De La Hoya Turns To Mora After Pacquiao Walks Away
August 14th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Sergio Mora
By Jim Dower: Going from a massive fight that would have likely brought in huge PPV dollar numbers, Oscar De La Hoya has suddenly had a lowering of expectations, turning his sights to WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Mora as his final opponent of his career on December 6th. The fight, however, isn’t a solid […]
Pacquiao-De La Hoya Negotiations Off: Will Oscar Now Face Margarito?
August 13th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito
By Manuel Perez: In what turned out to be a bitter pill for Golden Boy Promotions today, lightweight Manny Pacquiao walked away from an offer of 70-30 purse split with the “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya, turning him down when he refused to budge in any way and come in at the 60-40 purse […]
With Pacquiao Out of The Picture, Who Should De La Hoya Fight?
August 13th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao
By Aaron Klein: With today’s bombshell announcement that Manny Pacquiao has pulled out of the negotiations for a fight with Oscar De La Hoya, turning down a 70-30 purse split, just who now should De La Hoya fight on December 6th? To be sure, Pacquiao still would probably be the best option, but De La […]
De La Hoya-Pacquiao Negotiations Off?
August 13th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao
By William Mackay: According to reports from fightnews, Manny Pacquiao has turned down an offer of a 70-30 split from Golden Boy Promotions for a potential December 6th fight with Oscar De La Hoya. Pacquiao wanted a 60-40 split, but De La Hoya’s Golden Boy management team where firm with the original 70-30 split. Instead […]
Is De La Hoya The Most Hated Fighter In Boxing?
August 9th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya
By Eric Thomas: As the days draw nearer for what will likely be Oscar De La Hoya’s final fight of his boxing career on December 6th against Manny Pacquiao, De La Hoya has seemed to become a lightning rod for criticism among boxing fans on the internet. And to think, all it took was for […]
Calzaghe-Jones, Pavlik-Hopkins, De La Hoya-Pacquiao: Is Boxing In a Race To The Bottom?
August 8th, 2008 Bernard Hopkins, Kelly Pavlik, Oscar De La Hoya, Joe Calzaghe, Manny Pacquiao
By Tony Krebs: Just looking at the current state of boxing now with fighters like Kelly Pavlik facing 43 year-old former champion Bernard Hopkins rather than other more deserving middleweights, undefeated Joe Calzaghe avoiding his top super middleweight opponents to fight a 39 year-old Roy Jones Jr, and then for the kicker of them all, […]
Forget Pacquiao, De La Hoya Needs To Avenge His Losses Or Else Face Margarito
August 7th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Antonio Margarito
By Chet Mills: With still no official word as to who Oscar De La Hoya will be facing for his final fight on December 6th, it seems as if the leading candidate in the running is small lightweight Manny Pacquiao, the 5′6″ Filipino star. Antonio Margarito, fresh off his 10th round TKO of Miguel Cotto, […]
De La Hoya Needs To Man-Up and Fight Margarito
August 5th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito
By Manuel Perez: If you’re like me, you were expecting much more from Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) for his so-called last fight of his boxing career likely against super featherweight Manny Pacquiao (37-5, 27 KOs) on December 6th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Besides the whole silly image of […]
Don’t Count On De La Hoya Fighting Margarito
July 29th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito
By Manuel Perez: Now that newly crowned WBA welterweight champion Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) has finished off Miguel Cotto and put him to rest, the natural next opponent for Margarito would seem to be boxing great Oscar De la Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs), who previously hinted at wanting to fight Cotto if he were […]
De La Hoya vs. Pacquiao in December?
July 20th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao
By Manuel Perez: For most people, the thought of Manny Pacquiao, currently the WBC lightweight champion, every fighting a fighter as big as welterweight Oscar De La Hoya, seemed laughable due to the huge size differences between the two fighters. Indeed, most boxing fans that dared mention such a match up in boxing forums on […]
De La Hoya To Fight For The Final Time In December
June 13th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya
By Eric Thomas: Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) will reportedly be fighting for the final time on December 6th at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas against a still unnamed opponent. De La Hoya, who lost his original Floyd Mayweather Jr. for a bout that was supposed to have taken place on September […]
De La Hoya: “One more [Fight] and that’s it”
June 12th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya
By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) perhaps still smarting from the rejection by light welterweight Ricky Hatton, who declined to step in and fight De La Hoya in September, as well as Floyd Mayweather Jr’s recent retirement, De La Hoya told Reuters on Wednesday, “One more […]
Who Will Be De La Hoya’s Next Lucky Opponent?
June 10th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya
By William MacKay: For a fighter as popular and as wealthy as Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs), he sure has had a bad week. Not only did he lose out on a huge potential multi-million dollar payday when his September 20th opponent Floyd Mayweather Jr. abruptly retired from boxing, but he then had […]
Hatton Not Interested in De La Hoya Bout In September
June 9th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton
By Eric Thomas: In the latest boxing news, former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) is reportedly not interested in a bout with 6-weight world champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) in September, so says Hatton’s father, Ray, according to the BBC. Apparently, Hatton feels that the bout is too soon […]
Where Does Mayweather’s Retirement Leave De La Hoya & Hatton?
June 6th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Aaron Klein: For Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs), today’s sudden retirement announcement by Floyd Mayweather Jr. couldn’t have come about at a worse time for him. De La Hoya, 35, had been a sheer three months away from his rematch with Mayweather in September, and it would have made a nice payday […]
Wright Wants De La Hoya & Pavlik: Is He Dreaming?
June 6th, 2008 Winky Wright, Kelly Pavlik, Oscar De La Hoya
By Scott Gilfoid: In perhaps a sign of wishful thinking on his part, former IBF/WBA/WBC/WBO light middleweight champion Ronald “Winky” Wright (51-4-1, 25 KOs) mentioned on Wednesday night’s ESPN boxing telecast that he’s interested in fighting only big fights, and has both Oscar De La Hoya and WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik. The main […]
Did Hatton Blow His Chance At Fighting De La Hoya?
June 5th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton
By Jim Dower: In winning his fight on May 24th against the tough Mexican Juan Lazcano, former light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton (44-1, 31 KOs) may have destroyed his shot at landing what would likely be a huge mega bout against Oscar De La Hoya in the future. Though Hatton, 29, did end up getting […]
Is De La Hoya Improved Enough To Beat Mayweather?
May 21st, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Paulie Malignaggi
By Manuel Perez: While watching former welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) giving Steve Forbes a boxing lesson en route to winning an easy 12-round unanimous decision on May 3rd, I couldn’t help but notice how improved De La Hoya was since seeing him last fight a year earlier against Floyd Mayweather […]
Why De La Hoya Will Defeat Mayweather
May 6th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather Jr
By Aaron Klein: In watching Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) completely take apart his opponent Steve Forbes last Saturday night, I saw the blueprint that Oscar had crafted, with the help of Floyd Mayweather Sr – his trainer – to use to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. in their upcoming September 20th bout in […]
De La Hoya Needs To Ignore His Critics
May 6th, 2008 Oscar De La Hoya
By Aaron Klein: Last Saturday night the six-time world champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) showed that he still has what it takes to be a world champion in the process of pounding out a remarkably easy 12-round unanimous decision over former super featherweight champion Steve Forbes at the Home Depot Center, in […]
