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Oscar De La Hoya Calls Dibs on Ronda Rousey’s Boxing Debut

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The money quotes are here, courtesy of BloodyElbow.com’s Lewis McKeever:

“Absolutely. Look: we’ve discussed it, and whenever she’s ready to step into the ring as a fighter, as a boxer, then obviously Golden Boy Promotions will be right there with her. She’s tough. She’s really good. Speed, power and instinct – which is very important. She dares to be great. That’s the difference with a lot of fighters, she takes the risks and that’s what I love about her.”

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De La Hoya, unsurprisingly, thinks that Rousey would be a force in boxing, and would like to bring her aboard Golden Boy Promotions. Pic via ThrowDown.

Is there anything to all that? Well, that’s up for debate. On the one hand, the UFC certainly doesn’t want Ronda to just run off with some boxing promoter in the night. They want her to be a UFC fighter, now and forever.  Can they stop her, though? That’s a more interesting story…

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