De la Hoya losesdate with destiny
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OSCAR de la Hoyaâs dreams of becoming the world middleweight champion were ended in Las Vegas on Saturday night by two bodyshots from Bernard Hopkins, as his step up in weight proved too much.
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Leverkusen - Three months ago Felix Sturm suffered a controversial loss to boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya. Tonight the 25 year old German is fighting top ranked American Robert Frazier to capture the vacant
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He&#39;s confident despite having to accept less money than Oscar de La Hoya and bowing to a weight limit. By Jim Jenkins -- Bee Staff Writer.
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Oscar De La Hoya has been in enough big fights to know what each one means. Some have helped build his reputation, others have made him rich. So don't just chalk it up to hype when he says his fight Saturday night against Bernard Hopkins means more than all of them put together.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Oscar De La Hoya is scared of Bernard Hopkins, which, other than the towering piles of cash involved, is exactly why I think De La Hoya signed to fight him in the first place.
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Everything in his heart spilled out yesterday. All the frustrations, all the pain, all the heartache, all the nights spent wondering if this moment would ever come poured out like a river too long dammed up and made clear what Oscar De La Hoya will be up against Saturday night.
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Bee Staff Writer. LAS VEGAS - Now that he has knocked out two of the better fighters of his era, first Felix Trinidad and then Oscar De La Hoya, Bernard Hopkins hopes to avenge a defeat that has been sticking in his craw for a long time.
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Former heavyweight champion John Ruiz recently won a battle with the World Boxing Association, whose title he once held, but he must be far more careful to ensure he also wins the upcoming fistic war.
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Bernard Hopkins weighed in at one pound heavier than rival Oscar de la Hoya ahead of their middleweight summit bout in Las Vegas tonight.
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Just four months shy of his 40th birthday, Hopkinsâwho appeared to be starting to wear De La Hoya down as the fight neared the championship roundsâclosed the show with a lethal body shot in the 9th.
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Spanish Davis Cup hero Carlos Moya has  decided to skip the men's team competition this season to focus  on the grand slam tournaments and the Masters Cup.
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LAS VEGAS (Ticker) - Bernard Hopkins won the war of words. That doesn&#39;t seem to matter to Oscar De La Hoya, who relishes his role of underdog for Saturday&#39;s middleweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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LAS VEGAS Â· Bernard Hopkins&#39; future seems certain, full of big fights and bigger paydays. The future is less clear for Oscar De La Hoya.
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Hurricane Ivan could blow away some of the rewards Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins hope to realize from their middleweight showdown here Saturday.
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The man who introduced Bernard Hopkins to boxing and started him on the path to greatness won&#39;t be ringside at the MGM Grand tonight when Hopkins defends the undisputed middleweight title against Oscar De La Hoya.
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Bernard Hopkins invoked the spirit of Frank Sinatra before, during and after Saturday night&#39;s knockout of Oscar De La Hoya in a bout that did a decent job of living up to its billing as fight of the year.
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John Ruiz and Chris Byrd defend their heavyweight boxing crowns here on Saturday while former champions Evander Holyfield and Hasim Rahman seek triumphs that might give them a chance to reclaim the throne.