The legendary puncher of the Oscar World Boxing Village De La Hoya once offered to return to the stage despite being nearly 50 years old. At the same time, this boxer also wants to be tried before the current MMA boxers. Many fighters in the MMA world racing, among them the most prominent is the former UFC Eddie Alvarez champion.
Initially, Eddie Alvarez was quite interested in the opportunity to fight boxing with De La Hoya. However, after the match between Ben Askren with Jake Paul, Alvarez felt no longer interested in boxing.
“I felt that I was in a hurry to accept De La Hoya's challenge.” Alvarez shared. MMA is what I pursue my whole life because it is a real battle. Boxing is only a small part of the technique in MMA and is not a real battle.”
“This is simply Boxing, not practical fighting. Whether you win against Ben Askren or Frank Mir, they all don't mean you will do the same thing in MMA. You only win in the boxing floor,” Alvarez added.
According to Alvarez, the recent Triller event did not give MMA boxers the opportunity to win. And Alvarez herself also wondered why no boxer dared to try in the MMA environment but just forced the “pagan” to play boxing?
It can be seen that Jake Paul wisely challenged with a MMA boxer specializing in material techniques rather than boxing. If encountering strong boxers about Striking, Paul is also difficult to win easily.