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After being away from the ring for almost two years, Oscar De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) will return to the ring to challenge Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (28-5-1, 23 Kos) for his WBC junior middleweight title on Saturday, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Spending the better of the last two years as a promoter, Oscar prepares to lace up the gloves for battle. The most popular non-heavyweight boxer in pay-per-view history is still the biggest box office draw in the sport.
De La Hoya has won titles in six different weight divisions: 130, 135, 140, 147, 154 and 160. When he challenges Mayorga on Saturday night, he will be making his 28th appearance in a world championship match. The animosity is strong as both men almost came to blows at numerous press conferences and during the taping of a pre-fight video to hype the pay-per-view. Mayorga promises to knock De La Hoya out and has been verbally assaulting the Golden Boy at every corner in order to get inside his head.
The staff of BoxingScene.com comes to together to voice their opinions, predictions and strategies for the big fight.
Brent Matteo Alderson - I think it's going to be a real exciting fight and believe that even if Oscar was in his prime the bout would still pack excitement since Mayorga punches hard, is awkward, and has a good chin. Even though the Golden Boy hasn't fought in almost 20 months and turned 33 years old in February, I'm not as down on Oscar as a lot of other scribes. [details]
De La Hoya has won titles in six different weight divisions: 130, 135, 140, 147, 154 and 160. When he challenges Mayorga on Saturday night, he will be making his 28th appearance in a world championship match. The animosity is strong as both men almost came to blows at numerous press conferences and during the taping of a pre-fight video to hype the pay-per-view. Mayorga promises to knock De La Hoya out and has been verbally assaulting the Golden Boy at every corner in order to get inside his head.
The staff of BoxingScene.com comes to together to voice their opinions, predictions and strategies for the big fight.
Brent Matteo Alderson - I think it's going to be a real exciting fight and believe that even if Oscar was in his prime the bout would still pack excitement since Mayorga punches hard, is awkward, and has a good chin. Even though the Golden Boy hasn't fought in almost 20 months and turned 33 years old in February, I'm not as down on Oscar as a lot of other scribes. [details]
and watch how the 8 million dollars PBF passed on turns into about a 20 million dollar loss if De La Hoya loses. Go Matador. If De La Hoya was going to stick around for another 2 years then I would root for Oscar. I guess you all cant tell I cant stand PBF 
lol damm you got alot of points. I am with you on the Manny fight. PacMan is da' man. He took out 2 of my best Mexican fighters. He deserves mad props and he wont duck no one like PBF does. Like Vernon forest said: How can I claim to be the unified champion if I dont clean out my division? True dat. Said when he lost against Mayorga
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