{"id":263696,"date":"2017-11-13T13:01:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T21:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=263696"},"modified":"2017-11-13T13:01:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T21:01:05","slug":"oscar-de-la-hoya-has-been-secretly-training-calls-out-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/oscar-de-la-hoya-has-been-secretly-training-calls-out-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar De La Hoya has been &#8220;secretly training,&#8221; calls out Conor McGregor for fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who owns Golden Boy Promotions and promotes stars like Saul &#8220;Canelo&#8221; Alvarez, has had plenty to say about UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor of late. De La Hoya&#8217;s comments on McGregor reached a crescendo in the buildup to McGregor&#8217;s blockbuster boxing debut opposite Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it appears De La Hoya actually wants to\u00a0<em>fight\u00a0<\/em>McGregor. The 44-year-old has apparently been training, in secret, with the goal of stepping into the ring with the Irishman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know I\u2019m competitive,\u201d De La Hoya said,<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dashradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaking on DashRadio<\/a> (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/themaclife.com\/featured-posts\/oscar-de-la-hoya-states-hes-training-potential-conor-mcgregor-bout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mac Life<\/a>). \u201cYou know I still have it in me. I\u2019ve been secretly training. Secretly training. I\u2019m faster than ever, and stronger than ever. I know I could take out Conor McGregor in two rounds. I\u2019ll come back for that fight. Two rounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust one more. I\u2019m calling him out. Two rounds. That\u2019s all I need. That\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Oscar De La Hoya wants to box Conor McGregor, he at least understands that there&#8217;s no point even talking about a possible MMA match with him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a big Irishman,\u201d De La Hoya said. \u201cHe\u2019s the king. He\u2019s the king. Hey, let\u2019s get it straight: in the cage, he would freakin\u2019 destroy me. He would destroy me!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, [we have to fight] in the ring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his headline-dominating boxing debut, McGregor surrendered an early lead to wilt under a 10th-round volley from Floyd Mayweather. While he&#8217;s been called out by a seemingly endless list of boxers of the last year, it&#8217;s looking like his next fight will be in the UFC&#8217;s Octagon\u00a0 \u2013 perhaps against interim lightweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/tony-ferguson-says-mcnuggets-conor-mcgregor-is-looking-for-a-way-out\/\">Tony &#8220;El Cucuy&#8221; Ferguson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Oscar De La Hoya&#8217;s bizarre callout of Conor McGregor?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 13\/11\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who owns Golden Boy Promotions and promotes stars like Saul &#8220;Canelo&#8221; Alvarez, has had plenty to say about UFC lightweight champ Conor McGregor of late. De La Hoya&#8217;s comments on McGregor reached a crescendo in the buildup to McGregor&#8217;s blockbuster boxing debut opposite Floyd Mayweather Jr. Now, it appears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54430,"featured_media":248284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Oscar De La Hoya has been &quot;secretly training,&quot; calls out Conor McGregor for fight | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"44-year-old retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya has issued a callout of Conor McGregor, and he&#039;s apparently been training to fight him for months.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/oscar-de-la-hoya-has-been-secretly-training-calls-out-conor-mcgregor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oscar De La Hoya has been &quot;secretly training,&quot; 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