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Oscar De La Hoya weighs in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for their upcoming fight on May 5, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two will meet for Mayorga’s WBC Junior Middleweight Championship tomorrow night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/WireImage)
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Oscar De La Hoya weighs in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena for their upcoming fight on May 5, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The two will meet for Mayorga’s WBC Junior Middleweight Championship tomorrow night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. (Photo by Ed Mulholland/WireImage)
Oscar De La Hoya is one of the greatest boxers of his generation. The American won eleven world titles across six weight classes. After a successful career, ‘Golden Boy’ started his promotional company and became one of the biggest promoters in the world.
Despite all this success, the desire to box has pushed De La Hoya to return to the sport. The former champion announced he was training for a comeback at the back end of 2020. And now, he finally has a date for his comeback fight.
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HOLLYWOOD, CA – FEBRUARY 09: Boxer Oscar De La Hoya arrives at the World Premiere of Disney’s ‘McFarland, USA’ at the El Capitan Theatre on February 9, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
De La Hoya broke the news at the Jake Paul-Ben Askren press conference, and Marc Raimondi from ESPN was the first to reveal the details. He claimed Triller CEO Ryan Kavanaugh is good friends with De La Hoya, and the pair are working towards a return for the champion on July 3.
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Moreover, he reported that they are looking for a ‘Big’ UFC name for the former champion’s comeback. Raimondi also revealed that the possible venue for the bout would be the famous AT&T Stadium in Texas (home of the Dallas Cowboys). He also included that De La Hoya has a multi-fight deal with Triller, and thus, it would not be a one-off bout for the former champion.
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Twitter reacts to the return of Oscar De La Hoya
The news was not as surprising since it was no secret that De La Hoya wanted to make a comeback. However, many big names, including the likes of Manny Pacquiao, took to Twitter to react to the news.
Pacquiao simply posted a video of their bout in which the Filipino retired the former champion with a vicious knockout.
— Manny Pacquiao (@MannyPacquiao) March 26, 2021
De La Hoya got his first volunteer as an opponent, with UFC featherweight Cub Swanson offering to fight him.
I’ll fight him 😁
— Cub Swanson (@CubSwanson) March 26, 2021
Reporters and Journalists also had a field day and reacted to the announcement from De La Hoya.
Oscar De La Hoya just revealed at the Jake Paul-Ben Askren press conference that he’s fighting July 3 on @triller. The Golden Boy’s first fight since he lost to Manny Pacquiao in 2008
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) March 26, 2021
Oscar De La Hoya announces (quietly) that he's making his comeback on July 3. His mic drop didn't really work so well given his mic wasn't working to begin with.
— Simon Head (@simonhead) March 26, 2021
Retired boxers should have to get cleared from a committee of real fans before they announce their comebacks so we can tell them that we've moved on. They need to hear that, it seems. Mike Tyson? Always. Floyd? In a legit fight, sure. Oscar De La Hoya? I mean, who asked for this?
— Myron Medcalf (@MedcalfByESPN) March 26, 2021
Oscar De La Hoya just announced at the Triller press conference for Paul-Askren that he is coming out of retirement on July 3. Opponent TBD. https://t.co/5AIbnpsxAK
— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 26, 2021
Oscar De La Hoya, 48, announcing his July 3rd comeback (with a broken microphone) alongside Snoop Dogg at the Jake Paul vs Ben Askren presser… pic.twitter.com/oaBqDrZZr5
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) March 26, 2021
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Oscar is capping. I offered up @Showtimepettis to fight him and he turned him down. Pettis is such a g, he wanted to fight him in April, go to @ProFightLeague tournament in May. OSCAR SAID NO!!! pic.twitter.com/Ji1Kq9ZQIJ
— malki kawa (@malkikawa) March 27, 2021
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What do you make of this news regarding Oscar De La Hoya? Do you think he has made the right decision? And which UFC fighter do you think he should take on next?
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