Floyd Mayweather Jr retired with an unblemished 50-0 professional record in 2017.
But the boxing legend’s dad, Floyd Mayweather Sr, believes Oscar De La Hoya should have got his hand raised against his son 10 years prior.
Mayweather Sr enjoyed a successful stint as De La Hoya’s trainer between 2001 and 2006.
Together, they won world titles at super welterweight and middleweight.
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However, the duo cut ties just before De La Hoya defended his WBC super welterweight strap against Mayweather Jr in 2007 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
To the surprise of many, Mayweather Sr offered to train De La Hoya for the fight, provided he received a $2million payday.
After much deliberation, De La Hoya chose not to hire his long-time coach and instead picked Freddie Roach to lead him into battle.
The ferocious nip-and-tuck affair divided the boxing fraternity and the judges.
Ringside officials Jerry Roth and Chuck Giampa scored it 115-113 and 116-112 in Mayweather’s favour, while Tom Kaczmarek had De La Hoya winning, 115–113.
Mayweather Sr, who cornered his son alongside head trainer and brother Roger Mayweather, felt Kaczmarek’s assessment was the fairest.
“I’m just gonna be honest with you, man,” Sr told HBO’s Larry Merchant post-fight.
“If you want to call fights by scoring, points system, who’s throwing more punches, you had to give it to Oscar.
“If you’re just going on a guy hitting a guy with single shots, you have to give it to my son.
“My son had good defence, he caught a lot of punches with his shoulder and his arm, but it’s still about a guy throwing punches.
“If he touches you, he’s scoring … I thought the fight was a close fight, it’s just where the point system goes.
“If you look at the point system, who’s touching who the most …
“You’re gonna have to give it to Oscar if you’re going by the point system.”
The CompuBox punch stats showed that De La Hoya threw more punches at 587 to 481.
However, Mayweather had landed more shots with 207 to De La Hoya’s 122.
“If you’re just going on a guy hitting a guy with single shots, you have to give it to my son.
“My son had good defence, he caught a lot of punches with his shoulder and his arm, but it’s still about a guy throwing punches.
“If he touches you, he’s scoring … I thought the fight was a close fight, it’s just where the point system goes.
“If you look at the point system, who’s touching who the most …
“You’re gonna have to give it to Oscar if you’re going by the point system.”
The CompuBox punch stats showed that De La Hoya threw more punches at 587 to 481.
However, Mayweather had landed more shots with 207 to De La Hoya’s 122.
