It's not easy to shock me, but shocked I was. I was shocked when I read Coyote Duran's interview this week at DoghouseBoxing with Oscar De La Hoya. De La Hoya opened up to DoghouseBoxing that he is now considering a last fight against Tito Trinidad. Of course Floyd Mayweather Jr is still in the running, but the news that Trinidad could be a choice literally shocked me.

Personally I really never thought Trinidad would have the balls to seek out a rematch with De La Hoya. I am after all one of the many who feel Oscar won their first match and I will pound that on my chest until the day I die. I have always felt that Trinidad was given the gift of his life time when the Judges awarded him a controversial decision in the welterweight title fight in 1999.

I do not care if Oscar takes Mayweather or Trinidad, but I'd like to put my PPV money on a Trinidad rematch. Trinidad's controversial win over De La Hoya has never sat well with me. That and the fact that back then Trinidad would rather retire than find a reason to offer De La Hoya a rematch. After all how can you not give an immediate rematch to the Man who gave you the shot in the first place? Especially when the outcome was engulfed in controversy.
And where did Trinidad get off by not letting fans of the sport see a rematch? What made Trinidad so high and mighty after such a controversial win that he could just shrug off De La Hoya and move on?

Trinidad must have believed that his controversial win made him more popular than De La Hoya. That never happened though. Interest in Trinidad has been falling over recent years, whereas De La Hoya is as popular as ever.

These days fans love De La Hoya and give his career praise, the same can not be said about Trinidad. All that can be said is that Trinidad never lived up to expectations and he quit like a baby every time he lost.

Trinidad should consider himself very lucky that his name is even on De La Hoya's lips these days.

De La Hoya was great in 1999, and he did more than enough in my honest opinion to win against Trinidad. As great as De La Hoya was in '99, he is a much better fighter today. As evident in his total dismantle of Ricardo Mayorga earlier this year, it is clear De La Hoya's skills have not been in the decline. De La Hoya has only gotten much better since teaming with Floyd Mayweather Sr.

Trinidad is also still very capable. Word is he is in training and keeping in shape. Trinidad would show up just as dangerous as ever and make no mistake, Trinidad would not be easy pickings for De La Hoya.

I am not really interested that much in a De La Hoya fight with Mayweather Jr. It just doesn't sit well with me that Mayweather proclaims he is so popular and he has proved himself with his career. To me, his career is no better than that of Antonio Margarito, a man Mayweather has avoided and said was not worthy. Mayweather can keep telling himself that and I am sure blind fans will stick by him, but to me, Mayweather is no more deserving than others who have worked hard for a shot at De La Hoya. Mayweather also is not really a big draw right now. He could have gained a huge amount of stock by fighting Margarito, but with a drawing power of maybe 350,000 to 400,000 PPV buys (the reported highest Mayweather has ever done in a PPV).... those numbers really aren't that impressive. With names like Barrera, Pacquiao and Winky Wright just to name a few who pull in numbers close, if not better than Mayweather's PPV numbers... well lets just say Mayweather isn't nearly as popular as he would like you to believe. At least he can not say with a straight face and a clear conscience that he is Boxing's number one draw (even after De La Hoya). He maybe raked pound for pound the best by many... but he is certainly not Boxing's Pound for Pound best draw.

My honest opinion is that De La Hoya in a rematch with Trinidad will bring in hundreds of thousands more in PPV revenue than a fight with Mayweather Jr. I am willing to bet a majority of the PPV buys in that fight would be from De La Hoya's popularity, not Mayweather's. Now Trinidad, that is a different story. The names De La Hoya vs Trinidad will surely out sell and do better on the PPV market.

To me, right here, right now, Mayweather Jr is not worthy at such a "Golden" opportunity with a fight against De La Hoya. To me, Mayweather comes off as a spoiled brat, and when he opens his mouth, I see and hear a child who has yet to grow into a man. Why reward that? He isn't even man enough to show love and respect to his Father, Floyd Sr. I just do not feel like putting my money down to feed Mayweather Jr's over sized ego.

I'd like to see De La Hoya go out with a bang trying to right a wrong from the first time he fought Trinidad. Yes, I'd like to see Trinidad's head served to me on a "Golden" Platter.

In the end, it really doesn't matter to me who De La Hoya picks for his last fight, because unlike Trinidad and Mayweather Jr., De La Hoya has earned the right to choose whomever he pleases.
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