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Written by Ozzie Gonzalez, Latinosportslegends.com

April 5, 2002 -- "I will retire after I fight Fernando Vargas in May," were the words of "The Golden Boy" Oscar De La Hoya when he addressed the Spanish press in Puerto Rico when asked about his boxing future.

"This will be my last fight (His upcoming fight with Vargas). I decided this with my wife," said De La Hoya during an interview in Puerto Rico. "We were speaking about my future, and I want to go out like (a) champion. This is the fight that will give me the opportunity to leave boxing like a champion."

Now, a couple of months later, De La Hoya has done a complete turnaround and said he will not retire until he gets revenge on the two boxers to ever beat him -- Felix Trinidad and Shane Mosely.

De La Hoya was a guest on an ESPN radio show "Rindside Talk" this past weekend with co-host Jimmy Ortiz when a fan called in and asked De La Hoya about him retiring after the Vargas fight: "I do know that I will not retire until I fight Mosley and Trinidad again. I have to fight them to avenge my defeats against them."

De La Hoya has repeatedly mentioned how badly he wants to fight Felix Trinidad again since losing to him in September of 1999. Trinidad offered De La Hoya an immediate rematch after the match, but De La Hoya refused as he was looking into a career in singing.

Now several years and pounds later, De La Hoya still yearns a re-match with the popular Puerto Rican boxer. Something that is impossible since Trinidad has retired from boxing.

Shane Mosely is another guy he wants badly, but it's clear that he wants Trinidad more.

In that fight with Trinidad, De La Hoya, was leading in all the scorecards for the first eight rounds and chose to run and not fight Trinidad for the last 4 rounds. An act which cost him his first loss of his pro career.

"I would love to fight Tito again and I will even move up in weight to fight him. This time it will be different I will not run like I did in our first fight. I ran because I thought I had it won and, of course, because Tito hits very hard and I didn't want to get hit by him, but next time I will fight smarter." said De La Hoya during a press conference after the Shane Mosely fight.

But first in hand is a gritty and fearless Fernando Vargas who he must defeat in order to have any chance in a rematch with Trinidad or Mosley.

"I think it's a five- or six-round fight," he said. "The way I see it, between my conditioning and (trainer Floyd) Mayweather (Sr.) giving me so much confidence, he's not going to last through six rounds. I know I put myself out
there when I say that but I'm confident I can do it. I have never felt so passionate about a fight. I really want to do a number on him."

De La Hoya who will train for three months -- the second time he has ever trained that long for an opponent (In 1996, De La Hoya trained for 3 month for his match with Julio Cesar Chavez). He flew a conditioning coach to Puerto Rico to work with him this month before he leaves for his Big Bear, Calif., training camp.

"I'm training three months so I can take him out." said De La Hoya