By Percy D. DellaPhilippine Daily Inquirer
The Golden Boy’s swan song has Manny Pacquiao overtones. Oscar De La Hoya said Saturday he is calling it a career this year. But not after one more fight with a credible opponent. He thinks Pacquiao is among these. “One more and that’s it. This is my final year. I’m doing one fight and hanging up the gloves,” De La Hoya told the British news agency Reuters.
De La Hoya had a fight scheduled for September with Floyd Mayweather Jr. who beat him in a split decision for the WBC light middleweight title bout. The unbeaten Mayweather, however, announced his retirement a few days ago, upsetting De La Hoya’s fight cart. Oscar thinks Floyd Jr. is playing mind games. “The time is running out. If Mayweather is thinking he can catch me at an older age next year, it’s not going to happen. It has to happen by this year,” De La Hoya told Reuters.
The Golden Boy said he would fight at 154 pounds (70 kg) and that any one who wants him in the ring will have to “adjust to that weight.” “There’s an interesting fight happening, Miguel Cotto against (Antonio) Margarito (on July 26 for Cotto’s WBC welterweight crown), that should be interesting to watch. Maybe I can get the winner. We’ll see.”
Added de la Hoya: “Manny Pacquiao is calling me out. He can jump up two or three weight classes and challenge me,” De La Hoya said.
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De La Hoya had a fight scheduled for September with Floyd Mayweather Jr. who beat him in a split decision for the WBC light middleweight title bout. The unbeaten Mayweather, however, announced his retirement a few days ago, upsetting De La Hoya’s fight cart. Oscar thinks Floyd Jr. is playing mind games. “The time is running out. If Mayweather is thinking he can catch me at an older age next year, it’s not going to happen. It has to happen by this year,” De La Hoya told Reuters.
The Golden Boy said he would fight at 154 pounds (70 kg) and that any one who wants him in the ring will have to “adjust to that weight.” “There’s an interesting fight happening, Miguel Cotto against (Antonio) Margarito (on July 26 for Cotto’s WBC welterweight crown), that should be interesting to watch. Maybe I can get the winner. We’ll see.”
Added de la Hoya: “Manny Pacquiao is calling me out. He can jump up two or three weight classes and challenge me,” De La Hoya said.
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