Ten years ago today: Oscar De La Hoya scrapes past Felix Sturm in Las Vegas
Oscar De La Hoya
Brawling Hurts the Sweet Science
“Gentlemen, come out fighting at the bell.” For years we’ve heard that or similar invitations made to two boxers, not two brawlers.
De La Hoya, Trinidad and Calzaghe all headed into The Hall of Fame – all three greats fully deserving of the honour
The list of the next great fighters (and writers, promoters, photographers, etc) set to enter The Hall of Fame has been announced.
Boxing Hall Of Fame: Class of 2014 Announced in Canastota!
The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum announced today the newest class of inductees to enter the Hall. Living inductees include two division champion “The Pride of Wales” Joe Calzaghe, six division world champion “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya and three division champion Felix “Tito” Trinidad in the Modern category; promoter Barry Hearn, referee Richard Steele, journalist Graham Houston and photographer Neil Leifer.
Oscar De La Hoya- love, hate
Oscar De La Hoya, one of my favorite fighters in recent memory. That guy had the whole tool box, but also had the fearlessness to be great.
The Pound for Pound Picasso Exposes Oscar’s Blueprint… Again!
Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr put to rest any belief in Oscar De la Hoya’s so called blueprint designed to beat him.
Oscar De La Hoya voluntarily misses “The One” – a bizarre publicity stunt or a necessary urgent measure?
Oscar De La Hoya has stolen the lime light from Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez for a moment by going public with his personal demons and choosing a climatic stage of the hype to “drop his bomb”.
Oscar De La Hoya making a lot of pre-fight predictions ahead of “The One!”
It’s always both very interesting and a great honour being a call in participant whenever a big fight is preceded by a teleconference; especially an international one ahead of a massive, massive fight such as the fast approaching Floyd Mayweather-Saul Canelo Alvarez clash.
De La Hoya: Canelo is on his way to becoming great
(Photo credit: Esther Lin/Showtime) Without a knockdown and some very generous scoring for his last fight, WBA/WBC junior middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) would have ended up losing his last fight to Austin Trout last April in San Antonio, Texas in their open scoring fight.
De La Hoya doesn’t see Mayweather as having changed from 2007
Oscar De La Hoya thinks Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the same fighter now that he was when they fought in 2007.