Oscar De La Hoya has named the one fighter that he believes would have gotten the better of him during his prime years.
De La Hoya, who was more commonly known as ‘The Golden Boy’, had an exceptional professional career which began just a couple of months after he walked away from the Olympic Games in Barcelona with a Lightweight Gold Medal.
He would go on to win world titles in no less than six weight classes throughout the course of his tenure, defeating the likes of Julio Cesar Chavez Sr, Arturo Gatti, Hector Camacho and Ike Quartey to name just a few.
His career would eventually come to an end after he was beaten by Manny Pacquiao in December of 2008. After announcing his retirement from the sport, De La Hoya would shift his focus to working as a promoter under the ‘Golden Boy Promotions’ banner, a company that he founded back in 2002.
In a round of ‘Knockout’ with the Daily Mail, De La Hoya revealed the late-great Sugar Ray Robinson as the only fighter that would have beaten him during his prime, having backed himself to defeat Thomas Hearns prior to this.
Robinson is regarded by many as being one of, if not the greatest fighter to have ever laced up the gloves. His storied professional career spanned for 25-years between 1940 and 1965.
He reigned as the world welterweight champion between 1946 and 1951, before he eventually made the move up to middleweight where he would capture the world championship on five occasions within a 9-year period, defeating the likes of Jake LaMotta and Randolph Turpin.
