OSCAR DE LA HOYA: I know a few guys that Trinidad used when he fought Myorga, so I really don't-their really not known.

MICHAEL HIRSLEY: One other thing, just when you were speaking about a Trinidad fight since you are both now in Puerto Rico, is there any sense that that would be the kind of fight that in addition to all of the reasons that you talked about earlier, leading into retirement would be sort of the king of the island?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Well you know it's funny because I mean all that I hear now here on the island is, oh you have to shut Myorga's mouth up and he talks so much and this and that, and there's no buzz about having the rematch with Trinidad. I guess the focus now here on the island is like well you have to shut this guy's mouth up, because he talks so much stuff.

MICHAEL HIRSLEY: They're not looking beyond this fight either then.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: No, not at all.

MICHAEL HIRSLEY: Thank you very much, Oscar, good luck.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Thank you.

OPERATOR: Thank you. Our next question's coming from Karl Freitag of Fight News.

KARL FREITAG, FIGHT NEWS: Hey Oscar, how's it going?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Hey Karl, good.

KARL FREITAG: I was wondering, you didn't go away for any kind of training camp, you're just going home at night after the gym, right?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Exactly.

KARL FREITAG: So, how's this going to play out differently in the fight compared to going to a Spartan training camp like you usually do.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: You know it's better. It's better because I come home and I can rest in my own bed, and I wake up in the morning and my family's here. It's so comforting. The energy is just different, and I've actually had several training camps in Big Bear where I have my wife and my family there with me, and one of them was when I fought Vargas, another one was when I fought Mosley (ph) the second time. I have that family support and I think it turns out for the better.

KARL FREITAG: Well I know a lot of fighters as motivation I guess, that they feel that they were deprived in their fight, and that's one of their acts of motivation, but I guess you don't need acts of motivation for this fight.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Well at this point in my career, I need the motivation from my family. I need for them to be there. I need to see them everyday. I don't need to be 3,000 miles away. Let's say something happened to the baby, oh he's not sleeping, they call me at 2:00 in the morning and that's a big distraction. So at least now I know that I'm sleeping, I'm actually sleeping in the guesthouse, and they sleep at home. I know they're taken care of. I know that everything is fine and dandy, so all I can do is just focus on my boxing.

KARL FREITAG: Are you looking Mayweather now that he's a free agent?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Well that will be like a dream come true for Golden Boy Promotions.

KARL FREITAG: As far as the company running that, is it difficult to make big decisions for the company, Richard or Oscar, when Oscar's fighting. I guess he has to kind of excuse himself, especially for his own fights?

RICHARD SCHAEFFER: Oscar's very much focused on the fight, and basically all major decisions we are waiting on until after the fight. So he's very focused on that, and you know we have a great relationship and friendship and so we trust each other, so that really wasn't a factor or wasn't an issue.

KARL FREITAG: After this, this month in general's going to be a big month for Golden Boy with this other big promotion.

RICHARD SCHAEFFER: Yes, I was actually talking to Mark Caspid (ph), the head of HBO pay-per-view, and he said he doesn't recall any other promoter since the pay-per-view business started having that many back-to-back mega-fights. Of course, with this one here and then in June with Hopkins and Carver, and then in July with Mosley and Vargas, and in between we have several HBO fights, World Championship Boxing with Pavera (ph) and then with Montiel (ph) and Gonzales the following week. So they do not recall any promoter ever in the history having had that many mega-fights back-to-back.

KARL FREITAG: Congratulations, that's a pretty impressive feat there. All right thank you very much gentlemen.

RICHARD SCHAEFFER: Thank you.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Thank you.

OPERATOR: Thank you, once again to ask a question please press star one now. Our next question is coming from Tom Stewart of Bangor Daley News.

TOM STEWART, BANGOR DALEY NEWS: Hi, yes, good afternoon Oscar, how are you?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Good afternoon, things are good.

TOM STEWART: Good. The question I wanted to ask you, you know obviously you're a promoter now, and from a promotional point of view, how do you see Myorga? Is he a promotable guy? And do you think he is good, or do you think he is bad for boxing?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: I personally think he's bad for boxing, and as a promoter I think he's crossed the line. To a certain extent, you know if he were to say a few words, and then shut his mouth, he would be a promoter's dream, but he's crossed the line and when you start insulting family and heritage and this and that, you don't do things like that. I mean you know, you can maybe insult the fighter and say I'm going to knock you out and this and that, but you don't go and insult heritage and family and wife and this and that. So, as a promoter I wouldn't want him to be in our stable, and personally he's just crossed the line.

TOM STEWART: OK, thanks, and just one more question. You know you come from a long line of fighters. I guess really your grandfather was a fighter, your father was a fighter, you obviously are a great fighter. What would happen ten or fifteen years from now if your son comes to you and he says, "Dad, I want to box." What would be your answer, or what's your thoughts on that?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: I would do everything possible to stop the trend, so to speak, with me. I would do everything possible first to say, "Hey go to school, get your education, do something else that's easier." But if he was insisting on "hey I want to fight, I want to do this, I want to be like you", then I would have to support him one hundred percent.

