Oscar De La Hoya holds boxing legend Floyd Mayweather‘s father, Floyd Mayweather Sr, in high regard. So much so that he wanted to avail his services to defeat his son at the event billed ‘The World Awaits’ on May 5, 2007, at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas. However, the steep price of $2 million demanded by Mayweather Senior was too much for the 1992 gold medalist, and he hired Freddie Roach instead. For the unversed, ‘Golden Boy’ was trained by Mayweather Sr. from 2001 through 2006.

In a recent interview with sports analyst and former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe on his podcast Club Shay Shay, De La Hoya revealed that his world champion and Gold medalist Olympian status couldn’t help him get any special treatment from Mayweather Senior. The legendary boxing trainer made sure that De La Hoya never went out of line under his stewardship.

The hard taskmaster!

Putting on the airs of a world champion boxer wouldn’t float with Floyd Mayweather Sr. And, De La Hoya learned it the hard way. One of the reasons why 50-0 boxer Floyd Mayweather turned out to be an elite champion is because he was very disciplined, which Oscar believes he learned from his father.

Talking to Sharpe about the Mayweather family mindset, De La Hoya explained, “His father had something very unique, he was a sergeant. I think Floyd has that same attribute where it’s like he takes no [ __ ] from nobody you know.” Thereafter, De La Hoya remembered the incident that made him admire Mayweather Senior.

“I remember one time his [Floyd Mayweather’s] father dumped a water bucket on me at 5:00 a.m. in the morning to wake me up to go run,” Oscar reminisced, pointing out that for Floyd Mayweather senior the usual routine of a boxer doesn’t change depending on star power. “Nobody has ever done that, not to The Golden Boy, come on… and he did it and I respected him from that day on.” the boxer-turned-promoter respectfully remarked about Mayweather Sr.

What’s more? De La Hoya still believes that if the legendary trainer was in his corner during his fight against Floyd Mayweather, he would have defeated him.

Under different circumstances, could the 50-0 boxer be beaten?

De La Hoya seemed fairly sure about the fact that he could have not only defeated but “knocked out” Floyd Mayweather if he was trained by Floyd Sr.

“If I was one year younger and had Sr. in my corner, I would knock him out. Really,” the Olympian told Shannon Sharpe confidently. Furthermore, Oscar stated that later in his professional career he figured out how to bypass Floyd’s Philly shell. He claimed that the “key to the style” is the jab.

However, he revealed to Sharpe that by the time there were talks about a rematch with Floyd, his jabs “failed”  him.”I knew it in my heart, in my head. I knew it was over,” the Olympic Gold medalist former boxer revealed.

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