De La Hoya wants his next bout to be at Dodger Stadium
Oscar De La Hoya said Thursday that he would like to stage his next fight in May at Dodger Stadium.
“The Dodgers are the team in L.A., it’s history in the making,” De La Hoya said.
De La Hoya (38-5) and his business partner, Richard Schaefer of Golden Boy Promotions, have yet to officially propose the outdoor bout to Dodgers officials, although the probable May 3 date is open. The Dodgers are scheduled to play that day in Denver against the National League-champion Colorado Rockies.
“It’s something we’d be happy to discuss with them if they give us a call,” Dodgers spokeswoman Camille Johnston said. “It’s an interesting possibility.”
De La Hoya, from East Los Angeles, is coming off a close split-decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May and said he’d like to fight popular British boxer Ricky Hatton next if Hatton gives Mayweather a good showing Dec. 8 in Las Vegas.
De La Hoya said he had attended only one Dodgers game at Dodger Stadium, a regular-season game several years ago.
The first and last boxing card at the stadium was March 21, 1963, a dark day in boxing history.
Featherweight champion Davey Moore fell backward in the 10th round after suffering a beating from challenger Sugar Ramos and struck the back of his neck on the bottom rope of the ring, suffering a brain stem injury from which he died days later.
Moore’s death led to safety improvements, including rope padding and a fourth strand of rope. Bob Dylan wrote a song about the tragedy, “Who Killed Davey Moore?” in which a referee, boxing writer, manager and crowd skirted blame.
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