The latest issue of Playboy has former boxer Oscar De La Hoya’s open letter to Floyd Mayweather. Let’s just say that Oscar is encouraging Floyd to stay retired, and made it known in a truly blunt, if not out- and-out brutally candid way.
In a portion of the letter De La Hoya wrote:
“I’m writing to you today to wish you a fond farewell. Truth be told, I’m not unhappy to see you retire. Neither are a lot of boxing fans. Scratch that. MOST boxing fans. Why? Because the fight game will be a better one without you in it.”
De La Hoya added:
Let’s face it: You were boring. Just take a look at your most recent performance, your last hurrah in the ring, a 12-round decision against Andre Berto. How to describe it? A bust? A disaster? A snooze fest? An affair so one-sided that on one judge’s card Berto didn’t win a single round? Everyone in boxing knew Berto didn’t have a chance. I think more people watched Family Guy reruns that night than tuned in to that pay-per-view bout. But I didn’t mind shelling out $75 for the HD broadcast. In fact it’s been a great investment. When my kids have trouble falling asleep, I don’t have to read to them anymore. I just play them your Berto fight. They don’t make it past round three.
To see more of Oscar’s letter, CLICK HERE.
THE FIGHT JOURNAL 