World boxing legend continues to cook his return to the ring, seeks revenge for defeat before facing the Mexican
The legend of world boxing Óscar de la Hoya continues to cook his return to the ring and this time he did not mention the Kazakh Gennadiy Golovkin as a possible rival, but the American Floyd Mayweather, above other rivals such as the Mexican Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez, which he stopped promoting a few months ago.
From Hoya, 47, he said FightHub TV that he continues to work on his return and that one of the options he is looking for is to avenge that defeat that Mayweather gave him in 2007 in one of the best-selling events in the history of the sport and which generated 130 million dollars for 2.4 million homes sold in the pay-per-view system.
“I have always been proud to face the best and why go with the second best? Why not better against the guy who beat him? Why not go for example against Mayweather in a revenge fight? “De La Hoya said when asked if Canelo’s name is on his list of potential rivals.
“This is something really interesting. Let’s see how I feel and that’s where we’re going,” added the head of Golden Boy Promotions, a company that on Saturday will promote the first fight for the title of undefeated Californian Ryan Garcia, who will face Olympic champion Luke Campbell in Dallas for the interim title of World Boxing Council.
“I could certainly think about that, “he added about the fight with Canelo,” but her goals are on the highest prize.“said Óscar, who could join the wave of boxing returns, as did Mike Tyson, Roy Jones and Julio César Chávez, although, unlike them, he wants to make the Argentine Sergio” Maravilla “Martínez, who took over gloves, but to fight professionally.
As a boxer, Óscar won the gold medal in Barcelona in 1992 and fought from the same year until 2008. He became the first fighter in history to win titles in six different categories, from super to medium weight, passing for Lightweight, Superlight, Welter and Superwelter.