Oscar Da La Hoya's new career move!

[borikua]

I would love to see that do you know where I can find it???

Trinidad wants to profit more in possible De La Hoya rematch
By Dan Rafael, USA TODAY
Felix Trinidad is willing to end his 19-month retirement to fight a long-awaited rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, but only on his terms.
Trinidad, through his father-manager Felix Trinidad Sr. and attorney Nicolas Medina, has authorized promoter Don King to send to De La Hoya representative Richard Schaefer a detailed proposal for a rematch of the highest-grossing non-heavyweight fight ever.

De La Hoya, however, is unlikely to accept the deal, which simply reverses terms of their 1999 welterweight unification fight.

"He needs Felix more than Felix needs him," Medina said Wednesday. "We are giving him the same treatment he gave us. We are giving him a chance or he can lose the opportunity of his life."

Medina said if De La Hoya didn't agree, Trinidad would pursue a rematch with Bernard Hopkins, who handed him his only defeat, or a fight with Shane Mosley.

Consider the gambit Trinidad's opening salvo for what surely will be harsh talks. The head games have already begun. De La Hoya has tried in vain to speak to Trinidad. Trinidad, a former three-division champ, won't speak to him.

"If he keeps saying he wants to hear Tito talk, that's kid stuff," Medina said. "This is serious. He has a formal, detailed offer on the table. What he decides is his responsibility. If he throws it out, well, we tried. We will not lose sleep. He's the one who needs vindication."

Schaefer said he hadn't yet received the proposal and was growing weary of speculation.

"Let's forget about playing these games," he said. "If he can't come out and say he wants to fight, forget this (stuff). I would love nothing better to focus on the Trinidad fight, but nobody has heard directly from Tito Trinidad yet. I'm busy negotiating fights for fighters that are active. I don't have the luxury to negotiate a fight where one fighter is retired."

For the first fight, De La Hoya received the lion's share of a 60-40 split. Trinidad won, albeit on a controversial decision, and is offering the deal he received: $10.5 million plus $8 per pay-per-view buy above 850,000 homes. The first fight generated 1.4 million buys. A rematch is projected to surpass it.

"De La Hoya has been calling for the rematch," Medina said. "Now, what Felix is telling him is, 'If you want me to come out of retirement, this is how we do it.' The ball is in their court. They have an opportunity to get Felix out of retirement."

King is undaunted by what could be brutal negotiations.

"That at least opens the door for discussion," King said of the proposal. "Naturally, Schaefer can come back with a counteroffer and we can sit in a room and get it done. If he comes back with something else, fine. If they really want to meet, we can get this fight on in five minutes. We can resolve this."

Trinidad's offer sets the fight at middleweight (160 pounds), where he boxed his last three fights. De La Hoya has never fought above junior middleweight (154).

If they come to terms, the fight would happen in November and Trinidad would not take a tuneup, meaning he'd be idle for 2½ years.

Medina insisted that Trinidad needed either a yes or no answer on the proposal. Eventually he conceded a little wiggle room.

"If they answer yes, Felix will announce he will come out of retirement. If they answer no, they're leaving aside the possibility of a rematch," he said. "If they made a counterproposal, we'd have to analyze it. If they made a counterproposal, you have to check it out."

[scap]

Hey I appreciate it bud....but...this was said when Felix was in retirement and Oscar was courting Felix over dinner etc. Don Felix has been directly asked since since the MAyorga fight and flat out said no way. Like I said earlier it should be a 50-50 split, would you agree on that? Telling a guy like Oscar that he gets 40% is probably not acceptable, I think OScar should put a scenario (I wish more fights were done this way)where the winner takes the 60% and the loser takes the 40%. Anyways this is a fight that I would have loved to see, it is too bad.

[borikua]

Hey I appreciate it bud....but...this was said when Felix was in retirement and Oscar was courting Felix over dinner etc. Don Felix has been directly asked since since the MAyorga fight and flat out said no way. Like I said earlier it should be a 50-50 split, would you agree on that? Telling a guy like Oscar that he gets 40% is probably not acceptable, I think OScar should put a scenario (I wish more fights were done this way)where the winner takes the 60% and the loser takes the 40%. Anyways this is a fight that I would have loved to see, it is too bad.

ya bro I agree 100%....but I think that if DLH wants that rematch so bad he would agree to Trinidad's proposal.

[Palma]

Hey I appreciate it bud....but...this was said when Felix was in retirement and Oscar was courting Felix over dinner etc. Don Felix has been directly asked since since the MAyorga fight and flat out said no way. Like I said earlier it should be a 50-50 split, would you agree on that? Telling a guy like Oscar that he gets 40% is probably not acceptable, I think OScar should put a scenario (I wish more fights were done this way)where the winner takes the 60% and the loser takes the 40%. Anyways this is a fight that I would have loved to see, it is too bad.

Hey man, I like this idea about the winner taking 60% of the purse. I think it would make the fight game more interesting. It would cancel out all the B.S. that happens regarding negotiations. Nice thread!

[onikami]

Ricky Hatton will be perfect choice.

[comepana]

This Thread is great Last thursday(boxeo de oro) De la Hoya said he wasn't sure about his return yet.

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DLH should avoid Forrest as his first welter fight, I think Forrest beats DLH if he doesnt get a warm up first.

DLH should just take an durable fighter when he first moves back down.