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Entries tagged with "Oscar+De+La+Hoya":

• Pacquiao-Mosley: Rude Awakenings – April 19th, 2011

  Turning back the clock is rare. Other than daylight savings time. But it seems the only ones that have done it are great former champions fighting a great champion...
  
  

• Worth Its Weight in Gold? – May 11th, 2011

  If Manny lost to Sergio Martinez, suddenly you would see fans start to tsk tsk the legend of Pacquiao and call him a bum...
  
  

• De La Hoya Enters Rehab – May 21st, 2011

  
  
  

• Pacman Settles DLH Lawsuit – June 2nd, 2011

  
  
  

• Ten-Count for Genaro Hernandez – June 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Will UFC Pay for Making Enemies? – June 17th, 2011

  Showtime's Ken Hershman found out that dealing with Dana White is not something to exactly be happy about….
  
  

• Felix Sturm Meets the Press – June 22nd, 2011

  “I think Matthew is a great fighter. He's strong. He's fast, tough. He's a smart guy. I think we all can expect a huge fight, a big fight, an all-action fight...”
  
  

• R.I.P. Bouie Fisher – July 1st, 2011

  
  
  

• Friends Forever, Friends for Now – July 9th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Ortiz: The Unspeakable – August 8th, 2011

  Fighters grow old overnight. Nobody mentions this because nobody believes it can happen, but it happens…
  
  

• And the Oscar Goes to… – August 19th, 2011

  De La Hoya’s a former boxer, a former champion, so he has a special perspective, and Golden Boy Promotions needs his undivided attention—now more than ever…
  
  

• De La Hoya Picks Victor Ortiz – August 25th, 2011

  
  
  

• Fathers and Sons – August 29th, 2011

  
  
  

• The Monster vs. Oscar De La Hoya – August 31st, 2011

  Although much of what he said was peppered with AA-speak, the rote therapeutic homilies to life’s challenges, it was nonetheless good to hear him say it…
  
  

• Oh Oscar, What a Drag – August 31st, 2011

  
  
  

• McCain Prays for De La Hoya – September 1st, 2011

  
  
  

• Victor Ortiz Meets the Press – September 2nd, 2011

  Although Mayweather hasn’t fought in 16 months, he’s still undefeated at 41-0 and a formidable competitor, maybe the best in the game…
  
  

• Joe Gans: The Timeless Master – September 4th, 2011

  The Old Master was still there, still on top of the world, despite all the efforts of others to bust him down and cut him out of the picture...
  
  

• What Happened to Oscar De La Hoya? – September 7th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about the recent revelations concerning Oscar De La Hoya. To say they have have shocked the boxing world and set tongues wagging is an understatement. There has been cocaine, booze, infidelity, cross-dressing—not the typical behavior of a prototypical Golden Boy. Oscar has gone clean and come clean about his past indiscretions, and that's to his credit. But questions remain and hang in the air like the scent of cheap perfume after a long night...
  
  

• Gamboa vs. Ponce de León Preview – September 9th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, spoke with Rick Strom of TYT Sports about tonight's fight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City between undefeated former WBA featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa and former WBO junior featherweight champion Ponce de León. They discuss the virtues of Cuban vs. Mexican fighters, and analyze how a fighter's upbringing and personality affect his style, both in and out of the ring...
  
  

• Mayweather-Ortiz: The Caveats – September 12th, 2011

  Floyd will employ old school shoulder rolls, angles, left elbow push offs, and he will selectively target his shots early on…
  
  

• The Enigma of Floyd Mayweather – September 14th, 2011

  “And Mayweather is beginning to operate like a surgeon," said Jim Lampley. "Fighting Floyd Mayweather is a dose of cold reality..."
  
  

• Floyd Mayweather vs. Oscar De La Hoya – April 30th, 2012

  Floyd Mayweather fought Oscar De La Hoya on May 5, 2007, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The bout was for the WBC junior middleweight title De La Hoya won from Ricardo Mayorga a year earlier. Mayweather had a title of his own, the WBC welterweight title he won from Carlos Baldomir. Floyd's record stood at 37-0 and Oscar was 38-4. Mayweather was the betting favorite, but both men came to fight...
  
