UFC Halting Oscar De La Hoya vs. Georges St-Pierre Fight, Triller Boss Says

Triller boss Ryan Kavanaugh just made a shocking claim about the potential Oscar De La Hoya vs. Georges St-Pierre fight.

Amid the pandemic, newly-formed fight promotion Triller managed to pull off two huge events under its banner – Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. and Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren.

Now, one of the promotion’s high-ups, Kavanaugh, revealed that a fight between UFC legend St-Pierre and boxing Hall of Famer De La Hoya is also being proposed. However, he claimed that UFC president Dana White isn’t willing to cooperate.

“Dana White and the UFC just blocked Georges St-Pierre from fighting Oscar De La Hoya,” Kavanaugh wrote on Instagram. “It is a big payday for GSP and both he and Oscar’s dream to fight each other. Dana would rather hold back those who put the UFC where it is and why?”

“I’ve tried to call and text Dana at least 5 times to make it work for both parties not even the courtesy of a return call,” he continued.

Kavanaugh further claimed that White has been luring Paul to join the UFC.

“And he’s trying to get Jake Paul to fight for the UFC now? Making him offers? Just hurting his own people and chasing ours,” the executive stressed.

De La Hoya, who has not fought professionally since suffering a loss to Manny Pacquiao in 2008, has been actively working with Triller over a potential comeback.

The 48-year-old announced his plan to return in March and has been linked to a handful of big-name fighters since.

Apart from St-Pierre, “Golden Boy” reportedly has also been considering a fight against another former UFC champ, Chuck Liddell.

St-Pierre, on the other hand, last competed at UFC 217 in 2017. Unlike De La Hoya, “Rush” earlier stated that he is not interested in making a comeback, and nothing has motivated him to consider the idea at this point.

“As time passed by, it’s getting less and less appealing,” St-Pierre admitted. “I wanted to compete at my best and now I’m at the point, are my best years behind me? They could be. Now I said to myself I don’t want to compete if my best years are behind me.”

“Your knowledge grows but your physicality is diminished,” he explained further. “I’m 39, gonna be 40 soon. If I would have done something, it would have needed to be something that was really special that would really get me to the core of my motivation.”