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Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas – September 13th, 2020
On September, 2002 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC champion Oscar De La Hoya (34-2-0) met WBA champion Fernando Vargas in a junior middleweight unification bout. De La Hoya was going through a rough patch, having lost two of his last five fights, to Felix Trinidad in 1999…
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Sugar Shane Mosley – June 16th, 2020
On June 17, 2000 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, from Montebello, California, defended his title against IBF lightweight champion Sugar Shane Mosley, from Lynwood, California, in the first of their two fights. De La Hoya was 32-1 coming in.…
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ricardo Mayorga – May 5th, 2020
On May 6, 2006 at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC light middleweight champion Ricardo Mayorga, from Managua, Nicaragua, defended his title against former the great Oscar De La Hoya, from Montebello, California. Mayorga was 27-5-1 coming in. De La Hoya was 37-4. The fight was scheduled for 12 rounds...
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Pernell Whitaker – April 11th, 2020
On April 12, 1997 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, longstanding WBC welterweight champion Pernell Whitaker, from Norfolk, Virginia, defended his title against WBC junior welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, from Montebello, California. Whitaker was 40-1-1 coming into the fight, his…
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley – February 25th, 2020
On February 26, 2000 at New York's Madison Square Garden, former super featherweight, lightweight, junior welterweight and welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, from Montebello, California, fought Derrell Coley for the IBA welterweight title. The Golden Boy was 31-1 coming in. His only loss was to…
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ike Quartey – February 12th, 2020
On February 13, 1999 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya, from Los Angeles, California, defended his title against Ike Quartey, from Bukom, Ghana. Both fighters were undefeated coming in. De La Hoya was 29-0. Quartey was 34-0-1. The fight was scheduled…
Crazy Boxing Stuff Heard While On Vacation – October 25th, 2019
When I turned back on the faucet of pugilistic info, I got doused with a whole load of stupid, dumb, crappy, and downright icky...
De la ongoing troubles of Oscar – October 21st, 2019
She screamed in pain and told him to stop, but he laughed and told her to have a drink, at which point she fled the house…
Canelo Calls Shots In Bizarre Love Triangle – October 9th, 2019
Oscar De La Hoya letting the cat out of the bag when it comes to his client’s level of autonomy in partnership with the wannabe Netflix of sports…
Is Poaching Season About To Begin? – October 1st, 2019
This current boxing market has to be sending tingles to regions of Arum’s body that haven’t felt tingles since the Reagan administration…
Is Terence Crawford Ready? – September 30th, 2019
Terence may be all the rage in Omaha, but Spence is packing in stadiums and is a burgeoning PPV star…
Red, White, and Blue…and Brown – September 22nd, 2019
Despite being draped in the red, white, and green of Mexico, Oscar was as American as apple pie, drunken Spring Break co-eds, and gun-running…
Golden Boy Promotions: The Comeback – September 20th, 2019
Things look good for Golden Boy Promotions right now. They’ve ditched the dumb and are on a roll…at least for now…
El Bandera Roja—The road to redemption has one final challenge – September 20th, 2019
While Benavidez was separated from the title, veteran southpaw and former Olympic medalist Andre Dirrell defeated Avni Yildrim for the vacant title…
Canelo vs. Kovalev: Let the Games Begin – September 14th, 2019
His transformation from awkward kid with freckles and heavy hands into exemplary fighting machine has not been swift, but it was worth the wait…
Scouting Report: Victor Pasillas – August 23rd, 2019
The up-and-coming prospect Pasillas took a few minutes to speak exclusively with Boxing.com just before his next fight…
Floyd Mayweather Jr., The Best Ever—Scientifically Proven? – August 15th, 2019
Without exaggeration, BoxRec is probably the greatest asset the boxing consumer has. But there IS such a thing as staying in your lane…
Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya – August 2nd, 2019
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…
Mo Money, Mo Problems in Canelo-DAZN Deal – August 1st, 2019
Now that everyone knows Canelo is due a sweet $35 million per outing, fans and media expect big fights…
Reevaluating Floyd Mayweather – July 19th, 2019
Hall of Fame fighters Oscar De La Hoya and Jeff Fenech agreed that Pernell Whitaker was a better fighter than Mayweather…
Is Keith Thurman Still Hungry? – July 12th, 2019
For a time hunger can be masked. The longer that hunger is sustained, the more it rages to the point where one might appear possessed...
