Mosley-De la Hoya Post Fight Press Conference Quotes

By Kenny Perrault, ringside
BraggingRightsCorner.com

JUAN LASCANO 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 LASCANO ON HIS KNOCKDOWN IN ROUND 2:

"It was just a flash knockdown. He caught me."

JUAN LASCANO 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 mic 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."