{"id":633302,"date":"2026-06-11T15:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633302\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:48:10","slug":"oscar-de-la-hoya-no-talks-under-way-for-ryan-garcia-vs-conor-benn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633302\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar de la Hoya: No talks under way for Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn"},"content":{"rendered":"

De La Hoya has been one of several vocal critics of Zuffa Boxing, even testifying before the US Senate opposing changes to the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act.<\/p>\n

The changes are being backed by Zuffa, who want to transform boxing and have their own leagues, but there are fears those efforts will have a major impact to fighter agency, pay and control over their own futures.<\/p>\n

Garcia, 27, last fought when he claimed his first major world title<\/a> with a victory against Mario Barrios by unanimous decision in February, while 29-year-old Benn beat Regis Prograis at a catchweight bout in April. <\/p>\n

“Ultimately, there has to be a conversation, whether they [Zuffa] like it or not,” added De La Hoya. <\/p>\n

“We’re going to maybe be on stage together, a few feet away. <\/p>\n

“Maybe the news conference will be more exciting than the actual fight because of me and Dana White going at it. Who knows but I’m ready. You know me.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, both boxers have been exchanging insults on social media.<\/p>\n

“I’m whooping Connor (sic) Benn like he stole something – don’t let the headlines fool you,” posted Garcia on X., external<\/a><\/p>\n

In response, Benn accused Garcia of “running his mouth” while he was “grafting”.<\/p>\n

He added: “Stop talking. Sign the contract.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"De La Hoya has been one of several vocal critics of Zuffa Boxing, even testifying before the US…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-633302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}