It&#39;s Speed Against Strength in De La Hoya vs. Hopkins
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Over 12 years, Oscar De La Hoya has fought in seven weight classes, weighing as little as 128Â¾ pounds and as much as 160. Many of us gain weight as we age, but De
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Vitali Klitschko made his mark with one bloody fight against Lennox Lewis. Danny Williams made a name for himself by knocking out Mike Tyson. The two meet Saturday night with more than just the WBC heavyweight title on the line. A spectacular performance by either could vault the winner to the top of a pack of otherwise undistinguished heavyweight champions.
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19.09.04 - By Frank Gonzalez Jr: Preconceived notions dominated many a mindset leading up to the Hopkins vs. De La Hoya fight for the Middleweight Crown.
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Bernard Hopkins defended his  undisputed world middleweight championship for the 19th time on  Saturday, knocking out Oscar De La Hoya in the ninth round of  their scheduled 12-round bout in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Nobody would ever confuse Bernard Hopkins with diplomacy, but he is beginning to sound like an ambassador around Oscar De La Hoya.
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Oscar De La Hoya has long been compared to Sugar Ray Leonard. Saturday night he&#39;ll have a potentially painful encounter to try and prove all those comparisons were right.
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Wednesday&#39;s final news conference to promote Saturday night&#39;s middleweight championship fight was moving along at the pace of weekend traffic on The Strip until Hopkins intervened.
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The old order is passing in boxing and a potential new powerhouse has emerged. Timing always has been the ally of Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins. It is what made the former a six-time world champion and the latter the undisputed middleweight champion through more successful title defenses than any fighter in history.
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Bernard Hopkins is experiencing flashbacks before his undisputed middleweight title showdown with Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand tomorrow night.
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Everyone was hoping to see a reincarnation of Sugar Ray Leonard-Marvin Hagler when Oscar De La Hoya challenged undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins last Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Bernard Hopkins crushed Oscar De La Hoya with a paralyzing left hook to his liver, sending him to the mat with 1 minute 38 seconds left in the ninth round.
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When two boxers are in the ring, with only gloves, shorts, and fury between them, it&#39;s sometimes hard to remember that these are men with families, lives, and interests that are completely separate from what happens between the ropes.
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There are two letters Oscar De La Hoya has never been able to decipher, and he cannot use dyslexia as an excuse. X&#39;s and O&#39;s look the same whether they&#39;re on their sides, upside down or backwards.
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Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins held their final press conference Wednesday at the MGM Grand to promote their historic Saturday showdown that will ultimately net the winner all four-world titles in the middleweight division.
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Both Bernard Hopkins and Oscar de la Hoya, in the days leading up to their fight, had expressed hope that their respective careers might be defined by Saturday night&#39;s events at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Bernard Hopkins has been called the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. He is boxing&#39;s first undisputed middleweight champion since &quot;Marvelous&quot; Marvin Hagler in 1987 and has won an unprecedented 18 consecutive title defenses.
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Oscar De La Hoya is trying to learn from Sugar Ray Leonard&#39;s &#39;87 upset of Marvin Hagler. By Jim Jenkins -- Bee Staff Writer.