{"id":539591,"date":"2026-03-16T06:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539591\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T06:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:42:10","slug":"de-la-hoya-says-hell-never-work-with-rick-mirigian-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539591\/","title":{"rendered":"De La Hoya Says He\u2019ll Never Work With Rick Mirigian Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a manager that I\u2019ll never ever work with in my life, Rick Mirigian,\u201d De La Hoya said in an interview with DAZN Saturday night. \u201cHe is the one that\u2019s keeping the fight from happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De La Hoya insisted he has wanted to make the Ortiz\u2013Ennis fight for weeks and said the holdup was not coming from Golden Boy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was ready to make this fight a month ago,\u201d De La Hoya said. \u201cI want the Vergil Ortiz\u2013Boots fight, not as a promoter, but as a fan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz and Ennis have both traded messages on social media in recent weeks as talk of a matchup between the welterweight contenders intensified.<\/p>\n<p>The situation escalated further when De La Hoya said the relationship between Golden Boy and Ortiz may already be beyond repair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what he said, there\u2019s no way I will work with him again,\u201d De La Hoya said when asked about the possibility of working with Ortiz in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Ortiz, however, remains under contract with Golden Boy, and De La Hoya emphasized that the legal agreement between the two sides remains in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a legal binding contract,\u201d De La Hoya said.<\/p>\n<p>The disagreement has become one of the more public disputes in the welterweight division, with the proposed Ortiz\u2013Ennis fight seen as a potential major matchup at 147 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the outcome may depend on the arbitration process, which is expected to determine how the contractual issues between Golden Boy and Ortiz are resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Ken Woods has been a senior writer at Boxing News 24 since 2013, covering the sport from every angle. With years of ringside reporting, he delivers fight news, results, and analysis that cut through the noise. Ken\u2019s work consistently spotlights champions, contenders, and rising prospects, giving fans a sharp, knowledgeable view of the global boxing scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThere\u2019s a manager that I\u2019ll never ever work with in my life, Rick Mirigian,\u201d De La Hoya said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-539591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}