  

• Tweet vs. Tweet – September 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya – October 11th, 2011

  On Sept. 18, 2004, Bernard Hopkins fought Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, for the WBC/WBA/IBF/WBO middleweight titles. Hopkins was 44-2-1 at the time. De La Hoya was 37-3. Oscar was outboxing Bernard in the early rounds, but as the fight progressed Hopkins turned up the heat and punctuated his superiority with a body shot that was, as De La Hoya put it, “right on the button…”
  
  

• Bernard Hopkins: Boxing’s Top (Under)Dog – October 13th, 2011

  Bernard Hopkins' final chapter in boxing has been the longest chapter that any fighter has ever authored…
  
  

• The Case for Arturo Gatti in the Hall – October 19th, 2011

  Gatti had the charisma of Jerry Quarry and the excitement of Bobby Chacon, Matthew Saad Muhammad, and Danny "Little Red" Lopez...
  
  

• PPV Numbers: Money Honey – October 28th, 2011

  
  
  

• Harold Lederman on Angulo vs. Kirkland – November 4th, 2011

  “This weekend is a doubleheader that I’ve been looking forward to about as much as any doubleheader that I ever looked forward to in my 26 years at HBO…”
  
  

• Joe Frazier Condolences – November 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• Pacquiao: Blunting Greatness – November 9th, 2011

  Some sick and sad process of dulling the luster and blunting the greatness of Manny Pacquiao has and is taking place before our very eyes…
  
  

• Oscar De La Scandales – November 10th, 2011

  
  
  

• Manny Pacquiao? Calm Down, Dear! – November 10th, 2011

  Lord, how we need him. Take away Manny and our battered old sport would be depressingly lacking in vintage talent...
  
  

• Pacquiao vs. Marquez III Preview – November 12th, 2011

  Robert Ecksel, Editor-in-Chief of Boxing.com, speaks with Rick Strom from TYT Sports about the last fight in the trilogy between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. They discuss the strengths and deficiencies of both fighters, the history they share, and what we're likely to see when the Filipino whirlwind and Mexican warrior get it on...
  
  

• El Temible: No Happy Endings – November 27th, 2011

  
  
  

• Mala Sangre: The Mexico-Puerto Rico Rivalry – December 2nd, 2011

  Lest we believe the rivalry has subsided, the Cotto-Margarito dynamic has reminded us that the “mala sangre” is alive and well…
  
  

• After Redemption, Where Does Cotto Go Next? – December 5th, 2011

  Don’t be surprised if Miguel Cotto—a Warrior’s Warrior—pursues yet another mega-fight in early- to mid-2012…
  
  

• Capital Showdown Final Presser – December 8th, 2011

  “If he wants to fight on the inside I will hurt him.,” said Peterson. “People are crazy for thinking I can’t hurt this kid…”
  
  

• Bob Arum: 80 Years Young – December 8th, 2011

  
  
  

• What Will Become of Khan? – December 9th, 2011

  Even in moments that are supposed to define his newly found toughness, like his fight against Marcos Maidana, we learn how vulnerable he is…
  
  

• Khan vs. Peterson Preview – December 9th, 2011

  Young, charismatic, telegenic and the champ, 25-year-old Amir Khan is one of the bright lights of boxing’s future…
  
  

• Manny vs. Floyd: Public Perception and Shifting Leverage – January 3rd, 2012

  Public perception shifted once again in Pacquiao’s favor thanks to Floyd’s domestic violence case for which he was sentenced to 90 days...
  
  

• Amir Trifle – January 5th, 2012

  
  
  

• As Simple as ABC – January 9th, 2012

  
  
  

• Lamont Peterson's Camp Responds – January 11th, 2012

  
  
  

• Bob Arum’s Boyle’s Thirty Acres – January 12th, 2012

  
  
  

• Emile Griffith: The Natural – January 12th, 2012

  The death of Benny Kid Paret was a great tragedy, not only for those involved but for boxing as well...
  
  

• Camacho – January 12th, 2012

  In the end, Hector "Macho" Camacho has left the game on his own terms and he did it HIS WAY. Few have done that…
  
  

• Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: Phone Home – January 19th, 2012

  Everyone is getting as worked up as a gang of teenage boys having found a stash of old Playboys in a basement apartment...
  
  

• The Ring is Counted Out – January 26th, 2012