OSCAR DE LA HOYA claims he now wants to fight Floyd Mayweather, after he has ruled out fighting Canelo Avarez.
De La Hoya (48), will make his return to boxing this month against ex-UFC fighter Vitor Belfort.
Oscar De La Hoya hopes for a rematch with Floyd Mayweather in his boxing return.
This will be his first appearance in a ring since more than ten years.
De La Hoya stated that he would like a piece of Canelo, the Mexican star who he used as a trainer, in return.
De La Hoya, however, has now reversed that decision.
He instead wants to rematch Mayweather, who won their first fight in 2007.
De La Hoya said: "I changed my mind. He'll knock you out or not because of anything.
"It's just that I thought it over, and I'd actually prefer to call out - after two [comeback bouts] Floyd Mayweather or Felix Trinidad."
BETTING SPECIAL - GET PS60 IN FREE BETS ON ANY WORLD CUP QUALIFIER WITH BETFAIRDe La Hoya is certain that she will surpass Belfort and declares: "This isn't a game."
"We don't play boxing. We don't play UFC. We don't play MMA.
"I literally said, "If we're going do this, let us do it for real." Let's not sing and dance.
"Let's stop doing these exhibitions we are tired of. This is the real deal.
Free Bets: Get more than PS2,000 in NEW CUSTOMER DEALSBelfort is confident he can cause an upset and says: "When I step into the ring, I want the wars.
"I'm going into the sport Oscar has mastered and what I've learned from training boxing at another level.
"My style is to be a lion and that's exactly what I'm going do.
