Oscar De La Hoya said that he is ready to work with rival Bob Arum in the near future that could lead to big fights, including a showdown between Manny Pacquiao and Marcos Maidana.

De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions and Arum's Top Rank Promotions have not worked together over the past five years, preventing big fights from happening, but the boxing legend revealed that he has already talked to his rival promoter.

"You can do (Marcos) Maidana versus (Manny) Pacquiao," De La Hoya said via BoxingScene. "You can do (Lucas) Matthysse and Brandon Rios. There's a lot of possibilities. First things first, I had a meeting with Bob Arum. I'm going to have another meeting with him. And we'll talk. We'll sit down and then see what we can work out."

The 41-year-old former champion, who was recently inducted to the Boxing Hall of Fame, insisted that they should bury the hatchet to give boxing fans the fight that they have been looking for over the past several years.

De La Hoya's willingness to end his feud with his rival promotional company is being questioned with some saying that he is getting desperate after former Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer stepped down, but De La Hoya shrugged off all speculations.

"I will end the Cold War for the fans," De La Hoya said. "I don't care what it takes. (This) is for the boxing fans. You hear all these messages from people. They want to see the big fights happen. Well, I'm going to do it for the fans."

Arum also previously expressed willingness to co-promote a fight, saying that his feud with the rival company was all about Schaefer and him, adding that he has maintained good relationship with De La Hoya.

"I'd be happy to talk to Oscar about any subject in boxing he wishes to talk to me about," Arum said. "All this baloney about a cold war has never really applied to Oscar and myself. We can talk about any subject in boxing rationally. We might disagree on a particular point, but we can talk. I hope we'll get together and have some significant meetings in the near future."

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