Oscar De La Hoya (39-5-0, 30 KOs) won a 12-round unanimous decision by scores of 120-108, 119-109 and 119-109 over former Contender contestant Steve Forbes (33-6-0, 9 KOs) on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. Now with a tune-up fight under his belt De La Hoya looks forward to his rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr this September. I don't know how many hardcore boxing fans are though. The only thing that makes the bout look interesting is that Floyd Mayweather Sr will be in De La Hoya's corner.
| Fight | Location | Date | Boxing Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayweather vs De La Hoya | Las Vegas, NV | September 20, 2008 Saturday |
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Oscar "Golden Boy" De La Hoya
Oscar De La Hoya, former Golden Gloves champion, 1992 Barcelona lightweight Olympic gold medalist, 1995 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year and 1997 Ring Magazine best Pound 4 Pound fighter in the world is considered one of boxings greatest fighters. De La Hoya is also the only fighter in boxing history to win world titles in six different weight classes of which he has won a total of eleven. On September 22 2007, De La Hoya was inducteed into the boxer category of the 2007 Californa Boxing Hall of Fame.
Oscar De La Hoya also owns Golden Boy Promotions, one of the most successful boxing promotion firms whose mission to is showcase promising young fighters. In 2006 De La Hoya was awarded the WBO Promoter of the Year and NABO Promoter of the Year awards. In September 2007 Oscar De La Hoya's Golden Boy Enterprises continued its expansion into the boxing biz buying The Ring magazine, the self proclaimed bible of boxing.
Ringside Las Vegas: On Saturday, May 6, 2006 at the MGM Grand Oscar De La Hoya took out the trash when he knocked out trash talking Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga in the 6th round. Mayorga was down one minute into the 1st round by a huge left hook. In the 6th round De La Hoya scored a devastating knockout. De La Hoya let lose with a combination of punches to Mayorga's ribs and face finishing him off with a left hook followed by a right on the jaw. Mayorga get up only to be hammered by a volley of punches of unanswered punches that caused Referee Jay Nady to stop the fight.
Ringside Las Vegas: Oscar De La Hoya lost his fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr by 12-round split decision on Saturday, May 5, 2007 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The judges score cards read 115-113, 112-116 and 113-115. De La Hoya pressed the action stalking Mayweather throughout the fight and from where I sat it looked like De La Hoya did enough to win but two of the judges thought otherwise. The crowd booed the decision loudly yelling bullshit. Had judge Jerry Roth scored the 12th round for De La Hoya like the other two judges did the fight would have been a draw.