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Fitting finale for De La Hoya?

BY ROBERT MORALES,

Marco Antonio Barrera and Rocky Juarez faced off in a staredown on Thursday for reporters at the final news conference promoting their super featherweight title fight Saturday at Staples Center.

Since Oscar De La Hoya is the promoter of the event, he was besieged by reporters who wanted to know about his future as a fighter. Without trying, De La Hoya stole the show. He is coming off a sixth-round technical knockout of Ricardo Mayorga on May 6, and he has a standing Sept. 16 date with HBO for what would be his last fight.

De La Hoya, however, isn't sure if he indeed will have that last fight. If he does, he isn't sure who it will be against, either. But the consensus feeling is that DeLaHoya should make his last bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr., considered the best in the world, pound-for-pound.

"I can make more history by fighting the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but I don't want to make a quick decision," DeLaHoya said in a large office inside Staples Center.

De La Hoya said he has had a lot of input from family and friends. Especially from his wife, Millie.

"She says, `This is the perfect fight to go out on,"' De La Hoya said, in reference to the win over Mayorga, which earned De La Hoya the World Boxing.

Council super welterweight championship. "Then she says, `Would you look as good against either Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Winky Wright? Maybe not.'

"And she has a point."

De La Hoya, 33, has won a record six titles in different weight divisions. If he retired now, he is a certain Hall of Famer.

A trip on his boat, `Tommy Crown,' to the island of Culebrita soon will help him decide if he wants to try and build on an already strong legacy.

"I'm going to get on my boat by myself and I'm going to go to our favorite island in Puerto Rico for a few hours and just soak it all in," he said.

Then, he said, everyone will know.


What do you think it will be guys? I am starting to swing in favour of retirement,especially if the old wifey has influence which appears to be the case here!! At least De La Hoya knows and admits he would not look anywhere near as good against Winky or Floyd.Why go out on a loss?