FIGHTING BACK De La Hoya (Photo: Getty Images)

Last last night, X17, the photo agency that posted pictures of fighter Oscar De La Hoya allegedly dressed in drag and posing for a series of, well, breathtaking shots, got back to Radar to answer the fighter's reps' claims that the pics were fake. But X17's backup for the pics is less than convincing.

"We have a statement signed by the woman who claims to have taken the photos saying that she took the images with her own camera and therefore holds the copyright. We also have the camera information intact ... that fits with the seller's story," says an X17 spokesperson via e-mail.

But does it? Time codes attached to all five shots would suggest the photo session lasted only seven seconds, between 9:36:17 a.m. and 9:36:24 a.m. De La Hoya is renowned for his speed, but it would take superhero-like quickness on the part of the camera person and the fighter to strike five different poses in different rooms while changing in and out of a wig, a fedora, and boxing gloves—all in seven seconds.

UPDATE: X17 explains that the seven-second time lapse refers to when the photos were uploaded into its system, not when they were taken. The times between the actual snaps is not indicated.

X17 reposted the images this morning, waving a figurative middle finger at De La Hoya's attorney, who has demanded the site take down the pictures immediately. "The photographs depicting Mr. De La Hoya's image that were posted online today by an obscure paparazzi website are fake," writes De La Hoya's attorney, who suddenly is Hollywood shark and Tom Cruise's pitbull Bert Fields (late yesterday, Radar's calls were referred to a different attorney, Stephen Espinoza). "Many of the website's viewers (as reflected in postings on the site) identified the photos as 'a really bad Photoshop job.' Unfortunately, with today's technology, anyone can make any photo seem like something other than it is. Mr. De la Hoya, through his attorneys, has demanded in writing that the images be removed from the website...."

Asked last night about whether the time codes and camera info could be faked, X17 responded, "If a photo is Photoshopped, the original camera info you see in the screen shot I sent is wiped out—here it is intact."

And seemingly proves the ability of the fighter to time travel.

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