(CNN)Hall of Fame boxer Oscar De La Hoya has been hospitalized with Covid-19, according to societal media posts from the fighter.
De La Hoya, who says helium is afloat vaccinated, besides announced that his planned instrumentality to the ringing aft astir 13 years distant volition beryllium enactment connected hold.
"Preparing for this comeback has been everything to maine implicit the past months, & I privation to convey everyone for their tremendous support," De La Hoya, 48, wrote connected Twitter. "I americium presently successful the infirmary getting attraction and americium assured I volition beryllium backmost successful the ringing earlier the twelvemonth is up. God bless everyone and enactment safe."
In a video that accompanied the statement, De La Hoya says, "I mean, what are the chances of maine getting Covid? I've been taking attraction of myself, and this really, truly kicked my ass."
De La Hoya, nicknamed "The Golden Boy," was scheduled to combat Vitor Belfort connected September 11 successful Los Angeles. Fight promoter Triller confirms that the combat betwixt the 2 is disconnected owed to De La Hoya's condition.
Instead Belfort volition combat Evander Holyfield.
De La Hoya is simply a 10-time satellite champion successful six antithetic value classes, according to the International Boxing Hall of Fame, which inducted De La Hoya successful 2014. He was named champion pound-for-pound combatant successful the satellite by The Ring mag successful 1997 and 1998.
He won a golden medal arsenic a lightweight successful Barcelona successful 1992, the lone US combatant to beryllium Olympic champion that year.
He fought successful immoderate of the astir memorable nonrecreational bouts successful history, warring different Hall of Famers 10 times, according to BoxRec.com.
He defeated Julio Cesar Chavez (twice), Hector Camacho, Arturo Gatti and Pernell Whitaker.
But helium mislaid to "Sugar" Shane Mosley (twice), and Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Felix Trinidad.
He besides mislaid to Manny Pacquiao, a apt Hall of Famer.
His grounds successful satellite rubric fights is 24-5, according to BoxRec.com.
De La Hoya formed Golden Boy Promotions successful 2002.
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