Oscar De La Hoya Asks Floyd Mayweather, Dana White to Join Coronavirus Fight

Oscar De La Hoya is reaching out to fellow boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr. and UFC President Dana White in an effort to raise funds for coronavirus relief.

De La Hoya told TMZ Sports in an interview released Saturday he's already donated $250,000 to the Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, but he's prepared to do more.

"Floyd ... I challenge you to a push-up contest, and whoever wins you gotta donate more money," the former six-division world champion said. "Let's do this! Let's help people out."

He also requested White's support: "We have to come together in these tough times."

De La Hoya has been rivals with Mayweather since they faced off in 2007, which ended in a split-decision triumph for Money.

Things turned sour with White in more recent years.

"I would beat his ass," the founder of Golden Boy Promotions said in 2018 about White, who had called him an "idiot" and said he'd fight the former boxing superstar "any day of the week."

De La Hoya said he's willing to put those rivalries aside to help others during the coronavirus pandemic.

The 47-year-old L.A. native told TMZ his challenge goes to everyday Americans too.

"Why don't we challenge everybody to do push-ups, but every push-up you do, donate a dollar," De La Hoya said. "Ya know, if you do five push-ups, donate five bucks. If you do 10 push-ups, donate 10 bucks. Imagine millions and millions of people doing this, we can help out a lot, a lot of people."

Both boxing and UFC have been forced to cancel cards in recent weeks because of the COVID-19 outbreak, joining other professional sports around the world in facing uncertainty.