Insider Notebook: De La Hoya's Future, Mosley and Balco

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i'm pretty sure that hopkins was suppose to beat Taylor, before moving up in weight

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By Robert Morales - Oscar De La Hoya, fresh off Saturday's beatdown by Manny Pacquiao, was on hand at his Golden Boy Promotions offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday.

"He's bummed out, maybe in disbelief," said Richard Schaefer, CEO of Golden Boy. "But he is moving on. We're all moving on. He's a big boy and he'll be OK."

Actually, Schaefer said, there was very little talk about boxing in a meeting he had with De La Hoya. He said they talked about a new soccer stadium they want to build in Houston that would house the Houston Dynamo, a Major League Soccer team of which De La Hoya is part owner. They talked about other real estate developments.

"It was really a non-boxing meeting," Schaefer said. "He put his businessman's hat on, even though he wasn't wearing his businessman's suit."

Schaefer said that De La Hoya will be leaving in a few days to return to Puerto Rico, where he lives with his wife Millie and their children. Schaefer said the De La Hoya clan will celebrate the holidays there, and at the same time De La Hoya will reflect on his future as a fighter.

"Sometime the early part of next year he will come back and he will make his decision known," Schaefer said.

According to HBO analyst Larry Merchant, there is only one decision De La Hoya can make - hang up the gloves.

"I think he should retire, but whether he will or not, who knows?" said Merchant, who was at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday for the news conference formally announcing the Jan. 24 welterweight title fight there between champion Antonio Margarito and "Sugar" Shane Mosley. [details]

I really agree with larry merchant a newly inductee to the hall of fame about his views about dela hoya's loss...lots of people most likely his fans were talking about dela hoyas loss to pacman as if they're going to save their idol with some excuses...remember experts especially their camp like beristain, angelo dundee, etc. were confident and well prepared even some considered it as a mismatch...but dela hoya himself knows best, he realized how great pacman was and said after the loss that pacman deserved the win and recognition...and even said that pacman is now his idol...

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ODHL is done. He really needs to hang up his gloves before he causes himself permanet damage.