Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather met in one of the final fights of ‘Golden Boy’s’ career in May 2007.
Competing for De La Hoya’s WBC World Super Welterweight title, Mayweather was moving up a weight class to take on his fellow A-lister.
Mayweather had an unbeaten record of 37-0 going into the bout while record-setting De La Hoya was 38-4 in his professional career.
With the fight taking place at the MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, it was one of the most highly anticipated bouts of the 21st century.
The fight between De La Hoya and Mayweather was also one of the biggest US combat sports gates of all time.
Oscar De La Hoya names staggering revenue figure for Floyd Mayweather bout
In what was one of the biggest fights in modern boxing history, it was a sold-out arena for ‘Golden Boy’ vs ‘Money’.
Speaking to Youth Inc., De La Hoya was asked about the blockbuster fight.
De La Hoya said that the fact he was also promoting the fight as well as competing in it was “very distracting.” However, he was determined to ‘fight the best’ despite moving towards the end of his career.
The interviewer then asked De La Hoya, “2.4 million buys on pay-per-view, how much money did that generate?” The former champion replied by saying, “I think we generated something, all in, close to $400 million in one night.”
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Oscar De La Hoya feels he won his fight with Floyd Mayweather
The official result for De La Hoya vs Mayweather would see the challenger defeat ‘Golden Boy’ via split decision. When asked if he thought he was victorious on the night, De La Hoya said, “I just felt I did [win the fight].”
The judges would score the bout 116-112 and 115-113 in favor of Mayweather, and 115-113 for De La Hoya.
However, De La Hoya added that he felt it was a fight that ‘could’ve gone either way’.
‘Golden Boy’ would go on to fight and beat Steve Forbes (33-5) the following year. Then, De La Hoya would ignore warnings about fighting Manny Pacquiao, losing to the ‘Pac-Man’ via retirement.