Oscar de La Hoya keen to buy LA Clippers from 'disgraced' Donald Sterling

Retired American boxing great Oscar De la Hoya has reportedly expressed an interest in buying the NBA team, the Los Angeles Clippers after the basketball team's owner Donald Sterling was banned for life from the sport for making racist comments.

In a recording made public over the weekend, the man now confirmed to be Sterling told his much-younger girlfriend that he did not want her associating with black people or attending Clippers games with black friends.

According to the BBC, the former six-weight world champion said that he is hoping to be a part of a positive change for the league, adding that he applauded NBA commissioner Adam Silver for his 'quick and decisive action' and 'forward thinking' regarding the Sterling situation, which he believes, will push the league toward a positive future.

De la Hoya, whose fellow boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is also considering getting involved, further said that Silver wants to see more minority ownership in the NBA, adding that as it is better to have two minorities when it comes to business, then he and Mayweather can also be a part of a potential ownership group.

If successful, De la Hoya and Mayweather, who has won all of his 45 fights, will follow Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan as athletes turned professional sports team owners and the report added that it would also follow former England football captain David Beckham's plans for a new Miami-based Major League Soccer franchise.