End of a Golden Era

Yesterday Oscar De La Hoya aka the Golden Boy announced his retirement from the boxing world at age 36. Boxing was good to Oscar, the sport he took up at age 5 and the sport that made him an international star and a very wealthy man. He made his announcement yesterday in his hometown of LA in front of many adoring fans and said "It was a very emotional and difficult decision for me to make, but I have come to the conclusion that I am retiring from being a fighter." He will be missed as a boxer, but as most of you know he has taken the promotional path with his successful Golden Boy Promotions company.

De La Hoya was a pretty good fighter during his career. As an amateur he won a gold medal in the 1992 Olympics. When he turned pro all that he did was win 10 world titles in six divisions. He was the biggest revenue generator in boxing history. Despite getting a can of whoop azz put on him by Pacquiao in his last fight the Golden Boy will end up with a record of 39-6 with 30 KO's. I tip my hat to Oscar and may he enjoy his retirement (that is if he doesn't come back).

Let us know where you rank Oscars career in boxing history...

I THINK I GOT ONE MORE IN ME MICK!!! YO' ADRIAN???

As early as the Monday after the Pacquiao-De La Hoya fight, the rumours were going around that unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Junior was looking to return to the ring for the first time since December 8th, 2007, to face Pacquiao. These rumours became more believable when Floyd Mayweather Senior spoke about his son's plans to come back and put the man who now holds boxing's pound-for-pound title in his place. It seems there is a very good chance of the fight happening, as long as money issues and an agreeable weight at which to stage the fight can be dealt with satisfactorily on both sides. The question is, will the 39-0(25) boxing master come right out of retirement and go immediately into a fight with "Pac-Man," or will he feel the need to box a tune-up first? And if so, who would Mayweather choose to face so as to shed any ring-rust he may have picked up.. How about Oscar again... LOL

Pound for Pound

I know boxing is not what it used to be but its still some good to great fighters out there. Here's ESPN's list of Pound for Pound best fighters. I didnt realize Manny was that well regarded.

TOP 10
1. Manny Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs)Lightweight titlist

2. Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KOs)Light heavyweight and super middleweight champions:

3. Juan Manuel Marquez (49-4-1, 36 KOs) Lightweight champion
4. Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KOs)Light heavyweight

5. Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KOs) Middleweight champion

6. Antonio Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs) Welterweight titlist

7. Israel Vazquez (43-4, 32 KOs) Junior featherweight champion

8. Miguel Cotto (32-1, 26 KOs)Welterweight

9. Cristian Mijares (36-3-2, 15 KOs)Unified junior bantamweight titlist

10. Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon (32-0, 6 KOs)Junior flyweight champion

The next 10

11. Rafael Marquez 12. Shane Mosley 13. Oscar De La Hoya 14. Paul Williams 15. Ricky Hatton 16. Jermain Taylor 17. Nate Campbell 18. Juan Diaz 19. Fernando Montiel 20. Arthur Abraham