{"id":390091,"date":"2026-01-05T18:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390091\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T18:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T18:44:07","slug":"oscar-de-la-hoya-predicts-mayweather-vs-pacquiao-rematch-as-fight-now-back-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/390091\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya predicts Mayweather vs Pacquiao rematch as fight now ‘back on the table’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oscar De La Hoya<\/a> is one of just a few men to have shared the ring with both Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao<\/a>.<\/p>\n

De La Hoya initially met Mayweather in March 2007, losing his WBC super welterweight title by split decision, the only time in the career of Mayweather that a judge has ever scored a fight to his opponent.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Golden Boy\u2019 then fought Pacquiao just over 18 months later in December 2008, but this bout was a much more one-sided affair, as Pacquiao claimed an eighth round retirement victory in what would ultimately be De La Hoya\u2019s final fight.<\/p>\n

Since that date, Mayweather and Pacquiao would spend the next decade as the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the world, leading to a May 2015 meeting between the pair.<\/p>\n

It smashed all box office and pay-per-view records, but the action inside the ring didn\u2019t live up to the hype, as Mayweather claimed a unanimous decision victory.<\/p>\n

Mayweather would hang up the gloves in 2017, but Pacquiao recently made a sensational return to the sport at the age of 46<\/a>, fighting to a draw against WBC welterweight champion Mario Barrios.<\/p>\n

Rumours then began to circulate that a shock rematch between Mayweather and Pacquiao could happen in 2026<\/a>, but instead it appeared that \u2018Pac-Man\u2019 would challenge WBA welterweight champion Rolly Romero.<\/p>\n

The planned bout between Pacquiao and Romero now no longer looks set to happen, meaning a potential clash against Mayweather could be revisited.<\/p>\n

De La Hoya has now made his prediction to Talksport<\/a> for how he sees a second meeting between his two former foes going, leaning towards his countryman.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first fight was many years ago, it was an okay fight. Now they\u2019re going to do it again apparently, it\u2019s all entertainment, that\u2019s the way I see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s going to be an exhibition or a real fight. If they make it a real fight with real rules, it\u2019s an okay night for boxing. I think Floyd will take it.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne thing about Floyd you have to understand is that he\u2019s always taken care of himself. His body physically, mentally, he\u2019s always been very sharp. \u201cThat\u2019s the big advantage he has, he\u2019s an athlete.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Mayweather now 48 and Pacquiao 47, it would certainly stun many fans if it were to actually take place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya is one of just a few men to have shared the ring with both…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-390091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}