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De La Hoya to fight Mayweather
By Steve Springer, Times Staff Writer
6:07 PM PST, November 13, 2006

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Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather reached an agreement late Monday afternoon to fight May 5, 2007.

Although Mayweather, generally considered the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, had demanded equal pay to face De La Hoya, the biggest draw in boxing, De La Hoya had balked at that demand.

De La Hoya, who will promote the fight under his Golden Boy Promotions, had made Mayweather an offer roughly a third of the total share, an amount that is expected to exceed $10 million.

De La Hoya's share is expected to exceed $20 million.

De La Hoya had given Mayweather a deadline of Monday or said he would move on to another opponent if Mayweather had failed to accept the terms. Neither side revealed the exact split of the purse, but the fight could financially challenge the 1999 De La Hoya-Felix Trinidad fight, which was the richest in non-heavyweight history. That fight drew $1.4 million pay-per-view buys.

"Oscar is really excited," said Richard Schaefer, head of Golden Boy Promotions. "Oscar knows he will go in as an underdog because he is facing the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world."

Mayweather beat Carlos Baldomir less than two weeks ago to win the World Boxing Council welterweight championship.

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...1,862274.story

[JimmyMoore]

HELL yes! Have you heard anything about which weight they'll fight at?

[Dork8503]

no this is what im talking about, this is going to make history

[Donny77]

Will PBF's dad be in Oscars corner? No way...... Right?

[Afro]

Originally Posted by JimmyMoore

HELL yes! Have you heard anything about which weight they'll fight at?

shit no, hopefully 147 though.

[blightsmite]

Originally Posted by Afro Samurai

shit no, hopefully 147 though.

Were you born that stupid? Or did you train yourself?

[JimmyMoore]

Originally Posted by blightsmite

Were you born that stupid? Or did you train yourself?

What the fuck is wrong with you dude?

[leelandk]

I bet it happens at 154, for Oscars sake. He hasn't made 147 for a few years.

Oscar better get "Big Bear" serious for this one. He's facing a better boxer than he's ever faced(B-Hop excluded), and a fighter faster than he's ever faced. The only advantage DLH has is power.

[Luis Cruz]

This isn't listed anywhere, espn, maxboxing, hbo, nothing. Not sure how creditible that source is but those guys usually have shit quick. It was suppose to be made this week sometime if it happened though so its definately possible.

[JimmyMoore]

Oscar-Floyd is on for May 5!
By Karl Freitag
Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather have reached an agreement to fight on May 5. The fight was finalized today. The bout will be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions. "We are not going to comment what the deal is," Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer told Fightnews.com. "It's a fair deal and if the pay-per-view hits the numbers which we anticipate it will, it will be new record payday for both guys.....It's going to be big. It's clearly the biggest fight in boxing and I think it's the kind of fight which will transcend and which will clearly capture the interest of the American public and the American sports fans, because it is Mayweather pound-for-pound number one fighter in the sport against Oscar, the most popular and biggest name in the sport. Actually I was looking today at Oscar's trophy case in our office and I was standing in front of one of the belts which was a ring belt that had 'Oscar De La Hoya, pound for pound' on it, and it was 1997. So here we are ten years later and the question is, can he do it again?"


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"Oscar realizes this is a dangerous fight," continued Schaefer. "He realizes that he's going in as the underdog, but this is what exactly motivates him, this is what gets him going, this is what he is about and what his entire career is all about. Always going for the biggest challenges. I think that was what his active career was that what he'll be remembered for. The guy who always took on the biggest and the best."

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