Via Jack Tiernan: Oscar De La Hoya supports Ryan Garcia leaving coach Ryan Garcia to switch to Joe Goosen due to the lack of time that the famous coach gives him.
De La Hoya said he initially liked the idea of having Ryan Garcia and Vergil Ortiz Jr train with Reynoso, but it wasn’t worth it because he didn’t have the time.
As De La Hoya pointed out, Reynoso coaches superstar Canelo Alvarez, and that takes a lot of time. Oscar says that Canelo and Reynoso are “best friends.
Given the amount of time Reynoso spends with Canelo, De La Hoya feels it’s unfair to Vergil and the other fighters he trains.
Reynoso also has many other top boxers that he trains at his gym, which helps him get the time he needs, says De La Hoya.
Ryan recently split from Reynoso and is now coached by Joe Goosen, for whom De La Hoya is the ideal coach. Unbeatable lightweight contender Ryan (21-0, 18 KOs) is getting ready for his title fight on DAZN against Emmanuel Tagoe on April 9 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
“When the Vergils thought of going to see Eddy Reynoso, I like the idea because he has the knowledge and training next to a great champion like Canelo, that would be amazing,” said Oscar De La Hoya during practice with the heavyweight contender. Vergil Ortiz Jr. with Reynoso.
“The only problem is time,” De La Hoya continued. “Time. Eddy Reynoso has many world champions, including the best champion [Canelo Alvarez]. If Canelo told Eddy, ‘Hey, let’s go on vacation, he dropped everything and he left because they were best friends.
“So it wouldn’t be fair to Vergil or the boxers, and now that we see Ryan going with Joe Goosen, it’s a great choice,” De La Hoya said of Ryan leaving Reynoso.
“Eddy Reynoso only has time for Canelo. That is the key point. So the choice Vergil made was a great one. Moved out here to LA.
“They have the staging, they have the coach as a second voice, who is knowledgeable, experienced, I think this is a great move, an excellent move,” De La Hoya said.
“We were the only ones in the gym most of the time. We don’t see too much of Eddy [Reynoso]”, said Vergil Ortiz Jr. It was the end of the year, and it was a holiday, and I couldn’t make it either. It’s just dead time for boxing.
“It was just really bad timing, so we had to go somewhere else,” Vergil said.