RICHARD SCHAEFFER: You know let me just quickly add here something. There were some questions about Myorga and so on, as it relates to kind of things he says. You know, attacking the opponent in my opinion like Vargas did, that's all right, and Vargas went pretty far and really had a true hatred of Oscar. You know that's one thing, but when somebody and anybody irrespective of whatever sport it is goes and attacks and talks bad about the wife, the family, the Mexican people, the gay people, Oscar's deceased mother, and on and on, then I just can sum it up in two words. That is in my opinion a "low life". That is not needed and I think that's just wrong.

OPERATOR: Thank you. Our next question is coming from George Perez of the San Juan Star.

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OPERATOR: Thank you. Our next question is coming from Miguel Cruz of Impacto Latin News.

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OPERATOR: Thank you. Our next question is coming from Robert Morales of the L.A. Daily News.

ROBERT MORALES: Hey, Oscar, one last thing. On Myorga's call he said that the reason he started disliking you came years ago when you first kicked Chavez's ass. He said that's the reason why he started disliking you. Basically he made it sound like because you're both Mexicans that you should have let Julio win just because he was everybody's idol. Now do you think he really believes that or is that something he pulled out of his ass to justify the way he's been acting?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: No, he pulled that one out of left field. That's the funniest thing I've ever heard. No, you know it's funny because when we shot the commercial, that's when we first met. We shook hands and everything, and then all of a sudden he like flips, I don't know what it was, he started getting emotional. It was weird. You know, here we are shaking hands, and then all of a sudden he just flips and he started talking and revving himself up and oh I'm going to knock you out, and this and that, and I was like, whoa this guy has some problems. So ever since then, then he like started attacking me and this and that and that's how it started.

ROBERT MORALES: Well thanks Oscar, good luck, man.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Thank you.

OPERATOR: Thank you, our next question is coming from Diego Martinez of Reforma.

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OPERATOR: Thank you. Our next question is coming from Ramiro Gonzales of the L.A. Opinion Newspaper.

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OPERATOR: Thank you, our next question's coming from Angel Rodriguez of Univision.com

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OPERATOR: Thank you. Our next question's coming from William Trillo of Boxing 2006.com.

WILLIAM TRILLO, BOXING 2006.COM: Hey Oscar, how's it going this afternoon?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Very good, thank you.

WILLIAM TRILLO: Listen Oscar, obviously we know he's got under skin, and this is a lesson that he needs to learn. How do you go about separating what's under your skin from the actual trainings, the work, and what you have to do inside the ring with a guy that's off the hook?

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: It's something I've thought about for a long, long time ever since we even signed the contract to make this fight. I was maybe five, six months ago saying to myself, "OK, who am I going to fight? Who's going to get me revved up to get motivated for this fight?" and so when I thought about Myorga, I said to myself, "okay this guy's going to get under my skin, as long as I don't let him get into my head, we have a fight. We're going to keep our composure and make it a good fight". And so that's what I've done. I've mentally prepared myself to take all these verbal blows left and right, and he's got under my skin which has allowed me to train as hard as I can, and get motivated, but he hasn't got into my head, which is very important. That's the reason why I'll be able to keep my cool and stick to my game plan.

WILLIAM TRILLO: So it goes without saying how many fighters have lost inside of a ring because it does get into their head and they get out of their game plan. Obviously along with your physical roadwork, you've been doing some mental roadwork as well.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: Oh absolutely, and I've prepared for this for a long time, for many months, even before the fight got signed I've been preparing for this. So it's a matter of just preparation. If you're prepared then you can, I know I'll be able to ace this test with flying colors.

WILLIAM TRILLO: That's great. Richard, I know Oscar's been buried away in camp so it's no surprise that he didn't know about the Mayweather buyout with Top Rank. Were you aware of it? And can I get your comments on that?

RICHARD SCHAEFFER: No I was aware of it, and I guess Floyd Mayweather wants to keep his options open and once we decide, I've read that his hand is hurting. But we are very busy with our fight so I haven't paid any-I mean I read it and said "well okay" and moved on because it doesn't really concern us at this point and we'll deal with after Oscar's fight.

WILLIAM TRILLO: Great, both you guys are gentlemen, thank you so much, we'll see you next weekend.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA: All right, thank you very much guys. It's time for me to go train, so I appreciate all the support and especially all the media which obviously makes these fights and it makes it happen so (SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE).

RICHARD SCHAEFFER: Thank you.

MARYLYN ACEVES: Thank you everyone.

OPERATOR: Thank you, this does conclude today's Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De la Hoya conference call. You may now disconnect your lines and have a wonderful day.