Oscar De La Hoya has somehow become the go to guy for boxing quotes. His opinions on Mayweather-Pacquiao can be seen everywhere but finally he decides to answer a question about his own fighter Canelo Alvarez.
De La Hoya was speaking to the press and made it clear that he’d still like to make the Cotto-Canleo fight happen sometime in the near future.
We would all like to see this fight happen but it was De La Hoya and his camp that drop the ball on this fight in the first place. Canelo called the bluff of Golden Boy Promotion (GBP) and walked away from boxing’s second largest possible payday.
Canelo probably knows that as long as he wins in June that the marquee fights will still be there and a bidding war between Mayweather and Canelo is a real possibility in September.
Not a bad time to gamble on yourself.