De La Hoya-Mayweather On Tap, No One Cares

When Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. met last year, it broke all kinds of records. And as every good entertainer knows, with something that popular, you’ve just gotta have a sequel. But with this fight looming to be more of a Teen Wolf Too letdown rather than a Godfather II masterpiece, we wonder, what’s left to prove? We want to see Oscar fight new blood that could bring him back to prominence, instead of trying to buy up MLS franchises. This is a list of who we would like to see him fight.

• Miguel Cotto: Olympian versus Olympian, new blood versus old, Mexico versus Puerto Rico. There are many reasons why this fight should happen, but old De La Hoya rival and Cotto manager Bob Arum won’t let it happen, choosing to let Cotto fight “first-season “Contender” star Alfonso Gomez.” Big payday coming there.
• Ricky Hatton: OK, so you both lose to Mayweather—shouldn’t you duke it out to see who gets next before jumping in the ring with him? Remember when fights were determined by rankings and crooked promoters, not just the crooked promoters?

• Sugar Ray Leonard: The prettiest fighter of the 80s fights the prettiest boxer of the 90s. There wouldn’t be any punches thrown, just stare-offs like in Zoolander.
• A Tiger: Because Mike Tyson’s biggest career disappointment wasn’t losing to Buster Douglas, leading to his disgraceful descent. No, it’s that he never made good on his promise to fight a tiger. Fight a tiger, Oscar, and you’re a shoo-in for the boxing Hall of Fame.

Golden Boy CEO: Mayweather-De La Hoya II could come in September [ESPN]
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