Update:
47-year-old “Golden Boy” Oscar de la Hoya hasn’t fought since 2008. Will he come out of retirement to face MMA star Conor McGregor?
Oscar stated on a CBS Sports podcast that in a hypothetical fight he’d take out McGregor in two rounds. “Oh come on, brother. Two rounds. One thing about me is I went for the kill, always. Look, Conor McGregor, I love him in the Octagon, I respect him, I watch him all the time. But the boxing ring is a whole different story, it’s a whole different story.”
McGregor responded via Twitter, “I accept your challenge, Oscar de la Hoya.”
Awaiting for George Foreman to announce his comback.
LOL, great post. Can I add Joe Frazier to the list of this senseless trend?
People are losing their minds during this pandemic! But!!! ….If DeLaHoya were to get back in fighting shape and fight McGregor, I think he would knock him out. DeLaHoya learned to box before he could walk, it’s in his blood! He’s forgotten more boxing than McGregor will ever learn, and DeLaHoya is more of a warrior than Mayweather. Mayweather toyed with McGregor and tested the waters for the first 6 rounds before he got off. He claims, and I tend to believe him, that was intentional to give the fans their moneys worth. Also Mayweather is a safety first fighter and will avoid getting hit at all costs. DeLaHoya on the other hand, isn’t afraid to take a punch (except from Trinidad) and would go right after McGregor
There are a lot of sheeple out there who are goofy and brainwashed enough to buy into seeing this crap. Anything they can do to make a dollar in a stagnant economy is all this is about.
“DeLaHoya learned to box before he could walk, it’s in his blood! ” Have you been watching John Fury interviews ? 🙂
No I haven’t! Did he say that?
Haha half of his interviews are filler of him talking about Tyson’s fighting pedigree. ‘he’s a fighting man from a fighting family, it’s in his blood, he’s been fighting since he were born, mark my words” etc etc. It was just a joke. No offense meant
None taken, I don’t think Ive ever heard John Fury speak
he basically has Tyson’s voice, but is more serious and intense
Oscar ducked winky and him and Floyd danced for 12 rounds, might as well of been ballet. I’m not a Conor fan but since i believe I could take Delahoya I have to think Conor could too. Hopkins kod him and oscars nothing more than a cross dressing pansy
Sean, no offense dude but when connor fought Floyd, he looked like a hyped up half descent amateur. Illegal blows and hammer fists on too of the head, i could not stop laughing at that half attempt of a boxing match. Connor is just jumping on this for the money. Nothing more. I seriously doubt Connor cld hang with a descent amateur boxer much less an aged up ODLH.
Let me guess. $300 million to each fighter and the suckers buy tickets/PPV to view a paid off scripted event much like when McGregor fought Mayweather? Jim Lampley from HBO even snickered over Mayweather pulling off the greatest scripted event in recent history.
Boxing is descending to the level of pro wrestling.
Nobody asked for this or should be interested in watching it. But if it does happen DLH by KO no question.
To make it fair Oscar should fight in heels. He would probably agree.
Oscar really should let it go and stop worrying about his loss against Floyd because he bravely lost to a fellow HOF fighter –
no shame in that. Soundly defeating McGregor will not make up for the lost to Floyd. Oscar needs to stay wealthy and watch the young guns attempt to fight for lifetime glory as a potential HOF boxer!!
These are the boxing skills I saw in McGregor in his bout against Mayweather. None.
Seems to me like an attempt to make some Easy Money more than the love and respect of the sport.
Not happening, and if it does happen, Oscar loses.Too much time away from the ring, too much partying, too much drugs and alcohol, forget about it.
Arturo, I agree with you if this was a real fight. However, we know how Oscar and his cronies work. If they could not get the upper hand then they would not jump into the money pit doing this. Much like Oscar’s Alvarez…You know the cash cow with the judges on his side. Oscar would make sure the fight was fixed to where he gave McGregor a huge winning chance for a few rounds (to please the MMA fans) and then Oscar delivers the KO punch.
Yeah Oscar, you really went for the kill against a Trinidad, Hopkins, Manny etc…
To be honest I don’t like the fight for Oscar. He is nearly 50 years old fat out of shape and always drinking and partying. I think Conor would have a good chance in beating Oscar especially after the Mayweather fight, Conor already knows what to expect.
if this fight were to happen and thats a big if, with proper training oscar will ko this big mouth
Don’t really care to see this fight too much, but want to say this about de La Hoya: the guy fought EVERYBODY in his day. Can’t think of any boxer ever that has a tougher list of opponents than De La Hoya. Mayweather, Mosely, Quartey, Trinidad, Vargas, Hopkins, Chavez, Mayorga, Sturm, Coley, Carr, Camacho, Whittaker, Ruelas, Gonzalez (41-0 at the time). Many other very solid fighters I didn’t name. Check out his Boxrec page. I give the guy all the credit in the world for never ducking anybody, and making the fights happen. He was great for boxing.
