Underdog Boxing: De La Hoya's apology to Pacman, Arum paves way for big fights

Don’t you just love it when problems get sorted out? I do, specially when solving the problem means it’s finally possible to make the best matches in boxing.A few weeks ago, Oscar de la Hoya checked into a rehabilitation center for substance abuse. Curiously, after that point, the former six-division world champion started to make amends. He went to Twitter and sent out apologies to Bob Arum and Manny Pacquiao. It was mostly about him insinuating that Pacquiao was taking performance-enhancing

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Oscar De La Hoya Tweet to Bob Arum won’t speed up Pacquiao-Mayweather Plan

So Friday before the big holiday weekend, Oscar De La Hoya sent a tweet to Bob Arum asking for forgiveness. It came from the unknown Southern California rehabilitation center where De La Hoya is reportedly undergoing treatment for any number of reasons.What we do know, this must be a serious situation for De La Hoya. He reaches out to his one friend and adversary. But we should not speculate that there is now peace with Top Rank and

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