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Oscar De La Hoya hospitalized after contracting coronavirus
The 48-year-old boxer said he was fully vaccinated



Oscar De La Hoya announced Friday he contracted coronavirus and was in the hospital receiving treatment, and that he had to pull out of his upcoming fight against Vitor Belfort.

De La Hoya, 48, posted a video of himself on Twitter in a hospital bed. He said he contracted the illness despite being fully vaccinated.

"Wanted you to hear directly from me that despite being fully vaccinated, I have contracted Covid and am not going to be able to fight next weekend. Preparing for this comeback has been everything to me over the last months, & I want to thank everyone for their tremendous support," he tweeted.

"I am currently in the hospital getting treatment and am confident I will be back in the ring before the year is up. God bless everyone and stay safe."

De La Hoya fought professionally from 1992 to 2008 and had already stepped away from the ring once. His last bout came in a loss to Manny Pacquiao via a referee technical decision in December 2008. He beat Steve Forbes via unanimous decision in May 2008.

De La Hoya and Belfort were set to square off at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 11. Belfort is a former UFC star. He last fought in a boxing match in 2006 against Josemario Neves and won via knockout. It’s unclear whether Belfort will find an opponent eight days before the bout.
 

MMAHAWK

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rather see old holyfield than de la who ya
Not as likely to see a vitor flatlining KO though
I’m ok with the change
Bought ticket for Silva vs Ortiz
problem is that I don’t believe CA will license Holyfield and event will end up in Florida or Texas.
 

Rambo John J

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I’m ok with the change
Bought ticket for Silva vs Ortiz
problem is that I don’t believe CA will license Holyfield and event will end up in Florida or Texas.
Didn't know Ortiz vs Silva was the same card

I didn't even know spider vs ortiz was a thing haha
some crazy shit going on nowadays

Ya, I don't think it is smart medically to license Evander...but same could be said for Chuck IMO

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MMAHAWK

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Didn't know Ortiz vs Silva was the same card

I didn't even know spider vs ortiz was a thing haha
some crazy shit going on nowadays

Ya, I don't think it is smart medically to license Evander...but same could be said for Chuck IMO
Id be surprised if Tito stays on the card if it’s moved. The fight is at 195lbs and I don’t see him making it if he now has to fly across the country on a couple days notice.
 

Rambo John J

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Shitty
Hoping for the best

Maybe you can go to Texas and get Splinty to go to the fight or hob-nob on his yacht for a bit.
 

John Lee Pettimore

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Hopefully the entire thing falls apart and everybody sues each other into oblivion. I have no patience at all for Vitor getting paid to shove as many PEDs into his body as is medically possible, so he can knock someone out with his steroid fuelled body and then get on the mic and babble about Jesus. Fuck Vitor the cheating hypocrite.

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This is bullshit for vitor. He has been training harder than ever and deserved his chance to show what he can do.