De La Hoya is General MacArthur

When Oscar De La Hoya decided to hang up the gloves in April, it was a strange sort of Independence Day for the fight game, the fall of the Golden Empire, one that ruled the roost for over a decade.

Many felt that De La Hoya had become a nostalgia act and was keeping boxing from moving forward. Such critics were glad to see his era come to an end. And yet, the Oscar era came with a lot of zeroes on the end of it. The Golden Boy was also The Goose Who Laid the Golden Eggs. Everything the man touched turned to ridonkulous money, and if he happened to touch a bunch of money, well, it turned to more money. The guy made many millions fighting (and losing to, on my card at least) Felix Sturm, and if you're wondering who Felix Sturm is, get in line, because I bought that fight and I still don't know. Seriously, sometimes it seemed like Oscar could pull seven figures for a shadowboxing session.