SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA—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.

But a De La Hoya-Pacquiao fight does not sit well with Floyd Mayweather Sr., the Golden Boy’s trainer. Floyd Sr. says such a match is “ridiculous because of the size difference”.

Whether Floyd Sr.’s observation resonates with Pacquiao remains to be seen, considering the Filipino megastar’s present day mind set.

The Filipino icon already has publicly said that after he takes the WBC lightweight crown from Chicago’s David Diaz, he is open to moving up in weight, again.

Pacquiao is eyeing a bout at 140 lbs. with British ring superstar Ricky Hatton.

The Manchester Hitman has said he will not fight De La Hoya, but would relish a fight with Pacquiao, should the Filipino take the 135 lb. pound belt .

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Pacquiao leaves his ritzy La Brea digs Sunday in Manila for an open workout at noon in the heart of historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles.

Manny will shake out at Little Philippines Lake Street Park, then do media interviews about his upcoming battle with lightweight champ David Diaz.

Historic Filipinotown, between Westlake and Echo Park, has the highest concentration of Filipino-American residents in the United States. But despite their sizable numbers, Fil-Ams are still outnumbered by the area’s Mexican and Central American population.

In master promoter Bob Arum’s marketing scheme, the neighborhood is a gold mine to tap, and rightly so, for the Pacquiao-Diaz bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Vegas on June 28.