De La Hoya: If I Return, I Want Gennady Golovkin

By TMZ Sports

Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya is calling out the deadliest boxer in the world -- telling TMZ Sports if he does decide to get back in the ring, he wants to fight undefeated human annihilator Gennady Golovkin, who holds the WBA/IBO middleweight titles.

The 42-year-old Golden Boy was leaving the Belasco Theater in L.A. when we asked how he felt about being called out by Shane Mosley and Roy Jones Jr.

That's when Oscar dropped the bombshell ... saying, "If I ever come back, and I think about it every day, I'll fight Triple G."

So, does Oscar have a death wish? Does he truly believe he could beat one of the most dangerous fighters alive?

De La Hoya recently stated during a radio interview that he was tempted to get back in the ring. He's been retired since a 2008 knockout loss to Manny Pacquiao. Both Roy Jones Jr. and Shane Mosley said they were ready to fight the Golden Boy if he decided to enter the ring again.