SHANE MOSLEY-OSCAR DE LA HOYA POST FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE QUOTES

By Kenny Perrault, ringside



JUAN LAZCANO ON THE FIGHT:
"It was my time," adding "and I had to prove it to him (opponent Johnston) that it's just my time."

JUAN LAZCANO ON HIS KNOCKDOWN IN ROUND 2:
"It was just a flash knockdown. He caught me."

JUAN LAZCANO ON A FIGHT WITH FLOYD MAYWEATHER:
"A fight with Floyd would be a very interesting fight."


SHANE MOSLEY ON OSCAR DE LA HOYA:
"I'm the one person he just can't get by."
"Without him I wouldn't be where I am today."

SHANE MOSLEY ON THE FIGHT: 
"I felt my punches were doing more damage than his."
"I think the body shots slowed down his jabs."
"I figure I fought the fight of my life. We both fought the fight of our lives."

SHANE MOSLEY ON THE DECISION:
"I feel I won the fight."
"It could have went either way, it was a close fight." (And how's that for a contradiction?)

***Oscar de la Hoya came up to the microphone to announce that on Monday he is going to request a complete investigation on the scoring of the fight.

OSCAR DE LA HOYA ON RETIRING:
"I feel that it (the fight) doesn't affect my decision if I'm going to fight or retire."

OSCAR DE LA HOYA ON THE INVESTIGATION REQUEST TO BE FILED:
"I'm really going to put my heart into it and the resources I have."
"It's not sour grapes, it's nothing against Shane."

OSCAR DE LA HOYA ANSWERING IF HE WAS HURT IN ROUND 9:
"No, never was I hurt."

OSCAR DE LA HOYA ON THE HEAD BUTT:
"It didn't hurt, it felt like a burn."

Promoter BOB ARUM ON THE FIGHT:
"I've never even seen anything like this in my life!! It wasn't even close!!"

Mr. Arum also hinted at retirement saying: "I don't want to be a part of this anymore."

9-13-2003



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