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After his frustrating loss to Felix Trinidad in September of 1999, Oscar De La Hoya took five months off before returning to action. He traveled to Madison Square Garden in New York City to face Derrell Coley on February 26, 2000. ‘The Golden Boy’ had little trouble with the overmatched Coley, and stopped him in […]

After his dominant performance over Julio Cesar Chavez in September of 1998, Oscar De La Hoya remained dormant from ring action for the rest of the year. His next bout was set for February 13, 1999, against Ike Quartey at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. I ordered it on pay-per-view, knowing Quartey

 After his destruction of Patrick Charpentier on June 13, 1998 in El Paso, Texas, Oscar signed to fight a rematch with Julio Cesar Chavez on September 18 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. The bout was dubbed ‘Ultimate Revenge’, after their first bout in June of 1996 ended because of cuts. Chavez

After his easy knockout of David Kamau on June 14, 1997, Oscar De La Hoya returned to the ring in on September 13 against Hector ‘Macho’ Camacho in Las Vegas. My brother came over watch it on pay-per-view, and I personally knew it would be a one-sided route. Oscar admittedly only trained 3 weeks for

After the win over Chavez on June 7, 1996, Oscar didn’t fight for the remainder of 1996. His next trip up the ring steps was on January 18, 1997 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas. His opponent was Miguel Angel Gonzalez, and I watched this one on Directv on my big screen

Oscar De La Hoya began the new year of 1996 with a record of 20-0, 18 by knockout. His first bout of the year was with Darryl Tyson on February 9, 1996, at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. On that weekend, I flew to Vegas to bet on the Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Scott Walker

After his destruction of Rafael Ruelas on May 6, 1995, Oscar returned to the ring four months later to face Genaro Hernandez. In a bout dubbed ‘The Rivals’, De La Hoya was facing a far superior boxer in Hernandez than Ruelas was. When my brother came over my house on September 9 to watch the

After winning the fringe WBO title against Jimmy Bredahl on March 5, 1994, Oscar returned to the ring on May 27 at the MGM Grand vs. Giorgio Campanella, and stopped him in the third round. Two months later he moved up to the lightweight division, and took on veteran Jorge Paez back at the MGM

Oscar De La Hoya was born on February 4, 1973 in East Los Angeles, California. He had a very successful amateur career, which saw him win the Junior Olympics at age 15. In 1989, he won that National Golden Gloves title as a bantamweight, and a year later captured the U.S. National Championship at featherweight.

After the trip out to Vegas on January 12 to try and bet on Roy Jones, I went back home to snowy New Jersey to contemplate my next move. I had noticed when I was in Vegas, that Kevin Kelley was fighting Louie Espinosa on Friday, February 2 at the Boulder Station Casino Hotel. The