Oscar De La Hoya will have a boxing exhibition match with former UFC champion Vitor Belfort in September

Oscar De La Hoya is back. According to multiple reports, the “golden boy” will return to the boxing ring at the age of 48 on September 11 to face former UFC champion Vito Belfort. Mike Coppinger of The Athletic The news was first reported.

The pair will bring 12 ounce gloves to an exhibition and participate in a Triller PPV event that is expected to be held in Las Vegas. Since TKO lost to Manny Pacquiao in 2008, De La Hoya has not played a professional game. He participated in an exhibition with Shaquille O’Neal in 2009. At the same time, Belfort signed a contract with the ONE champion team in 2020, hoping to promote MMA later that year. However, he withdrew from the promotion shortly after not participating in the competition. Belfort signed with Mike Holston in the main event on June 19th. The card features Teofimo Lopez vs. George Cambosos, but in Lopez earlier this week After testing positive for COVID-19, the card was postponed.

Belfort appeared to have been struggling to participate in the boxing show for months before the now-cancelled fight with the social media star and animal advocate Holston. Recently, Belfort claimed that he could beat Logan and Jack Paul on the same night, and then criticized Jack’s recent selection of opponents of former mixed martial arts players Ben Askeron and Tyron Woodley. Call them “MMA’s worst performance.”

For a long time, De La Hoya has been teasing him for returning to the square, hoping to attract a big-name MMA player as his enemy. George Saint-Pierre said UFC Chairman Dana White He was prevented from participating in such a competition last month.