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By TK Stewart - Oscar De La Hoya was the last one to arrive at Saturday’s post fight press conference held inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions was on the dais and he interrupted Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to introduce De La Hoya. In his thick and heavy Swiss accent, the boyish faced Schaefer announced: “Ladiez and zentlemen, pleeze give a big hand for zee Golden Boy, Oscor Dee La Hoya!”
Only an hour earlier, De La Hoya had been out-pointed again in another blockbuster fight, and already the deep lines of disappointment had etched themselves into his handsome face. It was all finally over and after several months of promotion, many long weeks spent in training camp and after answering thousands of questions this odyssey was near its end.
De La Hoya and Schaefer knew now that if this was to be the fight that was going to save boxing it was going to have to do so with Oscar De La Hoya as the loser by split-decision.
Flanked by business partners and former foes Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley, and attired in a gray, pinstripe suit and off white shirt, a tie-less De La Hoya addressed the assembled media. His face showed the red sc****s of the twelve rounds he had just spent in the ring with “Pretty Boy” Floyd.
De La Hoya slowly made his way to the microphone and solemnly declared; “I don’t feel like a loser, because I came to do what I had to do.”
His remarks were tempered due to the fact that he and Schaefer’s stated mission is to clean up boxing, make it appealing again to long absent corporate sponsors and remove the bad taste that is usually left in the mouths of many fans after controversial decisions rendered by Las Vegas judges. As a result, De La Hoya didn’t want to call into question the decision of the officials that went against him. “They are professionals and you just have to respect the judges at this point,” said an obviously peeved De La Hoya through pursed lips. [details]
Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy Promotions was on the dais and he interrupted Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to introduce De La Hoya. In his thick and heavy Swiss accent, the boyish faced Schaefer announced: “Ladiez and zentlemen, pleeze give a big hand for zee Golden Boy, Oscor Dee La Hoya!”
Only an hour earlier, De La Hoya had been out-pointed again in another blockbuster fight, and already the deep lines of disappointment had etched themselves into his handsome face. It was all finally over and after several months of promotion, many long weeks spent in training camp and after answering thousands of questions this odyssey was near its end.
De La Hoya and Schaefer knew now that if this was to be the fight that was going to save boxing it was going to have to do so with Oscar De La Hoya as the loser by split-decision.
Flanked by business partners and former foes Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley, and attired in a gray, pinstripe suit and off white shirt, a tie-less De La Hoya addressed the assembled media. His face showed the red sc****s of the twelve rounds he had just spent in the ring with “Pretty Boy” Floyd.
De La Hoya slowly made his way to the microphone and solemnly declared; “I don’t feel like a loser, because I came to do what I had to do.”
His remarks were tempered due to the fact that he and Schaefer’s stated mission is to clean up boxing, make it appealing again to long absent corporate sponsors and remove the bad taste that is usually left in the mouths of many fans after controversial decisions rendered by Las Vegas judges. As a result, De La Hoya didn’t want to call into question the decision of the officials that went against him. “They are professionals and you just have to respect the judges at this point,” said an obviously peeved De La Hoya through pursed lips. [details]