Yeah he almost didn’t duck anyone , but early in his career. winky was the faster better boxer. He sure as heck did duck Winky
Whether or not Oscar did in fact “duck” Winky or not, I’m not sure. Couldn’t tell you why that fight wasn’t made, but being that Oscar was willing to fight everybody else, my guess would be that he didn’t duck Winky. Would have been an interesting fight.According to the Boxrec page, Oscar has a 5-4 (3 KOs) record against Hall of Fame fighters: Two wins vs. Chavez, decision over Whittaker, Camacho, and a stoppage of Gatti. Losses to Trinidad (robbery IMO), two losses to Mosely, and a loss to Hopkins. This list doesn’t mention Pacquiao, who is a lock for the HOF. That’s 10 bouts against HOFers Throw in guys like Quartey, Paez, Genaro Hernandez, John John Molina, Jesse James Leija, Vargas, and you have quite the line-up. The list of quality opponents goes on and on. I wasn’t even a huge fan of the guy when he was active, but in retrospect, it’s real easy to appreciate what he did. Try to name a boxer with a tougher list of opponents than De La Hoya. You’ll have to go back a long way…
These are getting more ridiculous by the minute
Definently not worth the money for a PPV. Oscar would win granted he could get into shape. Connor was supposedly in his prime and faded hard after 4 rnds against Money. The way you learn to breath in boxing is different than MMA which is why you see fighters build Rnds up slowly in their careers, with a few exceptions.
At this stage of the game.I think it’s time to get Jack Dempsey vs Joe Louis. We know where to find them, and the age old question could be answered. Maybe we can dig up Rocky and have Jack Johnson thrown in as well. With all the B.S of everyone wanting to comeback for exhibitions and fights for a BILLION $$$s, why not revive the dead, i’m certain those guys are bored of being buried for so long already. However we’d have to find a way to keep Delahos and the WBC/WBA fixing machine to not be involved. Perhaps THE DEVIL can keep these fights honest. 🙂
“One thing about me is I went for the kill, always”, except when I fought B-hop, then I went for the Oscar.
I was dumb enough to attend the Connor/ Floyd fight. Fight was poop but atmosphere was incredible. I can’t see myself walking into an arena filled with drunk Irishman and 50yo Latin women.
Hoya would KO McGregor…the question is which round. Malignaggi would KO McGregor. McGregor’s punching technique is so bad that both fighters above could let McGregor hit them and not even stagger.
“I always went for the kill”. Thank you Oscar for starting my day off with a laugh.
Always went for the kill? I wish you would have gone for the kill against Felix Trinidad.
I wish I could get paid a nice chunk I’d gladly bust that cross dresser Hoya in his mouth
I want to see mcgreggor vs Alvarez. Conors a chump but he can be that cross dressing old man, but Alvarez should be able to knock Conor out cold
Hes not washed up enough for team Canelo to call his name
Can I be part of Oscar Dela Hoya’s return….
Oscar was a killer in boxing, going for the KO, out until mid 1998. After that, 6 KOs in his career, mostly against guys that were there to be stopped, guys later on in their careers (Carr in 1999, Coley 2000, Gatti in 2001, Vargas in 2002, Campas in 2003, Mayorga in 2006). The only two KO fights of those that kind of meant anything were vs Vargas and Mayorga. De La Hoya had 24 KOs going into the Quartey fight, and his KO percentage went down after that fight in early 1999. Nobody was knocking out Mosley though, nobody was knocking out Sturm, Hopkins and Mayweather either. But Oscar moving up to 147 to 160 made his KO % go down.
I thought Oscar was going to run for President. He sure talks a lot……
This would be the greatest fight in history. Two living legends taking each other on at a time when the world needs a hero. I would love to see more stories like this – lets organise some real battles like Man fights Shark or Killer Whale Venus Lion. Russian team fighting is about to kick off again and X Arm has a new generation of fans.. I’m just so excited for the future of combat sports and combat events. I enjoy cctv footage of street fights and there have been little to no action on the boards of recent – McGregor attacking the bus was the sports highlights of last year for me.
Oscar continues to take dumps on the boxing industry, please retire and die quietly. Boxing has been scarred enough by your nonsense. Go away!