Promoter Oscar de la Hoya has announced that a planned July 4 card headlined by lightweight star Ryan “Kingry” Garcia has collapsed. Oscar tweeted, “Due to Team Ryan Garcia’s decision not to accept a July 4th bout, we will now return in late July with the future of boxing Vergil Ortiz. More exciting details to follow.”
Kingry reportedly balked at a $200,000 purse, indicating that other DAZN fighters earn big numbers fighting nobodys and he wants to be paid what he deserves.
Oscar would be a fool to let Kingry get away, so he’d better pony up and start paying his asking price.
With no gate, the economics of boxing have changed. Also DAZN only has about 15 subscribers left. Boxers can’t expect the purses they used to get. $200k is pretty good for a tune-up fight.
Maybe so, but I guarantee there’s a deep-pocketed promoter out there who’s willing to pay his asking price and steal Kingry from Oscar. Goldie needs to start thinking about the long term and not just the current economic situation.
Golden boy should let him go, this kid is a bad investment. Or hold him up until he’s irrelevant. Kid should just take it. Anybody remember how much Pacquiao was going to keep from his $750k purse to fight Barrera for the first time? The ripped him off.
Kingry is a primadonna, should have taken it.
He may be a prima donna, but he’s also the future of boxing–the next Golden Boy. Love him or hate him, boxing needs Kingry.
Cubanitovich, I disagree. Lopez will annihilate him and loma will embarrass the crap out of him. And in my opinion he isn’t at the 7 figure level yet. Every fighter worked his way up, this bratt wants to be there without earning it.
Atleast Kingry is smarter at numbers with $200,000 than Fury’s delusional $ 1 trillion!
Greed has been the downfall of many great athletes. Too bad Kingry is only past the prospect stage. I mean, I think he’s a contender, right?
Not surprising this bratt is not fighting. You don’t start at the top, you start at the bottom and work your way up.