DE LA HOYA ONLY LOSES TO THE BEST.Byline: ROBERT MORALES Staff Writer LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. - Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy stood on the dais inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena MGM Grand Garden Arena is located in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is patterned after New York's Madison Square Garden. The arena has a seating capacity of 17,157 people and is located at 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South. late Saturday after having lost a split decision to Floyd Mayweather Floyd Mayweather is the name of two persons, father and son:
Directly behind 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. were three of the four superstars he has lost to -- Mayweather, "Sugar" 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. and Bernard Hopkins  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled. .
A boxing murderer's row. Mosley, who has beaten De La Hoya twice, and Hopkins are partners in De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a boxing promotional firm started by former world champion in six weight divisions, Oscar de la Hoya, whose nickname is The Golden Boy. Superstars Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley have also joined the firm. , which promoted Saturday's extravaganza. It was an incredible sight, to be sure. Fittingly, a reporter asked DeLa Hoya to rank the aforementioned future Hall of Famers. "Their ability is outstanding," he said. "To rank them one, two or three would be belittling be·lit·tle tr.v. be·lit·tled, be·lit·tling, be·lit·tles 1. To represent or speak of as contemptibly small or unimportant; disparage: a person who belittled our efforts to do the job right. one of them or two of them. "Hopkins is a great fighter, Shane is a great fighter and Mayweather is a great fighter. But that's what it's all about, fighting the best." In De La Hoya's case, it's been about losing to the best. In arguably his five biggest fights, he has lost twice to Mosley and once each to Hopkins, Mayweather and Felix Trinidad Jr. To be fair, some might consider Pernell Whitaker Pernell Whitaker (born January 2, 1964), nicknamed "Sweet Pea," is a retired professional boxer, among the greatest of all-time. A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Whitaker was the lightweight silver medalist at the 1982 World Championships, followed by the gold medal at the 1983 Pan to be at least near the class of those four. And De La Hoya did beat him via decision in 1997. One thing about De La Hoya, the 34-year-old future Hall of Famer has a lot of fire in his belly. He knows he has lost his biggest fights. This is precisely why there will be a rematch of Saturday's fight. Mayweather can say all he wants that he is now "officially retired," but he's not kidding anyone. In one post-fight breath, he said, "I came in on top and I'm leaving on top." But when asked about a rematch, he was already starting to waver. "It's up to Leonard (Ellerbe) and Al (Haymon)," Mayweather said of his adviser and manager, respectively. "I told you guys this was my last fight. And as of right now, I'm sticking by my word. But I'm going to go home and talk to my team. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what the future holds for Floyd Mayweather, but I'm getting involved in other ventures, other things outside of boxing, as far as promotion, music and concerts." It doesn't take a genius to realize where Mayweather (38-0) is going with this. He went on to say that in order to get Saturday's fight, he had to concede all conditions to De La Hoya (38-5). He said De La Hoya chose the gloves, the site and the weight class. Mayweather moved up from welterweight and took De La Hoya's super welterweight super welterweight n. See junior middleweight. belt. De La Hoya also figures to make twice the money Mayweather made Saturday. Besides their guaranteed purses, the fighters will make upside money from pay-per-view proceeds. Once those numbers are in, De La Hoya is expected to have made more than $20million, Mayweather more than $10 million. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , everything that Mayweather said in the post-fight news conference leads one to believe that he'll give De La Hoya a rematch. But everything will have to be on Mayweather's terms. Or De La Hoya will never get the chance to win the first "big" fight of his career. De La Hoya does have some very nice victories over Whitaker, Ike Quartey Ike "Bazooka" Quartey (born November 27, 1969 in Bukom, Ghana) is a former WBA welterweight boxing champion. Professional career Quartey entered boxing in 1988. He won the WBA Welterweight title on 4 June 1994 against Cristano Espana of Venezuela, with a KO in 11. , Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga. But Quartey hadn't fought in 14 months when he took on De La Hoya. Vargas had already been taken apart by Trinidad. And Mayorga was just a wild swinger with a loud mouth. De La Hoya is the only fighter to win world titles in six weight classes. Bottom line is, when he has come up against the very best, he has fallen short. And by the look on his face Saturday, he's mad as heck about it. There was no rematch clause in the contract. But DeLa Hoya was asked if he would like one with Mayweather. "Yeah, we'll see," De La Hoya said. "I mean, we'll see. Obviously, I'm going to go back to the drawing board and, you know, talk it over with my family." All De La Hoya has to do is come to grips with the idea that he and Golden Boy would not be calling all the shots in the rematch, and it will get done. Believe that. Mayweather is only 30. He will give De La Hoya another fight because great fighters have the toughest time staying retired. Ask Hopkins, who announced his retirement after beating Antonio Tarver last June. Hopkins will fight Winky Wright on July 21 in Las Vegas. No matter what Mayweather might do in the entertainment business, it will never give him the feeling boxing does. A $20 million payday provides a little incentive, too. He'd get that in a rematch. If it is going to happen, DeLa Hoya can't wait a year to do it. Before Saturday, his last fight was against Mayorga on May 6, 2006. No one can beat Mayweather fighting once a year. De La Hoya also must figure out a way to land more punches. If you watched on pay-per-view, you probably heard the very pro-De La Hoya crowd of 16,200 going crazy every time De La Hoya unleashed a flurry. Trouble was, Mayweather was either ducking or blocking most of the punches. robert.morales@presstelegram.com (562) 499-1338 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Oscar De La Hoya might have had more flurries, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. landed cleaner punches. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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