Oscar De La Hoya thanks Donald Trump for idea for latest fight

Oscar De La Hoya is sarcastically thanking Donald Trump for indirectly giving him the idea for his latest fight.

On May 7th, De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions’ biggest fighter Canelo Alvarez will take on Amir Khan. While doing publicity for the fight, De La Hoya joked that he got the idea to put the two together from Trump.

“I was watching Donald Trump speaking his nonsense, and I said to myself: ‘Why don’t I put a Muslim fighter and a Mexican fighter in the same ring and create a mega mega event on Cinco de Mayo week, just to show Trump,'” De La Hoya said.

The barbs at Trump make sense given the politicians comments about Mexicans and Muslims. Trump wants to build a wall at the Mexico-US border and has said he does not want to let Muslims into the country.

“I thank Trump for giving me the inspiration to come up with this mega event. We’re going to have millions of Muslims, millions of Mexicans, buying pay-per-view, and watching the fight live from Las Vegas.”

With Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired, Canelo has emerged as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world by many rankings. He is looking to maintain his recent run of dominance against Khan, who has won five straight fights.