Just finished De La Hoya's new book...

[VanesBoxing]

i bought it too... only on Chapter 3 but so far so good.

He is definitely an inspiring man.

[El Jesus]

he dedicated a whole chapter tot he Chavez fights, it was called Chavez, the Man and the Myth or something like that. He says how Chavez was like a god to him on tv and it was weird seeing him. They actually sparred when he was in the ams and he did very good but Chavez dropped him he said. He talks about how Chavez wasnt really a good person, and completely went along like he was in fact a "god" the way he treated people. Oscar would be running early in the morning and see Chavez coming out of a limo with like 3 women. After the first fight everyone hated him, even booed him at a parade in LA. Then he fought differently the second fight, more aggressive, and earned more respect.

i read that part in ring magazine, made me wana buy it. Unlike alot of cats here, de la hoya was a childhood hero to me, i saw him in 1992 and have followed his entire pro career. Yes hes a buisnessman now in many regards, but that doesnt change the fact of where he came from and how he had to come up and lose a whole lot before gaining what he has today.

[Njord777]

To each his own. I didn't really care for the book from what I read. Not to insult your taste or say you're wrong at all- but I found the whole thing a little flowery and cliche. It didn't seem real to me. I found Atlas much more gritty and honest. Oscar's new book was like, "I was a kid with a dream coming from the ******...but I knew the burning passion could take me right to the top." There's a scene in the book where he says, as a kid, his class had to stand up and tell everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up- and when he said an Olympic caliber boxer the class supposedly broke out in unanimous laughter. One child said, "You're from East L.A., Oscar...how can you think you'll do that?" Which seemed like total bull****. Sports is one of the 'accepted' means out of the ****** and the whole scene seemed cheesy and fake to me.

I just thought the book as flowery. All inspirational crap with no substance. But that's just me. I much preferred Atlas.

[rizkybizness]

i dont recall him saying that, his mother and him made the olympic dream and he did it for her. Then he wanted a world title, and so on. Dont recall him saying nothing bout his fists.

He said that on an interview with Univision.

[Gareth Ivanovic]

it was 265 or 275.

Yeah that is kind of short, but that's all right. Sounds like a good read.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

To each his own. I didn't really care for the book from what I read. Not to insult your taste or say you're wrong at all- but I found the whole thing a little flowery and cliche. It didn't seem real to me. I found Atlas much more gritty and honest. Oscar's new book was like, "I was a kid with a dream coming from the ******...but I knew the burning passion could take me right to the top." There's a scene in the book where he says, as a kid, his class had to stand up and tell everyone what they wanted to be when they grew up- and when he said an Olympic caliber boxer the class supposedly broke out in unanimous laughter. One child said, "You're from East L.A., Oscar...how can you think you'll do that?" Which seemed like total bull****. Sports is one of the 'accepted' means out of the ****** and the whole scene seemed cheesy and fake to me.

I just thought the book as flowery. All inspirational crap with no substance. But that's just me. I much preferred Atlas.

I disagree with you, I will agree that it wasn't well written and a little cliche but I think you missed the point of the book. It's the journey he took that is inspirational, being a child growing up in East LA being the child of immigrants.

DLH is defnitly a person that is used to being in the limelight and I can see when people think he's not being "real" sometimes. I can tell you I met him and he's a genuine dude, nicest guy and goes out of his way to sign autographs and speak to people.

I thought he was very frank in the book about his affairs and children out of wedlock and his ******** addiction. People knock DLH but the guy is a ****ing genuis because he's made good decisions in his life and learned from the bad ones he's made. Which is more I can say for 99% of the boxers out there.

[Mazukan]

I liked it. It was way to short though