If De La Hoya really wants to fight someone who?s going to fight him back, he might try calling out Al Haymon? Former six-division champion Oscar De La Hoya is 42 years old. He has been through hell and high water to have made this far. But rather than count his blessings, De La Hoya is pushing his luck, and if he?s lucky, his luck won?t push back.
Appearing yesterday on ?The Cruz Show? on Power 106 FM to promote Thursday?s fights at the Belasco Theater in LA, Oscar was infinitely more relaxed, but still tightly wound, than when he?s standing behind a lectern at a presser speaking extemporaneously. At most press conferences, he acts like the cat got his tongue. But on the radio, he let loose with a bombshell.
?There?s not one day that passes by that I [don?t] think about making a comeback,? said De La Hoya.
Cruz and his female sidekick said ?Bro!? and ?Wow!? and ?Really??
?I swear, bro,? Oscar continued. ?I feel it. Right now I?m running. I do exercises. You know. I don?t know how much I?m weighing right now, but I feel good, man. I feel good.?
DJ Cruz, with a skeptical expression on his face, asked Oscar, ?Do you have your eye on someone you would like to fight if you did make that comeback??
?Look,? said De La Hoya, ?one thing that I pride myself in, throughout my whole career, I fought the very best. I don?t care who they were, I fought the very best.?
?Yes you did.?
?If I did make a comeback, I would fight the best, wherever it is. I don?t care who?s out there. But I would want to fight somebody that?s going to fight me back.
?I miss it, man. I miss it. I miss it.?
Presumably Oscar is pulling our leg. I don?t for a second doubt that he doesn?t ?miss it.? But I wonder about him wanting to fight the best, which would mean being a punching bag for Gennady Golovkin.
But if De La Hoya really wants to fight someone who?s going to fight him back, he might try calling out Al Haymon.
