De La Hoya to Sign Deal for Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs Sugar Shane Mosley Fight
Written by playerpress.com, Wednesday January 27 2010
Oscar De La Hoya believes that his promotions company, Golden Boy Productions, will soon wrap up a deal for Floyd Mayweather Jr. to fight Sugar Shane Mosley in May.
De La Hoya, who runs Golden Boy Promotions, stated that Mayweather and Mosley are in negotiations to fight on May 1, in
“The various camps are working extremely hard to make it happen,” De La Hoya said. “That’s the fight that could really take boxing to another level, because it’s two great American fighters meeting each other.”
De La Hoya also stated that he still believes Mayweather will fight Manny Pacquiao in the near future.
“That fight has to happen,” De La Hoya said on Tuesday of Mayweather-Pacquiao, which fell apart this month in a drug-testing dispute. “It’s too big not to happen. We just have to cross one hurdle.”
No matter what the outcome of the Mayweather-Mosley fight is, De La Hoya believes that Mayweather’s course must eventually cross with Pacquiao. Mayweather and Pacquiao were extremely close to a deal earlier this month, which fell apart in a drug-testing dispute.
“The public will hopefully make him change his mind,” De La Hoya said. “Why would you not want to earn $40 million? Why would you not want to show the public that all this speculation is nonsense? Be the one to stand up and say it.”
Although Mayweather does not like De La Hoya and usually limits his Golden Boy interaction to the companies chief executive Richard Schaefer, De La Hoya is firmly in Mayweather’s corner in his obvious goal to bring a higher level of drug testing to boxing.
De La Hoya has fought two opponents who later acknowledged using steroids, beating Fernando Vargas in 2002 and losing a close decision to Mosley in 2003.
“I know where Mayweather is coming from with this,” De La Hoya said. “This was a perfect stage to show the world that, hey, us fighters have nothing to hide. … It’s not like hitting a baseball or running a sprint. These are our lives at risk up in the ring.”
De La Hoya believes that Pacquiao will eventually agree to Mayweather’s strict drug-testing demands. Mayweather is thought to be demanding the same testing procedures for Mosley, who has acknowledged using designer steroids, although he claimed he did so unintentionally.
“I believe Mosley will raise his hand and say, ‘Take me to the laboratory,”’ said De La Hoya, who believes Mosley’s protestations of ignorance in his dealings with BALCO. “And I’ll be the first to applaud him.”
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