By Mark Vester
Oscar De La Hoya is a man on a mission. He wants the biggest fight possible to end his career on December 6 in Las Vegas. During a recent interview with reporter Francisco Salazar, De La Hoya said he was willing to fight everyone from Manny Pacquiao to Sergio Mora. He says the every big name from 135 to 160 is fair game.
He doesn't care if it's Manny Pacquiao, Miguel Cotto, Sergio Mora, Antonio Margarito or Felix Trinidad.
“There is a possibility of a fight with Manny Pacquiao. I told Richard Schaefer to get me the biggest fight possible,” says De La Hoya to Salazar. “Whoever it is, that is who we want. There is no particular fighter. Sergio Mora is a possibility. The winner of the Cotto-Margarito fight would be a great way to end my career. There is a lot of options. I am willing to fight whomever.”
The only fighter at the moment who is free and clear is Pacquiao. Cotto and Margarito face each other on Saturday. Mora owes a rematch to Vernon Forrest in the fall and Felix Trinidad, currently campaigning at light heavy, is not willing to fight below 165-pounds.
The favorites to land De La Hoya come down to Pacquiao and Cotto, if he beats Margarito, but De La Hoya told Salazar that a fight with Mora is bigger than a fight with Cotto.
“Having two L.A. guys at Dodger Stadium would be bigger than a Cotto fight,” says De La Hoya. “It would be an L.A. thing to have 55,000 people. That would be amazing. It all goes back to Richard (Schaefer) doing his homework and seeing if that is the biggest possible fight for me.”
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