Oscar De La Hoya hopes Senate speech helps derail TKO-backed controversial Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act
The Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act made a significant leap toward entering into law on Tuesday after the bill passed the U. S. House of Representatives by a voice vote.
The fast-moving piece of legislation will now be introduced in Senate for a vote, where it will need a simple majority to pass before it lands on the desk of President Donald Trump, who can formally make it official. While many in the boxing world are of the belief that contesting the Ali Revival Act is a losing battle because of the powerful backers behind the bill, namely TKO — the parent company of UFC, WWE and Zuffa Boxing — Oscar De La Hoya told Uncrowned's "The Ariel Helwani Show" this week that he will continue to fight the good fight, as it were. "[The Ali Revival Act entering into law] doesn’t seem inevitable," De La Hoya insisted.
"It still has to pass through the Senate. I’ve had various conversations with members of the Senate, and they’ve invited me to Washington in a few weeks to speak, and I'm going to be there. What’s mind-boggling to me is that nobody’s reporting on it — nobody's talking about it.
"I expect the boxing community to be in Washington... It feels like I’m fighting this fight alone, which is pretty odd. But that’s what TKO is, that's what Zuffa is, that's what Dana [White] is — they're always sneaky.
They had a hearing yesterday or a couple of days ago, where they passed it. It was all sneaky, it was all under the radar — nobody knew about it. Hopefully, with me showing up, with me being prepared, talking to the Senate, hopefully convincing them and hopefully it gets derailed.
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