Oscar De La Hoya vs Steve Forbes on May 20th in Las Vegas will pit the world’s wealthiest boxer\promoter Oscar, against a smooth boxing vet ready to get his due respect in Forbes. The #3 rated Jr. Middleweight superstar is taking this 12-round fight against the top-15 Welterweight contender Forbes as a tune up for his rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr. slated for September 20th. BodogLife.com has Floyd Mayweather Jr. as a -285 boxing betting Favorite for Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya II.
While Forbes is a huge betting underdog “Pretty Boy” Floyd Mayweather showed obvious concern that Forbes,33-5 (9) could upset Oscar De La Hoya, 38-5-3 (30) and had this to say. "If Forbes wins…then money is being taken out of my pocket…if it happens, I'll find another trainer," said Floyd.
Forbes was originally going to train with Mayweather’s uncle Roger (Floyd’s trainer) for the Osacra De La Hoya bout, but with Floyd’s threating comments to leave his uncle, Forbes elected to train with the “other” Mayweather trainer, Jeff Mayweather instead. Floyd has always been about the bejamins and it is obvious that he understands that Forbes is slick boxer that could give Oscar a helluva a boxing lesson. Forbes has actually been called a “poor man’s” Floyd Mayweather and he has some cute moves that could catch an overconfident Oscar De La Hoya by surprise.
