News - Oscar De La Hoya

"This fight is very important to me because I want to become a world champion again and I want to retire as a world champion," said Oscar de la Hoya from his training camp at the Wilfredo Gomez Gym in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. "That being said, I did not want to fight an easy fight so I chose a very dangerous opponent in Ricardo Mayorga. I knew he would bring out the best in me I have worked very, very hard in training camp to show up on May read more ...

WBC super welterweight champion Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga will be fighting one of the most popular boxers in history on May 6, "The Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya, and his training regimen is evidence that he is taking this fight seriously. Mayorga started his training here on Feb. 23 at the new Fight Club gym. The first interval of training began with a 3-mile morning jog each day at 7 a.m. After his jog, El Matador eats breakfast and read more ...

On May 6th, signs declaring the MGM Grand, as a "Danger Zone" will be posted throughout the arena. However, judging by the total disdain that the WBC junior middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga has for the six-division champion Oscar De La Hoya, the "Danger Zone" has now become more of a "War Zone." De La Hoya has had to put up with insult after insult. Mayorga's lack of respect has him questioning Oscar's sexuality, his internal fortitude to read more ...

The fireworks continued between Oscar De La Hoya and Ricardo Mayorga Tuesday afternoon at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in West Los Angeles. If the media and all in attendance were looking for free entertainment from Mayorga, they got it in great abundance, as Mayorga reeled off a series of quotes and antics that would make a longshoreman blush. read more ...

Oscar, in the past you have shown a significant stamina loss past the 7th round, vs Mayorga this could be extremely dangerous. How do you see yourself spending your energy in order to make sure you are not tired out by the later rounds? OSCAR_DE_LA_HOYA: I think I figured something out after so many years and that is, every time I fight I tend to stay too tight. The key is to relax read more ...

In addition to the potential May 6 Oscar De La Hoya-Ricardo Mayorga HBO PPV, reliable sources close to the situation have informed Boxingtalk.com that Golden Boy Promotions and Don King Productions are also discussing Luis Perez-Fernando Montiel, Vicente Mosquera-Javier Jauregui and a Zab Judah-Shane Mosley superfight for early 2006. Don King and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer were unavailable for immediate comment. read more ...

While Schaefer and De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) were in El Paso, Texas, last week promoting Marco Antonio Barrera's junior lightweight title defense against Mzonke Fana, they had a meeting to talk about De La Hoya's plans. "He told me what his plans are and now I am going to see if we can put everything together in the next few weeks and see what kind of opponents are available," Schaefer said... read more ...