Oscar De La Hoya wants to come out of retirement & fight Floyd Mayweather or GGG

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Oscar De La Hoya, the most popular fighter of his era and one of the most accomplished, sailed into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on the first ballot and was inducted last summer, five years after his retirement from the ring. The Hall of Fame might have to redo his plaque.

The "Golden Boy" is seriously considering a ring return.

"It's got to be worth my while but this is very serious," De La Hoya told ESPN.com on Monday. "I have to make sure I am fighting the very best. I don't have to come back for financial reasons or the lights or the glamour. The only reason I would come back is because I miss the competition of fighting the very best."

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He said that if he does return, his goal would be to face either pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather, who beat him by split decision in 2007 in what was the biggest money fight in boxing history at the time, in a rematch or to face middleweight titleholder Gennady Golovkin in a fight De La Hoya said would have to take place at junior middleweight.

"I want to fight one of them because they are the best and I always fought the best," De La Hoya said. "That's what boxing is all about - fighting the best."

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De La Hoya, beset by numerous physical ailments during his career, said his body has healed and he is as healthy as he has been in more than a decade.

"I've gotten everything taken care of -- my rotator cuffs, my left hand, everything. I'm pain free," De La Hoya said. "I just feel good and when I walk the streets, everyone tells me, 'You have to fight Floyd again, you have to fight GGG. You can do it, you can do it.

"I just feel great physically. I've been taking care of myself. I've been doing the Bernard Hopkins lifestyle. You can turn the clock back to a certain time."

De La Hoya said he has been training regularly.

"I'm not preparing for an actual fight, but I run 8 miles, I can hit the bag for 12 rounds, I can jump rope and do the speed bag. I do all that on a regular basis to stay in shape," De La Hoya said. "I look great too. I've never seen myself look like this. Sometimes that little itch gets me in that certain spot, and when so many people tell me I can do it, it's trying to convince me that you can."

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