Triple G brushes off Oscar’s trash talk

Los Angeles – Gennady Golovkin (GGG) issued a deadly warning to Oscar De La Hoya after the US boxing legend said he wanted to fight the middleweight world champion when he makes his improbable return to boxing.

The 47-year-old De Le Hoya, who announced in August he plans to come out of retirement after a 12-year absence from the ring, said recently he wants to fight IBF world champion Golovkin on his return.

“You know how easy GGG would be for me? Oh my gosh,” De La Hoya told the Boxing Scene website last month.

“I always took a good shot and I always took apart fighters like him. In my mind it would be that easy.”

But Golovkin, who is preparing for a mandatory defense of his title against Poland’s unbeaten Kamil Szeremeta in Florida tomorrow, brushed off De La Hoya’s trash talk.

“You know Oscar, you know how dirty his mouth is,” Golovkin, 38, said through a translator when asked if he took De La Hoya’s challenge seriously.

“Everything involving Gennady Golovkin for him is a nightmare. He can say whatever. But let me put it this way – If I got an opportunity to legally kill a person in the ring, I might seize it.”

De La Hoya has not fought since being dismantled by Manny Pacquiao in eight one-sided rounds in 2008.

However, De La Hoya is adamant that he is serious about a comeback, telling ESPN in August he was ready to fight “any top guy” available.

De La Hoya ventured into promotion after his fighting career and was heavily involved in the acrimonious build-up to Golovkin’s two fights with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez in 2017 and 2018.

Golovkin alos played down the possibility of a third fight with Mexico’s Alvarez. –