SUPERFIGHT IS ON? Pretty Boy v Golden Boy

JoeyJJ

From Skysports..

will face off in boxing's biggest fight for years.

Although full details are yet to be revealed, the pound-for-pound king and arguably the sport's most popular fighter will meet on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

It will be the biggest showdown since heavyweight kings Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson met in 2002 and looks like being the last hurrah for both men.

De la Hoya, whose Golden Boy Promotions will stage the fight, has long said he will quit after his next fight, while an emotional Mayweather said he would have one more bout following his recent welterweight world title win over Carlos Baldomir.

It means giving up on his bid to match Oscar's world titles at six different weights, but with de la Hoya now campaigning at middleweight, light-middleweight could be where the two now meet.

Whatever the weight Mayweather, who for all his criticism has never ducked a big name, is delighted at what he sees as the opportunity to establish himself as the world's best - and silence the fans that booed him against Baldomir.

"Oscar De La Hoya, what can I say?" he told boxingtalk.com. "He's a great fighter, he's one of the top fighters in the world today, I'm the top fighter in the world today.

"This is the fight that the fans want, the people want, he wants, I want, so we're going to make it happen."

De la Hoya, who is of course trained by Floyd Snr and has won six world titles from super-feather to middleweight, has not boxed since stopping Ricardo Mayorga in six last May - the Mayweather fight will be only his third in two years.

mickith

cant beleive this fight is actually goin to happen. whats all this about mayweather retiring. i thought he would be around for a while yet.
i wonder will mayweathers auld man still train del le hoya for this one. im sure we will see in the coming months whats goin on and when it will happen
cant wait:D

Bodhidharma

Brilliant fight. Mayweather is without doubt the classiest fighter of the past decade. The fight will be intriguing because De La Hoya will be by far the bigger and stronger man.

I will still go with Mayweather to win on points. He's too fast and De La Hoya hasn't looked good since beating Vargas. And he seems intent on lining his pockets. It wouldn't surprise me if it was all an attempt to be Floyd's new promotor, a la Bernard Hopkins.

Although i heard Mayweather was after Vernon Forest. Either way its good news for boxing.

JoeyJJ

Mayweather is going to retire so its not to become his promotor imo, Mayweather has stated it takes too much out of him after a fight and wants to call it a day. I think I would love to see Oscar win it, I know these days its all promo work but man what a fighter he was, if he can capture that again in his last fight its going to be close.

Be prepared to pay a few quid more PPV on this one I think ! It better have a cracking undercard.

walshb

And the sad state of affairs in the world of boxing continues.
Anyone beleieving this fight is anything but a farce are fooling
themselves big time. DLH will lose and lose big. He's a has-been
and is nowhere near close Matweathers equal. 10 years ago I would
make him favorite. Now it's all just a money spinner. Boxing again is
the LOSER!!!!

cowzerp

i think this is the shot in the arm that boxing needs-LETS GET IT ON!!!!

megadodge

Anyone beleieving this fight is anything but a farce are fooling
themselves big time. DLH will lose and lose big. He's a has-been
and is nowhere near close Matweathers equal. 10 years ago I would
make him favorite.

A FARCE ?
Are you serious ?
Genuinely ?

This fight is exactly what boxing needs.
Two huge names (well one huge, the other very big) fighting each other and
irrespective of what you think I can't see this being anything other than a close distance fight. You are seriously overrating Floyd if you think he'll "win big" ( by that I'm assuming a KO or huge points winning margin). I just can't see that happening.

Raekwon

walshb wrote:

10 years ago I would make him favorite

Who? De La Hoya? Well considering that Mayweather only made his pro debut approx 10 years ago (11/10/1996 to be exact) I would have made De La Hoya favourite back then too

walshb

C'mon fellas. The current Mayweather V DLH from the mid to late 90's would without doubt be a truly epic encounter, right up there with the Hagler V Hearns and Leonard trilogies. Well as regards importance anyway. But to suggest this is what boxing needs, one guy at his peak V a faded and uninterested former great is ridiculous and belittles the sport. DLH will be absolutely embarrassed and shut out. How is that what boxing needs?

And by the way I rate a peak Oscar at Lightweight to Welter as one of the finest fighters of the past 30 years. He was superb, but he is at least 3 years past his peak. :cool:

cowzerp

This is 1 we'll have to wait and see-lets hope its a classic-personally i think it has the potential to be. there is not that many top fights out there at the min-also i still think de la hoya is far from finished.