Oscar De La Hoya: Ryan Garcia’s “Trolling” Tactics Ahead of Haney Fight

Oscar De La Hoya revealed that Ryan Garcia admitted to him he’s “trolling” the general public within the promotion for his struggle towards WBC mild welterweight champion Devin Haney on April twentieth on DAZN PPV. It’s a deliberate technique by Ryan. De La Hoya says he instructed Ryan, “Simply be prepared.”

When Inspiration Fails, Act Insane

Ryan needs to intentionally troll the general public, which he’s been doing for the reason that New York press convention final month on February twenty seventh.

Earlier than that, Ryan’s conduct was regular. His transformation into the unhinged persona he had adopted began throughout that New York press convention, which means that that is his scheme to draw consideration to his struggle with out doing the exhausting work of planning what to say.

In different phrases, it’s a lazy manner of selling a struggle by performing loopy. We noticed Teofimo Lopez use this method in the course of the promotion of his struggle with Josh Taylor in June of final 12 months. It’s a lazy technique to keep away from developing with one thing attention-grabbing to say. It’s type of pathetic and unhappy.

If You Can’t Dazzle with Brilliance, Confuse with Loopy

In Teofimo’s case, he’s not a deep thinker, so you may argue this was a manner for him to keep away from not having to arrange for interviews and press conferences. To advertise a struggle correctly, fighters should give you witty issues to say to the media. As a substitute of doing that, Teofimo acted like he’d gone psychological.

Now, Ryan is doing the identical factor, and it’s dumb. If he’s too lazy to say issues to the media, he wants to rent a public relations professional to plan issues for him and assist him brainstorm forward of interviews and press conferences. Following Teofimo’s ‘act loopy’ blueprint is such a waste of time.

Oscar: Exasperation Masked as Enthusiasm

“That’s his type, that’s his manner,” De La Hoya deadpans. “I don’t discuss to him each single day, however from what I’ve seen when he’s within the fitness center, he’s wanting sharp. He’s wanting prepared, and he’s wanting match,” stated De La Hoya to Struggle Hub TV about Ryan Garcia.

Poor De La Hoya. He’s left attempting to place a optimistic spin on Ryan’s mess and make it seem to be it’s a very good factor. Not even he can do this.

“I’ll always remember the time he instructed me, ‘I’m going to do the most important troll on this planet.’ I don’t know what which means, however I assume he did it,” stated De La Hoya. “I assume he’s doing it. All I do is promote the struggle and ensure April twentieth is profitable for everyone.”

Oscar appears to have reached his restrict in attempting to grasp Ryan’s antics. He accepts them, however he seems weary of the mess he’s creating every day.

Ryan: “I’m Trolling”

“I can guarantee you one factor: Ryan Garcia will likely be prepared—much more so than for his different fights,” stated De La Hoya. “There’s no rehydration clause; you’ve received to consider that. Think about that. Yeah, he’ll be in tip-top form.”

De La Hoya assures us that Ryan at the very least seems good within the fitness center, which additional alerts that he’s ruining his promotion along with his loopy act.

“He stated, ‘Yeah, I’m trolling’ or no matter, and I used to be like, ‘Okay, simply do what you need to do. I don’t know. I don’t know what you’re doing,’ I did inform him one factor. ‘Simply be prepared. Simply go on the market and be prepared. You’ve all of the expertise on this planet. You’ve what it takes to be nice. Go on the market on April twentieth and maintain enterprise,’” stated De La Hoya.

“He goes, ‘I’m going to knock him out.’ Alright. So, when he instructed me, I believed it, so I’m going to count on it,” stated De La Hoya about Ryan Garcia.