By Al Francis: Golden Boy promotions was established in 2001, since then they have strived, and to some degree succeeded in becoming the world’s leading boxing promoter, but the way they have achieved this makes us wonder how can this be good for boxing long term.
Oscar De La Hoya
Does Mayweather need to piggy-back on popular fighters like Hatton and De La Hoya to sell tickets?
By Dave Lahr: Judging by how poorly the ticket sales have gone fore Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Manuel Marquez bout for September 19th, I’m starting to wonder whether Mayweather is in fact a huge pay-per-view attraction. Marquez may not be a big star, but he’s certainly popular enough to create a big PPV gate if he were matched against Oscar De La Hoya or say Ricky Hatton.
Battle of the Legends (part 1) – Ricky Hatton vs. Oscar De La Hoya
By Shaun Campbell: These articles will be attempting to determine the results of fights that unfortunately never happened, either because of the different era or just whether the fighters never got together to make it happen. It is similar to the Super fight between Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano (obviously on a smaller scale). Now, usually I would not encourage people to disagree, but on this occasion I would welcome it because I’d like to get more than one point of view, but no stupid comments please.
De La Hoya: “I’m Convinced He [Marquez] Will Win This Fight”
By Jason Kim: Oscar De La Hoya is completely sold on Juan Manuel Marquez being able to pull off an upset on September 19th against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California, saying in a Thursday conference call “I’m convinced he [Juan Manuel Marquez] will win this fight.” De La Hoya was especially impressed with Marquez after seeing how he packed on nine pounds of muscle to his small lightweight frame, and is now weighting close to the 144 pound catch weight limit.
De La Hoya sees Marquez as having the style to beat Mayweather Jr.
By Sean McDaniel: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions thinks that Juan Manuel Marquez has the style to beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. on September 19th. Specifically, De La Hoya points out Marquez’s counter punching ability, along with his aggressiveness and his excellent stamina.
Can Hatton compete at Welterweight?
By William Mackay: As of now, no one knows whether Ricky Hatton will decide to continue fighting or not. However, it’s looking like Hatton will decide to continue fighting because he was hinting about making a decision in three weeks in a recent interview he made after meeting with Muhammad Ali.
De La Hoya: “Marquez will beat Mayweather”
By Dave Lahr: In Oscar De La Hoya’s weekly blog, he’s predicting that Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KO’s) will beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KO’s), giving Floyd his first loss of his career in doing so. De La Hoya feels that the two years that Mayweather has been out of the ring, along with Floyd’s rib injury will lead to Marquez, 36, pulling off the upset at the MGM Grand, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
De La Hoya Wants Diaz to Fight Hatton
By Eric Thomas: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions wants Juan Diaz to fight Ricky Hatton, according to the boxing news site Fight Hype. While Diaz, 25, was being interviewed after last Saturday night’s fight by Max Kellerman, De La Hoya whispered in Diaz’s ear, telling Diaz to mention Hatton’s name to Kellerman as someone Juan would like to fight next.
De La Hoya Thinks Roy Jones Jr. Should Retire
By Jason Kim: Oscar De La Hoya thinks it’s high time that Roy Jones Jr. hangs up his boxing gloves for good, according to an article from The Ring. De La Hoya thinks that the 40-year-old Jones will likely win this Saturday night’s bout against former International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Jeff Lacy in Biloxi, Mississippi, De La Hoya thinks that Jones should retire immediately after this fight.
News – De La Hoya Plans on Staying Retired; Green gunning for Froch
By Jason Kim: Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) says he doesn’t plan on coming out of retirement, and that he will be moving from Puerto Rico to Los Angeles to be closer to his company Golden Boy Promotions, according to the Daily news. De La Hoya is said to be happy in retirement, and still somewhat in shock that he’s not competing anymore, saying “I still say to myself, ‘wow, I’m not fighting ever again.”