Oscar De La Hoya recently spoke on what he felt would be a very positive step for the future of boxing suggesting that having one promoter controlling the majority of fighters would make the sport more accessible to the public:
“We are very transparent with whatever we do with our fighters, and in a way, yes, we do want to take over,” De La Hoya continued. “Well, we don?t want to take control of boxing but we want to do the right thing for the sport. Have one (organization) running it like UFC. It?s very confusing with all these championship belts-my idea would be to have one champion in each division. There should be one heavyweight champion, not 20 like we have have now. Too much confusion. We have to weed out the bad and bring in the good.”
