De La Hoya hospitalized with COVID-19, withdraws from upcoming fight


  • Boxing
  • Saturday, 04 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Boxer and president of Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya (R) poses with his son Devon during the premiere of the film "Creed" in Los Angeles, California November 19, 2015.. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar De La Hoya is hospitalized with a COVID-19 infection and has withdrawn from his fight next weekend in Los Angeles, the 48-year-old said in a video shot from a hospital bed and posted to social media on Friday.

The Sept. 11 fight against former UFC champion Vitor Belfort would have marked the Hall of Fame boxer's return to the ring for the first time since 2008.

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