De La Hoya To Khan Doubters: Remember What Pac Did To Me?

By Victor Salazar 

New York, NY - The second stop of the three city promotional tour for Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez vs. Amir Khan landed in New York City - known as the media capital of the world.

The fight is scheduled to take place on May 7th at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. HBO Pay-Per-View will carry the bout.

Oscar De La Hoya, a six division world champion, was in full swing as the President of Golden Boy Promotions.

Canelo (46-1-1, 32KOs) is the clear favorite because of his size, skill, and power. While Khan (31-3, 19KOs) has struggled to stay up against fighters in lower weight divisions. But De La Hoya was doing his best to sell the fight to the fans and media in attendance.

“Khan was willing to take the risk to become one of the best fighters in the world,” De La Hoya said.

The fight has intrigue because of the superstar names from the rich boxing counties of Mexico and England. The fight will also hold historical value as being the first fight to take place in the newly constructed T-Mobile Arena which holds over 20,000 seats. It was a definitely a selling point De La Hoya brought home.

“It’s not often that two true superstars of the sport meet each other in the prime of their career,” stated De La Hoya. “It’s the biggest fighter in Mexico taking on the biggest fighter from England on the biggest stage in Las Vegas.”

Styles makes fights and to De La Hoya the aspect of speed vs. power is a solid reason why fans should tune in.

“An old saying tells us that styles makes fights and the styles of these two fighters is a can’t miss match for boxing,” explained the promoter. “Its speed versus power. Canelo features thunderous power and solid defense while Khan features fast hands and quick feet.”

And to those that feels the size and Vegas odds is a factor, De La Hoya wanted to remind the public that he was in a similar situation against Manny Pacquiao in 2008.

“While Canelo may be the favorite coming into the fight... I remember a fight where I was a favorite as the bigger guy with bigger power. I was the one who was the favorite and there was a fighter by the name of Manny Pacquiao who nobody thought would win. We all know what happened there. He retired me, “ De La Hoya said in closing.