In this June 7, 1996 file photo, newly crowned WBC super lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya poses with the belt he won from Julio Cesar Chavez by TKO in the fourth round in Las Vegas. DeLaHoya, Felix Trinidad and Joe Calzaghe head the class of 2014 to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. (Lennox McLendon, AP file)
The last time Oscar De La Hoya fought in a boxing ring, Jay Cutler was still the quarterback for the Denver Broncos.
After a 6 ½ layoff, the 42-year-old , saying it’s a “50-50” chance, according to ESPN.
“It’s got to be worth my while but this is very serious,” De La Hoya told ESPN on Monday. “I have to make sure I am fighting the very best. I don’t have to come back for financial reasons or the lights or the glamour. The only reason I would come back is because I miss the competition of fighting the very best.”
He said he wants to face undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. — who defeated him by split decision in the 2007 bout for the WBC world super welterweight title — or 33-year-old middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin.
This comes less than a week after he in response to Mayweather offering him a rematch, stating that he would not come out of retirement and is focused on running his company, Golden Boy Promotions.
“Look, I’m retired,” De La Hoya said in a video posted Thursday. “I’m happy. I’m content. I’m never coming back.”
A video posted by Oscar De La Hoya (@oscardelahoya) on
De La Hoya was a first-ballot inductee for the International Boxing Hall of Fame class of 2014. His last fight was an eighth-round referee technical decision loss to Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 6, 2008.
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