The world boxing legend continues to cook his return to the ring, trying to avenge his defeat before facing the Mexican
The legend of world boxing Óscar de la Hoya is cooking his return to the ring and this time he did not name the Kazakh Gennadiy Golovkin as a possible rival, but the American Floyd Mayweather, above other rivals such as the Mexican Saúl ‘Canelo’ Álvarez, which he stopped promoting a few months ago.
De La Hoya, 47, shared FightHub TV that he continues to work on his return, and that One of the options he’s looking for is revenge on the defeat Mayweather handed him in 2007 in one of the best-selling events in the history of the sport, bringing in $ 130 million for 2.4 million homes sold on the pay-per-view system.
“I’ve always been proud to have conquered the best, and why should I go with the next best? Why not better with the man who hit him? For example, why don’t you go against Mayweather in a rematch fight? De La Hoya said when asked if Canelo’s name was on his list of potential rivals.
“That’s really intriguing. Let’s see how I feel, and from there we move on,” added the head of Golden Boy Promotions, a company that will be promoting the first title fight of undefeated Californian Ryan García this Saturday, who it will compete against the Olympic champion. Luke Campbell in Dallas for the World Boxing Council interim title.
“I could certainly think about it, “he added of the fight with Canelo,” but her sights are on the bigger prize.said Óscar, who could join the wave of return to boxing like Mike Tyson, Roy Jones and Julio César Chávez have done, though unlike them he wants to do like Argentinian Sergio ‘Maravilla’ Martínez, who has the gloves, but to fight professionally.
As a boxer, Óscar won the gold medal in Barcelona 1992 and fought from the same year to 2008. He became the first fighter in history to win titles in six different categories, from super featherweight to middleweight. by Lightweight, Superlight, Welterweight and Superwelterweight.