Oscar De La Hoya Says He’s Ready To Give The ‘Biggest Guarantee’ To Make The Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight Happen

Oscar De La Hoya neither promotes Manny Pacquiao nor Floyd Mayweather Jr. However, De La Hoya recently voiced his opinion about the biggest fight in the boxing history, which is said to be currently being discussed between Pacquiao and Mayweather.

The six-division world champion took to Twitter to tell the entire world of social media that like all the boxing fans anticipates to witness, he also wants to see Pacquiao and Mayweather clash in the boxing ring. In fact, De La Hoya is all geared up to put up the "biggest guarantee" in the anticipated bout.

@SportsCenter I'm prepared to put up the biggest guarantee in sports history, to give the fans #TheFight @MannyPacquiao @FloydMayweather

— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) November 27, 2014

De La Hoya is the founder of Golden Boy Promotions, a promotional firm that promotes boxing fights. The same firm promoted the "super fight" between De La Hoya and Mayweather at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas in May 2007.

After De La Hoya posted his tweet, many has questioned how his company, which also co-promotes other boxing firms including Bob Arum's Top Rank, will play a role in making the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight finally happen.

Recently, the Manila Bulletin reported that a collective purse of $180 million was guaranteed for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. The undefeated American boxer will reportedly get more than 50 percent of the purse, which is equivalent to $100 million. Pacquiao, on the other hand, will get $80 million.

A news article by Boxing Scene says that Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach still has high hopes that the fight between his protégé and Mayweather will happen in 2015. Roach, who was recently quoted as stating that the American boxer was requesting a rematch clause for the Pacquiao fight, said he was in attendance when Arum met with CBS Chief Executive Officer Les Moonves.

Roach is confident that Moonves and Arum are the key people in making the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight happen. "They spoke about what they could do and how to make the fight happen," Roach said. "Moonves said he can deliver Mayweather, and obviously, Bob said he could deliver Pacquiao."

Roach added that the meeting between Moonves and Arum went well. The Hall of Fame trainer said that there is a great chance that the fight will happen because the right people are working together in making the fight come to realisation. Moonves' CBS is the parent company of Showtime, where Mayweather has a contract until 2015.