De La Hoya-Hopkins: The Surreal Deal
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19.09.04 - By Lee Hayes: Is it possible for two marquee fighters to instantly look their respective ages in the same ring on the same night?
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As middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins prepares to fight Oscar De La Hoya, he has had nothing but kind words for his opponent.
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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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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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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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Unbidden, Floyd Mayweather Sr. will tell you how good he is as a trainer. It doesn&#39;t hurt that he trains Oscar De La Hoya, but even if he were prepping a palooka, Mayweather would boast.
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Unbidden, Floyd Mayweather Sr. will tell you how good he is as a trainer. It doesn't hurt that he trains Oscar De La Hoya.
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Well kids, it&#39;s only two more sleeps until the much anticipated middleweight showdown between undisputed champion Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya takes place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Coming into this middleweight title bout, which turned out to be more mega-event than mega-fight, Oscar De La Hoya called Bernard Hopkins a bully.
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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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In the end it was as easy as Bernard Hopkins predicted. In round nine Oscar De La Hoya collapsed to the canvas in agony from a short, left-hook and that was how Saturday&#39;s super fight at the MGM in Las Vegas ended.
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Former heavyweight champion John Ruiz recently won a battle with the World Boxing Association, whose title he once held, but he must be far more careful to ensure he also wins the upcoming fistic war.
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LAS VEGAS -- Bernard Hopkins and Oscar De La Hoya announced a unique partnership yesterday, joining forces to create a nationwide promotional company boasting each other as the top attraction.
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Andrew Golota has been in his fair share of wars in the ring, and whether he has it in him to endure another remains to be seen. Not that I expect his bout with John Ruiz to be one.
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Let&#39;s face it, there are not a lot of attractive matchups these days in boxing&#39;s heavyweight division. There are four different champions, and, arguably, only one of them can be considered legitimate.
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Undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins stood at the podium yesterday at the MGM Grand Garden to talk about his fight Saturday night against Oscar De La Hoya and waved
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Bernard Hopkins retained his undisputed middleweight crown in Las Vegas last night by knocking out fellow American Oscar de la Hoya in the ninth round of their title fight.