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Oscar De La Hoya: Boxing ‘Might Not Ever Recover’ From Mayweather-McGregor Bout

Oscar De La Hoya is concerned about the long-term effect a fight between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor might have on boxing.

The Golden Boy Promotions founder and 10-time former boxing world champion criticized the potential matchup in a lengthy post on his Facebook page on Thursday. De La Hoya claims that boxing has only recently began to recover from the disappointing Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao fight that took place in May 2015.

“2017 has started off as a banner year for boxing. Joshua vs. Klitschko; Thurman vs. Garcia; Golovkin vs. Jacobs; Canelo vs. Chavez.