth, back-and-forth, especially when you’re dealing with fighters like Crawford who’s a big superstar, like Spence, big major fights. It’s very tedious and a lot of detail so you need representation, that’s the bottom line.
“You need a promoter. Fighters need promoters to help you organize everything, to help you negotiate…so we would be doing that for (Crawford) if he gives us the opportunity, if he gives us the honor of representing him and we would have his back a thousand percent.”
