“My job is to knock people out and I did and will continue to do so on September 11.”
44-year-old UFC fighter Vitor ‘The Phenom’ Belfort opened the doors to his South Florida training camp in Boca Raton for a media workout on Thursday. Belfort battles ‘The Golden Boy’, Oscar De La Hoya in a PPV boxing match on September 11 at STAPLES Center.
“It takes courage for this challenge to fight De La Hoya,” said Belfort. “This is a legacy fight for me. I’m hoping after I win on September 11, to box again in December. I haven’t turned my back on MMA but this is my focus now.
“Sometimes it can be hard to stay relevant but this fight with Oscar De La Hoya at Triller Fight Club absolutely keeps me relevant…right now, I have Oscar in my sights and that’s the only fighter I’m thinking about. After I beat him we can talk about my next opponent.
“Against Oscar, I think the fight plays out with me working through him and looking for the knockout. This is one of the toughest opponents of my career and I can’t look past him to other fights.
I am sure Oscar will be exposing as much of this fight in the media to boost ticket sales and create a pseudo-atmosphere this will be his toughest fight yet of his career. Yet, some folks will buy into the pre-fight staged act and spend their cash on such controversy.
Likely the fight is staged also-they are probably already practicing how to make it look like a real fight. Could reference Mayweather-McGregor for guidance.
Dont like this fight for ODH at this time.
Don’t worry, Oscar thought it all through safely before taking this match up with an older retired MMA fighter rather than an energetic young boxing champion that would be a real threat. Do you recall Oscar saying none of his matches were exhibitions? LOL, yeah, ok.
Belfort has good standup for MMA and was big HGH Roid cheater so if ODH does not verify Vittor is clean he will get beat up.
Belfort with the knockout.
Yep, that would be a plus in my book! That outcome would end Oscar’s fairy tale comebacks while he is in denial over his advancing age making one thing; cash off sheeple sales. Sorry, but ever so true!
Dont forget Oscar’s chin, one of the best ever. Never been koed.. Bhop took him down with a liver shot and manny retired him by hitting him with 1000 lefts !! Lol Oscar was one tough mofo when he fought..
Regis: true story. Oscar has a granite chin. Its gonna take more than Vitors muscle to try and put him out.
The scary thing is…Oscar had a granite chin years ago. Advancing age may have changed some things. We will see. Have a good weekend….
The real question is,,,
how bad id De la hoya now ???
The real second question is…How much cash can Oscar make off a circus act?
In all fairness I’m sure people were saying Chavez was going to win when he faced a retired MMA fighter. I get that boxing can leave a bad taste in your mouth from time to time, but I’m not sold on the idea of this being some fixed fight. While its easy for some to hate Oscar I don’t think you can say Belfort is the type to throw a fight or go for a fixed outcome. Im sure Oscar will use speed and dance around waiting on the larger Belfort to tire out, but one punch can change anything. Buy the fight, dont buy the fight it really doesnt matter. Those who think its fixed will stand by that no matter the outcome.
Simply my theory it may be fixed. Am I buying it? No… I am sure Youtube will have uploaded for free pretty quick after the fight. For the Firestick owners, it’s all free…..
Curious to see what the weights are. ODLH looks about 175-180. He keeps running his mouth how he’ll be fighting top 10 guys right away. Sure…highest weight was 160 when BHop stopped him with a body shot. Belfort is big, known fast and heavy hands. Hkpes he KOs ODLH and ends this circus show comeback.
Vitor actually has a decent amount of boxing experience as he wanted to go pro during his early MMA break.