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He'll fight three times this year, quit
Published on Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008
From Beacon Journal wire services
Oscar De La Hoya plans to fight three times this year, then retire.
''I'm at that stage of my career now where I can't take it further,'' De La Hoya, 35, said Tuesday. ''I can't go on for the next two years, three years. It's just time to hang up the gloves.
''This is the year.''
De La Hoya was speaking with a small group of reporters after a news conference to discuss his May 3 bout against Steve Forbes, a runner-up on television's Tournament of Contenders.
A former champion in five weight classes and one of boxing's most recognizable fighters, De La Hoya wants to meet Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a September rematch of their bout last May. Mayweather won by split decision.
A third fight, if all goes according to De La Hoya's plan, would be determined afterward. He has a 38-5 record, with 30 knockouts, but has lost three of his last five.
''I've been thinking about this for the longest time now, and now is the perfect year,'' he said. ''The fact that my body can still do it, the fact that my mind wants to do it.
''This is the perfect moment for me to hang up the gloves and be one of a few, or maybe be the only one, to do it right. I don't want to be categorized as an athlete who retired too early, then had to come back and fight one more time.
''I really want to go out with a big bang.''
De La Hoya got the nickname ''Golden Boy'' when he won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics. He went on to become the biggest non-heavyweight draw of his generation.
Forbes brings a 33-5 record, with nine knockouts, into their bout at the Home Depot Center.
Golf: Presidents Cup captains named
• Fred Couples (Americans) and Greg Norman (Internationals) are the new captains for the 2009 Presidents Cup teams in San Francisco.
• The PGA Tour amended its divisive cut policy, giving players on the cut line one more day of competition to separate themselves from the bottom of the pack. Starting this week at the Honda Classic, the tour will return to a traditional 36-hole cut for the top 70 and ties. If more than 78 players make the cut, there will be another cut to the top 70 and ties after the third round.
Winter sports: Americans leading
• Americans Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates won the compulsory-dance segment at the junior world figure skating championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They finished with 35.11 points, edging Russia's Maria Monko and Ilia Tkachenko (34.99) by 0.12 points.
• Finnish ski jumper Harri Olli was banned for the rest of the season for breaching team rules and unsportsmanlike conduct at the ski flying world championships. The Finnish Skiing Association banned Olli after he reportedly disappeared late Friday and turned up Saturday three hours before the second day of jumping at the worlds in Germany.
Football: Faulk summoned
• New England Patriots running back Kevin Faulk was issued a misdemeanor summons Friday for possession of marijuana. Capt. John Babin of the Lafayette (La.) Metro Narcotics Task Force confirmed the summons on Tuesday.
• LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux is not expected to be on the field when the Tigers open spring practice Friday. Perrilloux was suspended indefinitely last week by coach Les Miles, who would say only that the 21-year-old had violated unspecified team rules.
Other: Sharapova out due to illness
• Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova withdrew due to a viral illness at the Dubai Championships tennis tournament in the United Arab Emirates. Sixth-ranked Anna Chakvetadze ended a two-match losing streak by beating Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the first round. Also advancing were Amelie Mauresmo of France and Sania Mirza of India.
• Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva easily won at a French indoor meet in Clermont-Auvergne, France, and missed at an attempt to better her indoor world record. Isinbayeva cleared 15 feet, 11/2 inches, the same height she reached last week to finish second in the Pedro's Cup in Poland. She missed at 16-31/4 in an attempt to better the indoor world record of 16-23/4 she set 10 days ago.
• Arizona State has begun an internal investigation into allegations of academic fraud and recruiting violations in its top-ranked baseball program.
• Italian Olympic athletes could soon be using Ferrari-designed equipment to help improve their performances. The Italian Olympic Committee announced an agreement to team up with the sports car maker in an effort to develop more aerodynamical materials and better technical results for its athletes. The partnership will focus on materials for bobsled, luge, skeleton, speedskating, sailing, canoe and Paralympic skiing.
• The WNBA Draft will be in Palm Harbor, Fla., on April 9, a day after the NCAA women's basketball championship.
• The Paris-Nice race will take place next month under its own rules despite opposition from the International Cycling Union, which wants teams to boycott the event.
• Kenyan distance runner Susan Chepkemei was banned one year by the IAAF after testing positive for salbutamol.
From Beacon Journal wire services
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