Floyd Mayweather Vs Oscar de la Hoya!!

[The Baron]

Courtesy of Sky Sports:

Floyd Mayweather and Oscar de la Hoya will face off in boxing's biggest fight for years.

Although full details are yet to be revealed, the pound-for-pound king and arguably the sport's most popular fighter will meet on May 5 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

It will be the biggest showdown since heavyweight kings Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson met in 2002 and looks like being the last hurrah for both men.

De la Hoya, whose Golden Boy Promotions will stage the fight, has long said he will quit after his next fight, while an emotional Mayweather said he would have one more bout following his recent welterweight world title win over Carlos Baldomir.

It means giving up on his bid to match Oscar's world titles at six different weights, but with de la Hoya now campaigning at middleweight, light-middleweight could be where the two now meet.

Whatever the weight Mayweather, who for all his criticism has never ducked a big name, is delighted at what he sees as the opportunity to establish himself as the world's best - and silence the fans that booed him against Baldomir.

"Oscar De La Hoya, what can I say?" he told boxingtalk.com. "He's a great fighter, he's one of the top fighters in the world today, I'm the top fighter in the world today.

"This is the fight that the fans want, the people want, he wants, I want, so we're going to make it happen."

De la Hoya, who is of course trained by Floyd Snr and has won six world titles from super-feather to middleweight, has not boxed since stopping Ricardo Mayorga in six last May - the Mayweather fight will be only his third in two years.

[kinboshi]

Would have loved to see Hatton v Mayweather - but alas, it seems destined never to happen.

That would be a hell of a fight.

[Sark79]

I am really looking forward to this fight

[Rooky9]

Imagine training someone to try and beat up your son!

[kinboshi]

Imagine training someone to try and beat up your son!

Not going to happen though.  Maybe De La Hoya at his peak, but not now.  Mayweather is too fast and too slick.  De La Hoya has the heart, but he'll need more than that.

Would love to see De La Hoya knock him out though...

..and, would prefer to see Hatton fight either of them.

[Rooky9]

Imagine training someone to try and beat up your son!

Not going to happen though.  Maybe De La Hoya at his peak, but not now.  Mayweather is too fast and too slick.  De La Hoya has the heart, but he'll need more than that.

Would love to see De La Hoya knock him out though...

..and, would prefer to see Hatton fight either of them.

But the point is he is willing to get someone in the shape to try and do it.

[AdamM]

from what I saw in the recent mayweather fight Hatton would maul him. I'm not saying mayweather isn't a great fighter, he is. It's just that I think once Hatton got up close and roughed him up like he does, it'd stop him doing any of the pretty, stylish work other fighters give him time to do.

[bolt pp]

I think Mayweather would soak up everything Hatton could give him and take the fight on points or force a stopage in the later rounds

[kinboshi]

I think it will be a very good fight, and difficult to call.  Hatton would be able to put pressure on Mayweather for the full 12 rounds, and although Mayweather's defence is brilliant - it's harder to protect your body.  Hatton would go for his body to look to slow him down.

Mayweather likes to 'avoid' a fight - and if he tried that against Hatton he'd not only have a struggle on his hands, he'd also risk losing round after round to Hatton's aggression and workrate.

It would be an excellent fight.  Shame it will never happen.

[Bazzaboy]

Hatton as good as he is is not in PBFs class imo.  He'd be given a boxing lesson

[The Baron]

from what I saw in the recent mayweather fight Hatton would maul him. I'm not saying mayweather isn't a great fighter, he is. It's just that I think once Hatton got up close and roughed him up like he does, it'd stop him doing any of the pretty, stylish work other fighters give him time to do.

I agree with Adam here. PBF to beat Hatton quite comfortably 2 years ago - but his last fight was truly awful. He was actually booed out of the ring. A Hatton display similar to the Tzsyu fight would see him through now IMHO.

I don't think PBF needs Hatton for his legacy though - more to the point he doesn't want that kind of fight with that kind of risk.

[kms147]

Wasn't it Mayweather who wanted a fight stopped so it went to the scorecards (where he won) once when he got cut or do I have him mixed up with someone else? This would be around five or so years ago, not sure of the year.

If I am correct about this than there is no way he would ever be able to beat Hatton who would tear him a new one.

[raab11]

Mayweather to win in a comfortable points decision.


you heard it here first

[kinboshi]

Mayweather to win in a comfortable points decision.


you heard it here first

Against who - De La Hoya?  That's the only result that anyone will be backing.  Against Hatton - well, it's not going to be anything, as the fight won't happen.  So I'll say Hatton to win by stoppage.

[Sark79]

Pacquiao beat Morales.  I hadn't heard much about this fight