Oscar De La Hoya became famous after defeating Miguel Gonzalez. The fight took place on Jan. 18th, 1997, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Retaining the WBC Super Lightweight Title proved he was a great fighter. On Dec. 6, 2008, Oscar De La Hoya fought Manny Pacquiao and retired from boxing months later. Oscar De La Hoya is one of the boxing’s all-time greats.

Professional Boxing Record
39 – 6, 30 Knockouts

Amateur Record
223 – 5 , 163 Knockouts

The Earlier Fights
12/12/1992 – VS Cliff Hicks, KO 1
11/23/1992 – VS Lamar Williams, KO 1
1/3/1993 (more…)

The Gatti vs. Ward trilogy is composed of monumental battles in the history of the sweet science. Gatti and Ward were similar welterweights and gave 2 consecutive fights of the year because of their boxing prowess and explosive momentum-changing fights. With Ward hailing from Massachusetts and Gatti from Canada the fighters would meet three times in which they would exchange ferocious blow after blow. The fight was so fierce that the fighters would both go to the hospital (more…)

Bernard Hopkins recently proved age is just a number when he became the oldest champion in the history of the sport. The amazing thing is the fact that he looks like he still have a few championship level years in him. Bernard Hopkins is 46-year-old champion whose name still strikes fear in the hearts of opponents.

Bernard Hopkins has come a long way since serving five years in prison in the 1980s. He lost his first professional bout in 1988 and hasn’t looked back since. He has been as dominant (more…)