Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Javier Castillejo, billed as The Quest, was a professional boxing match contested on June 23, 2001, for the WBC super welterweight championship. [ 2 ] After 12 rounds, De La Hoya defeated Castillejo to take the WBC and lineal super welterweight titles.
For only the second time in his career to that point, De La Hoya was taken the full 12-round distance. Despite failing to score a knockdown in the fight, De La Hoya was extremely accurate offensively during the fight, landing 361 punches out of 561 thrown for an impressive 64% success rate, while González outthrew De La Hoya, he landed over 100 less punches (251 out of 751) for a 34% success ...
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley, billed as The Return of the Golden Boy, was a professional boxing match contested on February 26, 2000, for the IBA welterweight title. [2] The fight was also WBC welterweight title "eliminator" with the winner becoming the number-one contender for the title.
After defeating rival Fernando Vargas in September 2002 to become the unified WBA, WBC, Ring and lineal super welterweight champion, Oscar De La Hoya began negotiations to face Shane Mosley, who had issued De La Hoya his second defeat in a disputed split decision in 2000, in a rematch tentatively scheduled to take place in September 2003. [2]
In his previous fight, Oscar De La Hoya had lost the WBC welterweight title to Shane Mosley by a close split decision on June 17, 2000. [2] Following his loss, De La Hoya would go on a nine-month hiatus, as a rift with promoter Bob Arum led to De La Hoya filing a lawsuit in an attempt to sever his promotional contract with Arum. [3]
Fernando Javier Vargas (born December 7, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2007. He was a two-time light middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2000, and the WBA title from 2001 to 2002.
Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey was enjoying a career year, which will now have to be put on hold. The 2022 fifth overall pick underwent surgery on Thursday to repair a broken fibula in his left ...
24 years, 2 months: Height: 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Weight: 146 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb (66 kg) 146 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb (66 kg) Style: Southpaw: Orthodox: Recognition: WBC Welterweight Champion The Ring No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 4-division world champion: WBC Super Lightweight Champion The Ring No. 3 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 2 ...