Vitor
Belfort has high expectations for his upcoming boxing match
with Oscar De La Hoya.
After it was
announced that Belfort would face De La Hoya in an exhibition
bout on Sept. 11 in Las Vegas, “The Phenom” told TMZ Sports that
the fight could be the biggest off all time.
“Oscar is an Olympic gold medalist one of the best pound-for-pound
fighters ever,” Belfort said. “He revolutionized the sport. Vitor
was the youngest UFC champion. If it were not for Oscar,
[Floyd] Mayweather wouldn’t exist. If it were not for Vitor
Belfort, [Conor] McGregor wouldn’t exist. Now the new generation
will be taught about the history of the sport. This fight will
break all the records. This fight will sell more than Muhammad Ali
vs. George Foreman.”
In a recent interview with
MMAFighting.com, Belfort criticized the grappling specialists
that are representing MMA against boxers under boxing rules.
“I just think they [Tyron
Woodley and Ben Askren]
are the worst representation of MMA,” Belfort said. “These guys
that you just mentioned, I can fight all of them in one night. I’ll
put them out. They cannot even survive two rounds with me, these
MMA athletes that are representing us in boxing.”