May 6, 2006
It was a fight nearly two years in the making, but less than two minutes into the much-anticipated battle between the trash-talking slugger Ricardo Mayorga and the pedigreed boxer-promoter Oscar De La Hoya, boxing's Golden Boy made a definitive statement.
Working a series of short, inside punches, De La Hoya thrilled the large crowd at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas by knocking Mayorga to the canvas with a stiff left hook. Mayorga recovered, but the tone of the fight - a technical mismatch between the potent boxer and the wild-throwing brawler - was set. Read More
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Weigh-in
View shots from the official weigh-in.
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Fighter Arrivals
Check out images from De La Hoya and Mayorga's arrival at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV.
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Compubox Post-Fight Analysis
Memo to any future Oscar delaHoya opponents...Don't piss off The Golden Boy. No need to insult his manhood, his wife or new born son. Compliment him on his wardrobe or the great job he's done with Golden Boy Promotions. Kill him with kindness, don't get under his skin like Ricardo Mayorga so effectively did throughout the promotion. Read More
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Bert Sugar's Post-Fight Analysis
Although it might not rank up there in importance with Darwin's Theory of Evolution, last Saturday night Oscar De La Hoya contributed one ineluctable truth of his own to that growing body of truths that are quoted constantly: You cannot trash talk when you're eating leather. Read More
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Oscar Returns
At 33, Oscar De La Hoya is one of the most successful prize fighters in boxing history, if the size of his prizes is the measuring stick. As his May 6 return to boxing approaches after a self-imposed 20-month exile from the ring, De La Hoya is preparing for his 28th world title fight and to face his 22nd world champion. In those fights he has won some form of a world title in six different weight classes ranging from 130 pounds to 160 pounds, a spread of the scales even someone like the legendary Henry Armstrong would have been proud to call his own. Read More
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El Matador
He calls himself "El Matador," but fights like a bull. People dismiss his ring alias as a comic incongruity. But fights can be won outside the ring, and it is in this "arena" that Ricardo Mayorga - who once was labeled on the cover of Ring Magazine, "The Craziest Man In The Sport" -- performs like a "matador."
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