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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES on December 14, 2006, 01:17:27 AM
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Mayweather's next (and possibly final) match will be the long-anticipated superfight against six-division champion and current WBC Junior Middleweight titleholder Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007. De La Hoya's belt will be on the line, which will require Mayweather to move up in weight from 147 pounds to 154. (Should Mayweather win, he will have won major titles in five different divisions.)
"Done deal, baby! Done deal," said De La Hoya. "I wanted it. How could I not be excited? I took this fight because, like always, I always want to take on the best, and Floyd is considered the best in the world. Here we go again. My thinking wasn't financial. It had to do with it being the biggest event out there and wanting to fight the best and be the best." De La Hoya has also hinted that the fight with Mayweather will not be his last, as was widely thought. Whether the same can be said for Mayweather, however, remains to be seen.
Despite De La Hoya's insistence that money is not a factor, the Mayweather-De La Hoya bout figures to be one of the biggest money-making fights in boxing history. Mayweather stands to make at least $10 million to De La Hoya's $25 million, with possibly much more for each if pay-per-view sales satisfy predictions. Early speculation indicates that the fight could flirt with the all-time record for pay-per-view buys. The current record comes from the 1997 rematch between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, which took in 1.99 million. De La Hoya's fight with Felix Trinidad in 1999 generated 1.4 million buys, which stands as the record for a non-heavyweight bout. De La Hoya has been quoted as saying his goal is 2 million buys, which, given the amount of time still remaining to promote the fight, is a definite possibility.
Adding further intrigue to the fight is the presence of Mayweather's father and uncle. It has already been confirmed that Floyd Mayweather Sr. will train De La Hoya in Puerto Rico and be in his corner on fight night, just as his brother Roger Mayweather will be preparing Mayweather Jr. after serving his jail sentence for battery. With the hype already surrounding the fight, the family element should serve to deepen the drama and garner more interest. Both sides have insisted that they will be all business for the fight, and will maintain professionalism despite the personal nature of the fight.
My money is on Mayweather. He can't fuck up his record..
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mayfeather the fav yeah but as always im supporting the golden boy
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Can't wait for this shit, and it's gonna be on Cinco De Mayo which means I'll prolly be drunk when I'm watchin the fight :D It's about time this fight happened they've been talkin bout them two fighting for months. Going for De La Hoya.
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I'm betting the farm on De La Hoya.
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Oscar gonna school the pretty boy 8)
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I say De La Hoya by decision.
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i'm getting tickets......i hope.
anywho i gotta go for the Golden Boy
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de la hoya!
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Mayweather will not be able to run away this time. ;D