Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
WORKOUT QUOTES - MIGUEL COTTO, WBA Super Welterweight World Champion "We are working hard to achieve our goals. I've achieved everything I've wanted to so far during this camp. "I am thinking about the victory and after that, we will celebrate. "You have to keep your eyes on your opponent and always be prepared for anything in the ring.
Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer first planted the seed more than two years ago for the possibility of Saul “Canelo” Alvarez one day getting a crack at pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather. At the time, the move was viewed as means to simply build the name of a young fighter still on the way up. What sounded preposterous at the time is now dangerously close to becoming a reality.
The eventual showdown is quite an obvious possibility, but neither Saul Alvarez nor promoter Oscar De La Hoya wanted to talk much about it on a conference call Thursday. Nevertheless, if Alvarez can overcome former three-division champion Shane Mosley on May 5 in Las Vegas, and undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. beats Miguel Cotto later that night at MGM Grand, Alvarez-Mayweather would be an intriguing fight for later this year or in the first half of 2013.
The promoter in Oscar De La Hoya would love to predict Saul Alvarez will knock out Shane Mosley. The fighter in “The Golden Boy” knows better. De La Hoya realize that the odds are stacked against Alvarez stopping Mosley in their 12-round fight May 5 in Las Vegas. “I would be pleasantly surprised if ‘Canelo’ knocks him out,” De La Hoya said. “Obviously, it would catapult him to another stratosphere. Nobody has ever been able to knock out Shane Mosley, including myself, including the best in the world. And if a 21-year-old fighter named ‘Canelo’ can do it, then that’ll be huge.”
A $5 million lawsuit against Oscar De La Hoya by a woman who claims the fighter sexually assaulted her has been thrown out, according to the New York Daily News.
A 24-year old rising star steps into the ring for his biggest challenge to date. Standing across the ring is a living legend among a boxing rich Mexico nation, defending the WBC 140 lb. crown and not yet ready to hand off the Generation Next.
Lamont Peterson, Unified Super Lightweight World Champion
Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya has big plans in store for Erik Morales (52-7, 36KOs) - if the WBC junior welterweight champion is able to defeat unbeaten Danny Garcia (22-0, 14KOs) on the 24th of March in Houston, Texas.
The boxing industry wheels are turning. A few days ago, Golden Boy Promotions President Oscar De La Hoya announced on his personal Twitter page - "major announcement soon to come that will shake the boxing industry in a major way." De La Hoya plans to make the announcement on Tuesday.
(From Left to Right) WBO Junior Lightweight World Champion Adrien Broner, former Two-Time World Champion Devon Alexander, President of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar de la Hoya, WBA Super Lightweight World Champion Marcos Maidana and undefeated number one rated WBO junior lightweight contender Eloy Perez pose on February 23, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri at the final press conference for Alexander’s, Maidana’s, Bronoer’s and Perez’s February 25, 2012 fights at Scottrade Center in St. Louis where Alexander will face Maidana and Broner will defend his title against Perez, both of which will be televised live on HBO Boxing After Dark. Photos by Mark Bruckner/Hoganphotos.