DE LA HOYA AND MAYWEATHER SO MUCH ALIKE AND ENTIRELY DIFFERENT AS FIGHTERS STAY HOME TO TRAIN USING VARIOUS STRATEGIES FOR MAY 5 SUPER FIGHT

De La Hoya

Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico

Weather: Average 82-86�, Cool Nights

Trainer: Freddie Roach

Team: Rob Garcia, Joel De La Hoya Jr.

Training Schedule: Six days, Sunday off

Boxing: Three days a week

Mayweather

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Weather: Average 75�, Cool Nights

Trainer: Roger Mayweather

Team: Leonard Ellerbe, Rafael Garcia

Training Schedule: Five-Six days, Sat/Sun Off

Boxing: Three/Four days a week

CAMPS IN SESSION, TRAINERS IN PLACE

For Oscar De La Hoya and his new trainer Freddie Roach, the honeymoon is over and training camp is down to business. It is Roach’s first training camp in three years (last one with Mike Tyson in Phoenix training for the Danny Williams fight) where he had to leave his Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles, go on location, work with and set-up camp with just one fighter. “I am used to being at my gym 10 hours a day training a bunch of fighters,” said Roach. “Being only with Oscar in Puerto Rico gives me a chance to concentrate and focus specifically on the game plan for the fight, something I wouldn’t have been able to do as well as I can now.”

With the return of his uncle Roger last week, Floyd Mayweather has back what was missing for his last fight. “My family is so important to my preparation and I missed my uncle for the Baldomir fight,” said Mayweather. “Just seeing him back in the gym is a relief and we are already getting down to some serious work.”

Said Roger Mayweather, “My nephew already knows how to fight. I’m just the gravy on his meat and potatoes.”

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME

When champions prepare for a big fight, they usually set up their training camp miles away from home in a remote location with limited distractions. Not so for Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather