Hopkins-De La Hoya: Oscar Shows Up But Goes Down
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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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The man who introduced Bernard Hopkins to boxing and started him on the path to greatness won&#39;t be ringside at the MGM Grand tonight when Hopkins defends the undisputed middleweight title against Oscar De La Hoya.
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Bernard Hopkins suddenly ended a close fight with two left hooks to the body in the ninth round Saturday night to stop Oscar De La Hoya and ruin his bid to become the undisputed middleweight champion.
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Mention Bernard Hopkins, and Felix Trinidad winces. Bring up Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones, and Trinidad shakes his head.
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Bernard Hopkins&#39; fights are studies in boxing&#39;s subtleties. He deals in nuances. He doesn&#39;t have to be hitting an opponent to be setting him up, as he was Oscar De La Hoya here Saturday night.
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Oscar De La Hoya is an underdog for the first time in his career and he doesn&#39;t seem quite sure what to make of it. ``I know in my mind this is the one,&#39;&#39; said the Golden Boy.
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September 16, 2004 -- Oscar De La Hoya and his opponent Bernard Hopkins will make top dollars off their fight on September 18th when they fight for it all at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
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Oscar is on the move again, as it emerged yesterday that a potential scheduling clash with the 2006 Winter Olympics has prompted Academy Award organisers to move that year&#39;s ceremony back to the traditional March slot.
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada: American Bernard Hopkins connected with a left hook to the body to knock out compatriot Oscar de la Hoya in the ninth round and retain the undisputed world middleweight title.
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The glaring problem facing the Oscars is that when you have too many awards shows, one on top of the other, they begin to cancel each other out.
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Oscar De La Hoya, whose golden smile typically shines throughout fight week, ain&#39;t smiling much right now. Perhaps it is because reality is finally setting in that Saturday
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LOS ANGELES - Oscar and the Olympics were headed for a scheduling clash, and Oscar blinked first. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Thursday said the 2006 edition of Hollywoodâs highest honors
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Not Surprisingly, tonight&#39;s middleweight fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas between Bernard Hopkins and Oscar de la Hoya is being called the &quot;Fight of the Century&quot;.
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Oscar De La Hoya has been in enough big fights to know what each one means. Some have helped build his reputation, others have made him rich.
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Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) - The middleweight megafight billed as the &quot;Quest for History&quot; between undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins and the Golden Boy of boxing, Oscar De La Hoya, is just a day away.
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By the numbers, the Academy Awards are roughly 50 percent less relevant than they have been the last five years. While all five candidates for the top Oscar have managed respectable ticket sales, they collectively have been seen by fewer moviegoers than any batch of best-picture nominees in 20 years.
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Hurricane Ivan could blow away some of the rewards Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins hope to realize from their middleweight showdown here Saturday.