By Rick Reeno
Well, Floyd Mayweather Jr. (48-0, 26KOs) can forget about a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya.
Mayweather is scheduled to fight on September 12th, likely at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas - and expressed his interest in facing De La Hoya (39-6, 30KOs), who in recent interviews had hinted at a potential return to the ring.
De La Hoya has been retired since suffering a TKO defeat to Manny Pacquiao in 2008. But
Mayweather won a twelve round split decision over De La Hoya in 2007. The fight generated more than 2.4 million pay-per-views buys and held the record for PPV purchases until May 2nd of this year - when Mayweather's fight with Manny Pacquiao crushed it with a 4.4 million buyrate.
In 2008, De La Hoya was negotiating with Mayweather to hold a rematch and even took a tuneup fight with Steve Forbes to prepare for the match. But the rematch never happened. Mayweather stepped away from boxing, and Pacquiao's legend began when he moved up by two weight divisions to face De La Hoya.
"I seen a little thing with Oscar, saying that he's coming back. I mean, if he want to we can rock and roll in September. We can do it 154. He already know that. He said he wanted a rematch. So if he want it we can do it in September. He already knows how I operate," Mayweather said.
But De La Hoya issued a statement on Instragram, letting Mayweather know that he missed his shot back in 2008. And De La Hoya also killed any speculation of a planned comeback.
"So, I hear Floyd wants to give me a rematch now. Our first fight had a rematch clause. It had to take place within the year. He retired a year and one day. Look, I'm retired. I'm happy. I'm content. I'm never coming back. I'm gonna continue growing Golden Boy," De La Hoya said.