By Chris Williams:: Oscar De La Hoya is open to putting together a fight between his guy WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez and WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. at a catch weight of 156 pounds instead of at 154, Alvarez’s weight, or 160, the weight class that Chavez Jr. fights ago.
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De La Hoya speaks on Pacquiao – Marquez
By John F. McKenna (McJack): The former “Golden Boy” of boxing turned promoter, Oscar De La Hoya shared his thoughts about the upcoming war between World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Manny Pacquaio (53-3-2, 38 KO’s) and WBO/WBA lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez (53-5-1, 39 KO’s) when he visited the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood on Monday. Pacquiao and Marquez will square off on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas for the 3rd fight in their Trilogy.
Will De La Hoya come back to face Mayweather?
By John F. McKenna (McJack): Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya has been tinkering with the idea of making a return to the ring. And while Oscar making a comeback may seem irrational at the age of 38 and having been out of boxing since 2008, what is there about boxing these days that is rational?
38-year-old De La Hoya wants to make a comeback
By Allen Fox: It’s been three years since Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) last fought and he looked terrible in getting taken out in the 8th round by Manny Pacquiao in 2008. De La Hoya retired after that one-sided loss. However, after three years of retirement, De La Hoya is saying he wants to make a comeback.
Mayweather no longer needs Pacquiao; De La Hoya and Ortiz rematches are beckoning for Money May
By Chris Williams: It’s too bad Manny Pacquiao didn’t agree to the random blood testing that Floyd Mayweather Jr. wanted last year because Pacquiao would have faced Mayweather instead of the like of Joshua Clottey, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito.
De La Hoya may come out of retirement to fight Mayweather if he gives Ortiz a rematch
By Chris Williams: “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya is talking about coming out of retirement to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. again if Mayweather will agree to give a rematch to De La Hoya’s fighter Victor Ortiz.
Mayweather: I left the fight in the ring, but Ortiz and De La Hoya keep crying about it
By Chris Williams: Unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 Ko’s) says he’s since forgotten about his 4th round knockout win over Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s), but Ortiz and his promoter Oscar De La Hoya won’t let it go and keep talking.
De La Hoya: Ortiz was just warming up against Mayweather when he was hit with a cheap shot
By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya thinks that his fighter former WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz was just warming up in his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada. De Hoya says Ortiz’s momentum was cut short by the cheap shot that Mayweather landed in the 4th round when referee Joe Cortez was looking outside of the ring instead of at the two fighters.
De la Hoya admits he was done by the time he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr.
By Gerardo Granados: If that statement it’s true, then how deteriorated was Oscar when he faced Congressman Manny Pacquiao? In the second episode of HBO 24/7 Mayweather-Ortiz, Oscar De la Hoya speaks to Victor Ortiz, trying to pump up the confidence of the young World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion and admits to him that by the time he fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. he was already done as a fighter.
De La Hoya: Ortiz should be the favorite over Mayweather
By Jason Kim: On HBO’s Mayweather-Ortiz 24/7 episode 2, Oscar De La Hoya was busy giving WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz a pep talk during the early portion of the episode, pointing out that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is 34-years-old now now, hasn’t fought in over a year and half and is going to to have a lot of ring rust for an aging fighter.