Dana White’s Gonna Save Boxing! – July 9th, 2019
White’s plan to build that “real business” is light on details and big on what can only be assumed is intentional naiveté…
Pacquiao vs. Thurman: Next Stop, Oblivion? – May 13th, 2019
Make no mistake about it, the July 20 Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is a good fight, a very good fight…
Canelo-Jacobs: How Need and Greed Fixed DAZN’s First Big Event – May 7th, 2019
Turning every telecast into a Canelo hype orgy with a pre-destined Canelo win just may turn more people off than bring people in…
Does Danny Need A Miracle? – May 2nd, 2019
Saturday will mark the fifth time Alvarez has fought at T-Mobile Arena. By contrast, Jacobs hasn’t fought in Sin City in nearly nine years…
For the Byrds – April 19th, 2019
Jacobs was asked about the prospect of Byrd scoring the fight from anywhere other than from where she escaped…
Grand Theft Boxing: Hogan Robbed in Mexico – April 13th, 2019
Munguia had the backing of a boxing establishment licking its chops at a prospective big money fight between him and Canelo Alvarez...
Steve “2 Pound” Forbes—Back in the Ring and All Business – April 4th, 2019
“I liked the fact that boxing was a one-on-one, full contact game. I liked that the objective was to build my skill to outbox and outwit my opponent...”
Snow on top, fire on the bottom – March 30th, 2019
Steve Forbes is one of the dedicated boxing personalities keeping boxing on life support in the northwest…
Spence and Garcia—Pound-for-Pound, Texas and California – March 15th, 2019
Much of the chatter on the media shuttle from the fight hotel to and from AT&T Stadium was about how Garcia virtually has no chance on Saturday night…
To Be or Not To Be – March 13th, 2019
He loved milk and Chinese food. Maybe the two were a bad combination. He had not yet decided. Health food to Chauncy was a Snickers bar and chips…
Is Pay-Per-View Dead? – March 8th, 2019
If De La Hoya is a “happy” promoter, who are we to rain on his parade, even though it appears he was dead-wrong…
Will Canelo Alvarez’s Pride Come Before His Fall? – March 3rd, 2019
A superhero is being crafted from his flawed, human self by those with a money interest in seeing him become the bankable, salable face of a network…
Don’t Sleep on Mikey Garcia in Spence Clash – February 18th, 2019
It’s always a mistake to rule out a thinking man’s chances of pulling off the supposedly impossible…
“All Access,” “24/7” and Countdowns—Help or Hindrance? – January 13th, 2019
The WBA World Welterweight title between Manny Pacquiao and Adrien Broner is being heavily pushed by the premium channel’s “All Access” program...
De La Hoya—Genius? – January 3rd, 2019
Oscar De La Hoya seems to understand a basic fundamental of business. You can only milk the cow for so long…
HBO Boxing’s Fitting Farewell: Old Men, A Crappy Card, and Zero Point To Tuning In – December 7th, 2018
Over the last several years—actually, the last couple decades—HBO became more of an enemy of the sport than the powerful ally it used to be…
Canelo and Golovkin—Quédate Tranquilo – September 15th, 2018
Cool, calm and collected are the thoughts we usually think of to describe the demeanor of middleweight titans Canelo Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin
HBO Going Out with a Bang? Canelo, Golovkin Contracts End After PPV Clash – September 13th, 2018
Saturday’s pay-per-view clash will mark the end of both Alvarez’s and Golovkin’s contracts with HBO and may be the last hurrah for HBO Boxing…
De La Hoya’s the One – September 10th, 2018
Don't scoff—the boxing legend says he's very seriously considering running for the highest office in the land…
Is Oscar Patriotic or Idiotic? – September 3rd, 2018
Oscar took a shot at Triple G which was as unwarranted as it was false, and true to form he couldn't care less...
Linares Returning Sept. 29 – August 31st, 2018
On September 29, Jorge Linares will return to the ring to face Abner Cotto in a 12-round, 140-pound contest…
“Money” Canelo Makes The World Go ‘Round – August 16th, 2018
Golden Boy’s failed lawsuit against Al Haymon and Haymon Boxing showed just how incredibly reliant they are on Alvarez’s star power…
“Canelo” Alvarez Chats with the Press – August 15th, 2018
“I'm very happy for this opportunity to make clear who is better. This is the opportunity to show who is better…”
Here Come the Brits – August 9th, 2018
Take a seat, pay the PPV price, and prepare something to throw at the TV. Just don’t tell me boxing is dying…
HBO’s Desperation Is Palpable – July 22nd, 2018
Coming into his HBO Boxing After Dark reappearance, it was clear that HBO was big on the affable and entertaining Mexican KO artist
Kuala Lumpur or Bust – July 3rd, 2018
“There are still some individuals who wanted to sabotage the fight. May God enlighten their minds and soften their hearts…”
Vassiliy Jirov; The First Kazakh – June 23rd, 2018
Jirov was one of five siblings, encouraged by his Mother, a runner, to try out all the sports he possibly could…
Golovkin vs. Canelo II—On Second Thought – June 14th, 2018
The tale was grim and the outlook even grimmer as to whether or not we’d get a second helping of the biggest middleweight rivalry of the present time…
Canelo vs. Golovkin II—Stricken from the Record – June 6th, 2018
“Danny’s a great fighter and a fan’s fighter as well. He’s just not Golovkin. This is indeed a different type of ‘big drama show…’”