{"id":717073,"date":"2021-09-04T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=717073"},"modified":"2021-09-04T13:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-04T17:36:03","slug":"fully-vaccinated-oscar-de-la-hoya-hospitalized-with-covid-19-withdraws-from-comeback-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fully-vaccinated-oscar-de-la-hoya-hospitalized-with-covid-19-withdraws-from-comeback-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Fully Vaccinated Oscar De La Hoya Hospitalized With COVID-19, Withdraws From Comeback Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffully-vaccinated-oscar-de-la-hoya-hospitalized-with-covid-19-withdraws-from-comeback-fight%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=717073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Oscar-De-La-Hoya.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya announced on Friday that he is hospitalized and being treated for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated against the virus and would have to drop out of his pay-per-view comeback match set for September 11.<\/p>\n<p>De La Hoya, 48, has been retired for 13 years and was scheduled to fight former mixed-martial-arts champion Vitor Belfort, 44, at Staples Center in Los Angeles next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>He posted multiple tweets from his hospital bed on Friday breaking the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWanted 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,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OscarDeLaHoya\/status\/1433857187391045635\">tweeted<\/a> De La Hoya. \u201cPreparing for this comeback has been everything to me over the last months, &amp; I want to thank everyone for their tremendous support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am currently in the hospital getting treatment and am confident I will be back in the ring before the year is up,\u201d he continued. \u201cGod bless everyone and stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.25\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OscarDeLaHoya\/status\/1433857187391045635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Hall-of-Famer from East L.A. also posted a short video of himself lying in a bed wearing a hospital gown, appearing to express frustration over his current situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, what are the chances of me getting Covid?\u201d De La Hoya says. \u201cI\u2019ve been taking care of myself. This really, really kicked my ass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2021-09-03\/oscar-de-la-hoya-tests-positive-covid-belfort-fight-off\">According<\/a> to the Los Angeles Times, \u201cTriller, the upstart entertainment app turned boxing producer, is now trying to salvage the show by finding a replacement opponent,\u201d and:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"18.230145867099\">\n<p><em>Triller has called on four-time heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, 58, to face the former UFC champion Belfort, but the bout would need to be approved by the California State Athletic Commission.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s highly unlikely the CSAC would approve a professional bout between Holyfield and Belfort. In November, the CSAC called for the Mike Tyson versus Roy Jones Jr.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fsports%2Fliveblog%2Flive-updates-mike-tyson-roy-jones-jr&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccharles.schilken%40latimes.com%7C19f3b73d99ab41e3da5c08d96f0d1bcf%7Ca42080b34dd948b4bf44d70d3bbaf5d2%7C0%7C0%7C637662924361982973%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=WxNF1qJoJcVvhy8%2BCdm6f8xlk9mz65swtvR0WusRgM8%3D&amp;reserved=0\">fight to be an exhibition<\/a>. Tyson was 54 years old at the time and Jones was 51.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Triller could also move the event out of California, with Florida being one option. UFC legends Anderson Silva and Tito Ortiz were slated to fight in the co-featured bout.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this week, De La Hoya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2021-08-31\/de-la-hoya-fight-preview-column\">revealed<\/a> that he had been raped when he was 13-years-old by an older woman. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/story\/2021-09-03\/oscar-de-la-hoya-tests-positive-covid-belfort-fight-off\">said<\/a> that experience partly motivated his comeback \u201cto put closure on my roller coaster of a story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed \u201cThe Golden Boy,\u201d De La Hoya has not fought since December 2008 when he was beaten handily by Manny Pacquiao. He ended his career with a record of 39-6.<\/p>\n<p>De La Hoya founded Golden Boy Promotions in 2002. The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/10\/us\/politics\/de-la-hoya-trump-cinco-de-mayo.html?_r=0\">reported<\/a> that he broadcasted an ad in 2017 to taunt President Donald Trump about his proposal of building a wall along the Mexican border. According to the Times, the spot promoted a Cinco de Mayo bout between two boxers of Mexican descent that showed them \u201cbarreling through a concrete wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea of a wall was a direct hit to Donald Trump,\u201d De La Hoya told The Times. \u201cThis is letting him know that not every Mexican is what he\u2019s stated they are. Mexicans are hard workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-mexican-boxers-bust-through-trump-wall-promo-james-barrett\">Mexican Boxers Bust Through \u2018Trump Wall\u2019 In Promo For Cinco De Mayo Match<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya announced on Friday that he is hospitalized and being treated for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated against the virus and would have to drop &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-717073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}