Canelo Alvarez dropped a unanimous decision to Terence Crawford last Saturday (Sept. 13, 2025) in Las Vegas, Nevada, coughing up his undisputed Super Middleweight title in the process. It was a tough blow for Canelo, who suffered just the third loss of his professional boxing career. Though a valiant effort, he was thoroughly outclassed by […]
Canelo Alvarezdropped a unanimous decision to Terence Crawford last Saturday (Sept. 13, 2025) in Las Vegas, Nevada, coughing up his undisputed Super Middleweight title in the process. It was a tough blow for Canelo, who suffered just the third loss of his professional boxing career. Though a valiant effort, he was thoroughly outclassed by a man jumping up a few weight classes.
After the defeat Alvarez’s former business partner, Oscar de la Hoya, was quick to capitalize on the opportunity to kick his former friend while down in the only way “The Golden Boy” knows how to.
“God it makes me horny to tell you I told you so,” De La Hoya said on Instagram. “I predicted the Canelo-Crawford fight like a godd*amn fortune teller. Canelo’s feet were cemented on the canvas and he was hitting air. What the f*ck was that,” he said before giving Craford his roses, and adding a few more shots to the onslaught on Alvarez.
“Props to Crawford. He came up three weight classes and fought a beautiful fight. What a great performance. Like taking candy from a baby. He just played with Canelo. Made him look silly and before you start with your shit about Canelo being old, just know that Crawford is older! That’s not an excuse here.”
De La Hoya and Canelo had an ugly falling out, which is why both men have no issue taking verbal jabs at one another. According to “The Golden Boy,” Alvarez whittled under the pressure of fighting high-caliber fighters and wasn’t that great to work with.
“Look, I promoted Canelo his entire career and it was a huge flub,” De La Hoya said. “The only real fighters he’s faced were [Floyd] Mayweather, [Dmitry] Bivol and Crawford and they all toyed with him. Even Mayweather knew Crawford was going to school him. He put $50,000 on Crawford to win.”
While it’s natural for friends-turned enemies to downplay the other’s success, it’s an unfair jab at Canelo, who has defeated several top-tier fighters such as Amir Khan, Gennady Golovkin, Shane Mosely and Miguel Cotto, just to name a few.
But De La Hoya didn’t stop there as he also took aim a UFC CEO, Dana White, who spearheaded the promotional duties for the mega-event…or did he? In particular, “The Golden Boy” unleashed on White for how he handled a certain report during the pre-fight press conference who grilled him about the Muhammad Ali Act (see it again here).
“Dana White didn’t have his best week. His t-shirt shrank smaller every minute, especially when he was questioned about amending the Muhammad Ali Act,” he said. “So you’re saying this reporter’s an asshole because he’s asking a legitimate question? That’s because the Muhammad Ali Act protects fighters and TKO needs it to change so they can f*ck fighters over.”
As for what’s next for Canelo, a fight against Hamzah Sheeraz might be on the horizon, though it is unlikely to happen until next year. As for Crawford’s next move, he has no plans at the moment after making history in “Sin City.”
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