It’s no secret that Eddie Hearn and Oscar De La Hoya don’t get along. Because of this, ‘The Golden Boy’ made sure to criticize his colleague promoter following Anthony Joshua’s devastating knockout defeat this past weekend.

For background, ‘AJ’, who is promoted by Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing, has been winning a lot of fights after losing to Oleksandr Usyk, the former undisputed heavyweight champion, twice in a row. When he faced Daniel Dubois on September 21, he had won four straight fights.

However, the Briton was outclassed by ‘Dynamite’, and ultimately succumbed to a fifth-round KO. In the recent segment on De La Hoya’s ‘Clapback Thursdays’, the former world champion slammed Joshua’s manager Hearn, saying:

“Some of my frenimies had a really sh*tty weekend… Anthony Joshua was knocked out in the fifth round by Dubois. It was actually an amazing fight, and I like ‘AJ’, however, this was another huge L for Eddie Hearn, who is literally 0-11 to Frank Warren this year!

De La Hoya’s “0-11” remark is a call back to when Hearn’s Matchroom Boxing went 0-10 to Frank Warren’s Queensberry Promotions in their inaugural 5 vs. 5 boxing event in Riyadh in June. Now ‘The Golden Boy’ has added Joshua’s loss to that record, since Dubois is promoted by Warren.

Furthermore, in his rant, De La Hoya faulted Hearn for Joshua’s slipping career, saying:

“This continues the Matchroom curse, meaning if you sign with Matchroom you’re either guaranteed to lose or get injured… Eddie, you cant build a fighter to save your life. Anthony Joshua had the world at his finger tips and you found a way to fumble his career”

Check out Oscar De La Hoya‘s rant on Eddie Hearn below:

When Eddie Hearn clapped back on Oscar De La Hoya’s ‘Clapback Thursdays’

Oscar De La Hoya was not thrilled with Canelo Alvarez choosing to fight Edgar Berlanga in his latest outing. Sure enough, he voiced his dissent on one of his ‘Clapback Thursdays’ segments.

The boxing legend believed that Alvarez vs. Berlanga was a fight no one asked for. Eddie Hearn believes ‘The Golden Boy’ should use his ‘Clapback Thursdays’ to promote the fighters he has and not obsess over the ones he lost. In an interview with DAZN, the Macthroom Boxing chairman said:

“His ‘Clapback Thursdays’ or whatever, I think it’s quite a good idea, but he spends every ‘Clapback Thursday’ talking about Canelo Alvarez. I mean, [rather than] slagging off the fight on DAZN, which is his broadcaster, he could be promoting his own fighters. [Gilberto] ‘Zerdo’ Ramirez, [William] Zepeda, [Jaime] Munguia.”