Oscar De La Hoya’s main goal right now is to see to the end of boxing’s ‘Cold War.’ He’s been working hard to get his Golden Boy Promotions and Bob Arum’s Top Rank promotions to cross promoter fights. It seems as though those efforts are beginning to work.
Oscar has this to say about his efforts:
“We’re going to talk about ending the Cold War between Golden Boy and Top Rank. My objective is to make the big fights,” said De La Hoya. “Golden Boy has fighters that can fight Top Rank fighters and who can make great fights. We want to make great, exciting fights that the people want to see, and that’s what I want to talk to Bob about.”
“You could have Danny Garcia versus Manny Pacquiao. What a fight that would be. That’s what I want to talk to Bob about. Danny Garcia versus Manny Pacquiao? Come on,” said De La Hoya.
“You would have the young, strong bull versus the not-so-young strong bull in Manny. Those are the types of fights and matches that I want to talk to Bob and see what we can come up with.”
Bob Arum has held firm on not working with Golden Boy Promotions in the recent years but since the departure of Richard Scheaffer he’s warmed up towards De La Hoya.
Arum had this to say:
“That’s correct. Oscar called me at the ballpark, and we arranged to have our talk. When I finish with the tour in New York, I’ll be flying to Los Angeles,” said Arum, 82, under whom De La Hoya turned professional after winning an Olympic gold medal in 1992.
“I’ll be meeting with Oscar over the weekend. I have always had a fatherly relationship with Oscar. We went through a whole period of his life, and, of course, my life, together, and I have very warm feelings about him.”
“I think that we can talk about Pacquiao and Garcia. That’s a fight that might make a lot of sense,” said Arum, who has spoken to Pacquiao and his advisor, Michael Koncz, about Garcia.
“I’ve mentioned the possibility of that fight to Manny and Michael for down the road, and obviously, that’s something that might be of interest to our side, and I’m glad that they have expressed interest from his side. We haven’t talked about it, Oscar and I, but that’s a fight we would be interested in talking about.”
Both sides seem to gain financially from the end of the ‘Cold War’ but the true winners are boxing fans. They get to see some of the best fighters in the world finally compete against each other.