Oscar De la Hoya will be fighting Floyd Mayweather Jr. for the 154 lbs title on May 5, 2007.

Undoubtedly this will be a major PPV event as De La Hoya is far and away the most popular boxer of the past 15 years and Floyd Mayweather appears to be the best pound-for-pound fighter of today. As a De La Hoya fan, I am excited and scared about this news. Excited because it promises to be a great fight; and Scared because I don’t think Oscar can win this one.

In his fights against the quicker Shane Mosley, Oscar was unable to dominate as he usually does – and at times was made to look slow. Mayweather is younger and faster than De La Hoya, and he is probably better than Mosley was, so the odds are definitely against Oscar on this one. If there is one advantage, it will be that Floyd is moving up in weight for this fight, so there may be a power advantage for Oscar.

Personally I think that Golden Boy Promotions would be better to get behind a Mosley-Mayweather match. This would match speed against speed as, right now, I think that Mosley has the best chance of beating Mayweather of any current fighters in the weight class. In the end, though, Oscar’s name carries much more hype and anticipation than Mosley’s so money must prevail.

Train hard for this one Oscar, I’d love to see you win this.