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Oscar de la Hoya (born February 4, 1973 in Montebello, CA) — nicknamed the Golden Boy — is a Mexican-American boxer who won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games and is considered one of boxing's all time greats. Oscar de la Hoya became Ring Magazine's "fighter of the year" in 1995 and between 1997 and 1999 was regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Ring Magazine and KO Magazine. He is considered to be the biggest non-heavyweight attraction ever and the only fighter in the history of boxing to win nine world championships in a record six weight classes . During his amateur career, De la Hoya's record was 223-5 with 163 knockouts. He was the United States' top Olympic boxing hope when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died at age 35. On her death bed, he promised her that he would win an Olympic gold medal. Boxing Career De la Hoya was raised as the son of Mexican immigrants in impoverished circumstances in East Los Angeles. He began boxing at the age of eight. On November 23, 1992, De la Hoya made his pro debut. He went on to win titles in 6 different weight divisions and beat former and current world champions Troy Dorsey (KO 1), Jimmy Bredahl, (KO 10), Jorge Paez, (KO 2), Genaro Hernandez (TKO 6), John John Molina (W 12), Rafael Ruelas (TKO 2), Julio Cesar Chavez (TKO 4, KO 8), Miguel Angel Gonzalez (W 12), Jesse James Leija (KO 2), Pernell Whitaker (W 12), Hector "Macho" Camacho (W 12), Ike Quartey (W 12), Arturo Gatti (KO 5), Francisco Javier Castillejo (W 12), and Fernando Vargas (KO 11). His only losses include a controversial majority decision loss to Félix Trinidad and two close decision losses to Shane Mosley. Oscar has been stopped only once in his entire career by the much larger Bernard Hopkins (KO 9). On September 14, 2002, Oscar fought his nemesis "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas. After fiercely competitive early rounds, Oscar seized control of the latter half of the fight. In round 11, Oscar De la Hoya dropped Fernando Vargas with a left hook. Fernando Vargas got up at the count of nine, but De la Hoya finished him with a barrage of punches forcing the referee to stop the fight at 1:48 of round 11(TKO 11). It was later revealed that Fernando Vargas had tested positive for steroids in his post-fight drug test. On May 3, 2003, as part of the Cinco de Mayo festivities, he retained his WBC and WBA world junior middleweight championships, when the corner of his rival, former world champion Yori Boy Campas threw in the towel, indicating that they were giving up, and officially gave De la Hoya a seventh round knockout win. On September 13, he and former rival Mosley met once again, in Las Vegas, and Mosley once again took away De la Hoya's world title belts, with a 12 round unanimous decision over The Golden Boy. This decision was met with a great deal of controversy, as De la Hoya was seen by many as the better fighter that night. On February 9, 2004, the FBI announced it would investigate whether the rematch with Mosley had been fixed, placing Arum's promoting company, Top Rank, in the middle of a scandal that allegedly involved bribing the judges so they would score the fight for Mosley. No evidence of fixing was discovered. De la Hoya next challenged Felix Sturm for the WBO world middleweight title on June 5, 2004. He won that fight by a disputed unanimous decision to become the first boxer in history to win world titles in 6 different weight divisions. After that, he hoped to unify that title with the three other world middleweight championships, held by Bernard Hopkins, on September 18. He lost to Hopkins by a ninth round knockout. A left hand to the body sent him to the canvas, knocking De la Hoya out for the first time in his career. Hopkins would later join De la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, a boxing promotion firm. Though De la Hoya is currently his own manager, he is trained by former Welterweight contender, Floyd Mayweather Sr. De la Hoya is currently scheduled to face WBC world junior middleweight Ricardo Mayorga on May 6, 2006 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. De la Hoya said that this might be his last year of boxing and has revealed that he wants to face Floyd Mayweather Jr. as his last opponent. De la Hoya's record stands at 37 wins and 4 defeats, with 29 wins by knockout. After reading this how can he not be one of the greats all time.

reply Rasta if you want. finally a taker, thanxs manny

come on guys

how about my 2 bil to someones 1

damn it!!!

Ok 1 billion on Mayorga winning with RastaSmoker. how do you have a billion

you're on. I got Mayorga, your 2 billion to my 1 billion.hey man where's my points

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no you last two fucks that responded, i heard that at work from a co worker

That's because final moves are being made to change over the currency. will it be ready in time for bets on the fight

im lost, are you showing that you agree with me or did you think i wanted judah

if you watch it again yoel whispered in zab ear much earliar in the fight. So i would hope thats not what he told him. I dont think he told him to.

i took the quiz ice

thats two quizes with 100 for me

why hasnt anyone mentioned andre dirrell, yeah he super middleweight but he could easily move down.

make it three

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first off, tarver is favored, whenever the first number is smaller than the second that means hes the favorite. think of the fraction 5/12 as 50/120. which indicates that you have to bet 120 bucks on tarver to win back 50. so divide you 1 billion by 120. then multiply that by 50. you should get back about 417 million on top of the 1 billion yu bet if tarver wins. those tarver odds are much better than the vegas ones by they way. tarver is a full 3 to 1 favorite by vegas standards which means if you bet a billion with them you get 333 million back instead of 417. look and see if there is an option to change the odds to decimel form, it is much easier to read. i greatly appriciate the help my friend

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Joe Calzaghe is a British boxer of half Italian and half Welsh descent, based in Wales. He was born on March 23, 1972, at Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK. Joe's father Enzo was born in Sardinia but had already spent many years living in England. When Calzaghe was two years old the family moved to South Wales, from where Calzaghe's mother hailed. He is sometimes referred to as the "Italian Dragon" as a nod to his mixed heritage (the dragon being a Welsh emblem), or the "Pride of Wales".

Its amazing to see the same thing after every big fight. People on the winning side start up a million different threads either claiming their boxer is the greatest or insulting the other boxer. Lacy is a good boxer but not on Joe's level. It happened a little while ago with Morales vs Pacman. But everyone got fed up with the philipino shit talking. There is no need to make a hundred threads about one fight... hey bro read this thread i started http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65121

it sounds like a lot of people drank there hater aide last night

The majority then... i knew what you meant bro i was just saying that the only reason why i point it out is because it is a huge pet peeve of mine

Its the culture of boxing fans, we all do it every now and then. go find any thread at all from me where i did it.

i had been sayin that joe would win but i bet a billion he would win by ko and i was almost right

look guys as much as i hate this cock fuck thread starter he is right. England is just one part of the United Kingdom, as is Wales. Referring to England when you mean the UK is the quickest way to upset the Welsh!

i was just trying to figure out why the thread starter has paid such close attention to his eyes. maybe he's got jungle fever. Me personally, i have always noticed that his nose is so flat that it doest even stick out farther then his mouth

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