Mayweather challenges De La Hoya for September fight
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (R) and Oscar De la Hoya exchange blows in their WBC Super Welterweight world championship boxing match 05 May 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP FILE PHOTO
Floyd Mayweather Jr., has chosen a potential opponent for his final fight in September. He wants another fight with Oscar De La Hoya.
Yahoo’s Kevin Iole tweeted on Thursday (Manila time) that Mayweather will stake his 48-0 record against De La Hoya if the Golden Boy comes out of retirement.
“Oscar, if he wants to, we can rock and roll this September,” Mayweather told reporters.
Mayweather and De La Hoya fought in 2007 where Money won the bout and the WBC Light Middleweight title in one of the closest wins in his career when he settled for a split decision from the judges.
De La Hoya has not fought since Manny Pacquiao bludgeoned him to retirement in 2008.
READ: De La Hoya: Manny Pacquiao on a different level
While Golden Boy was removed from fighting for seven years, Mayweather was fresh off a win against Pacquiao with a little more than a month.
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A potential fight between the two boxing superstars could be a fitting end to Mayweather’s career with De La Hoya being vocal, in Twitter at least, about Money’s performance against Pacquiao in the dud known as “The Fight of the Century.”
“I’m just not into the boxing, running style. I like jumping out of my seat because a fight was existing and the fans got their money’s worth,” De La Hoya posted after the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight on May 2. IDL
