BOXING: LESSON LEARNED: FIGHT, DON'T FLEE.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Staff Writer Apparently, Oscar De La Hoya's run-around performance against Felix Trinidad in September has served as a lesson to other fighters. A week after De La Hoya La Hoya is a municipality located in the province of Salamanca, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 30 inhabitants. lost his lead by running during the final three-plus rounds, Shane Mosley "Sugar" Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a boxer from Pomona, California. He has won world titles in three weight divisions and is the only boxer to date to have beaten Oscar de la Hoya twice. fearlessly exchanged punches with tough Wilfredo Rivera and knocked him out in the 10th and final round to win what had been a close fight. Lennox Lewis Lennox Claudius Lewis CBE (born September 2 1965 in West Ham, London, England) is a retired professional boxer who represented Canada in the Olympics and fought under the British flag as a professional. He is a former undisputed lineal heavyweight champion. , who faces Evander Holyfield Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield (born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. here on Saturday, was paying attention Noun 1. paying attention - paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people); "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" attentiveness, heed, regard . ``Those fights definitely opened my mind,'' he said. ``Sugar Shane Mosley's last fight really impressed me. I liked how he ended off the fight. ``And after Oscar De La Hoya's last fight, I realized that judges aren't looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. you to run around the ring. ``They want to see you mount some kind of attack. . . . I realized that I need to go in there and pick up the pace a little bit more.'' Lewis was criticized for not being aggressive enough when he met Holyfield in March. The numbers: Both Holyfield and Trinidad dismissed computer statistics as only marginally indicative of what occurs in a fight after their bouts with Lewis and De La Hoya. Holyfield was outpunched 348-130 but drew with Lewis. Trinidad was outpunched 648-462 but won a close decision. Bob Canobbio and Logan Hobson, who started CompuBox Inc. 15 years ago, dismissed the fighters' dismissals. They said 95 percent of fighters who land more punches than their opponents, according to their statistics, win. ``Evander said that because he got his (behind) kicked,'' Canobbio said. |
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