Oscar De La Hoya has added Canelo Alvarez to his list of big names that he wants to fight in his comeback after previously stating that Floyd Mayeather Jr is on his radar.
‘The Golden Boy’ De La Hoya, now 48-years-old, wants to get his hands on his former fighter Canelo (56-1-2, 38 KOs) after he gets a couple of tune-ups under his belt against former UFC champions Vitor Belfort in September and Anderson Silva in early next year.
De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) insists that his fight with former four-division world champion Canelo, 30, would be a “real fight.”
“You inspired me Mike [Tyson],” said former five-division world champion De La Hoya to the Tyson HotBoxin podcast. “Looking as good as you did against Roy [Jones Jr], just for coming back you inspired me. So, I said, ‘I want to do it too.’
“I want to do two of these fights and then, guess what? I want to do a real fight, a 12-round fight with either Floyd [Mayweather Jr] or Canelo,” said De La Hoya.
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