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Oscar De La Hoya Checks Mayweather For UFC Talk

Oscar De La Hoya has taken a fresh swipe at his old friend Floyd Mayweather following reports that the American is seriously considering a run in the MMA cage in the UFC.

As things stand on paper at least, Mayweather is retired from boxing with a record of 50-0 after TKO’ing Conor McGregor last August in Las Vegas.

But following a post on social media of him in an MMA cage, fans have remained cynical as ever about this supposed retirement.

That he has pulled in the past too – only to come back and fight again.

Oscar De La Hoya who has a less than cordial relationship with Mayweather over the years gave his thoughts on what the video of Mayweather meant in an MMA cage to the folks at TMZ:

“Well you said it – blah blah. It’s none of my business.”

He added:

“Floyd, you know, him and his attention. He can’t let anybody else have attention so he does this.”

He concluded:

“He’ll never fight (in the UFC).”

You’d have to think he won’t, to be fair.

He’s a 40-year-old man now retired from a sport he had done his entirely life.

Literally since he was an infant, with no formal training in MMA.

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It’s hard to see how and why he would risk so much in a venture into a sport he’s never done before, at this stage of the game.


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