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Georges St-Pierre reveals Dana White nixed boxing fight with Oscar De La Hoya: ‘It didn’t happen because he hates him’

Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre, reveals he nearly boxed Oscar De La Hoya a few years ago.

St-Pierre last competed in 2017 after he became the middleweight champion with a submission win over Michael Bisping. Due to health reasons, he retired, but there were talks of him coming out of retirement to face Khabib Nurmagomedov but that didn’t happen.

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Georges St-Pierre reveals Dana White nixed boxing fight with Oscar De La Hoya: 'It didn't happen because he hates him' 2

Along with that, Georges St-Pierre says he had agreed to box Oscar De La Hoya but UFC CEO Dana White shut the fight down.