Oscar De La Hoya Says His Head Goes For Mayweather, But His Heart Goes For Pacquiao

Oscar De La Hoya finds it difficult to choose the winner of the much-anticipated blockbuster fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. However, De La Hoya hopes that the most deserving fighter between the two will win the on May 2 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

De La Hoya recently made an appearance at Fox Sports Live to promote the fight featuring one of his fighters, undefeated featherweight Julian Ramirez. The 22-year-old Ramirez will fight Raul Hidalgo at The Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles on April 2, but the six-time world champion wouldn’t leave the studio without being asked about his thoughts on the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.

Having had fought both Mayweather and Pacquiao, the retired Mexican-American boxing champion talked about the strategies that the two welterweights need to do when they clash on Cinco de Mayo weekend. He said that Mayweather take punches from Pacquiao for sure, but the undefeated American fighter is going to be smart during the fight.

De La Hoya said that Pacquiao must not slow down a fraction if the Filipino wants to win the fight. The 42-year-old retired boxing champion said that the Pacquiao must “press the action” on Mayweather.

Even though it took almost six long years before the fight finally came to fruition and regardless of the age of the two fighters, De La Hoya thinks that the super fight will still live up to its hype. He believes that Mayweather and Pacquiao still got what it takes to make the fight exciting.

When asked about who he thinks will emerge victorious off the super fight? De La Hoya is torn between Mayweather and Pacquiao.

“My head goes for Mayweather, my heart goes for Pacquiao,” De La Hoya said. “May the best guy win.”

De La Hoya fought Mayweather in 2007, where he lost his World Boxing Council light-middleweight belt via split decision. Then, he fought Pacquiao a year later that resulted in his fourth loss of his last seven fights. De La Hoya announced his retirement from the sport four months after he was defeated by Pacquiao.

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