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Article: DE LA HOYA'S TRAINING CAMP REFLECTS HIS LOFTY GOALS.(SPORTS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 6, 1997
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Byline: STEVE CARLSON, STAFF WRITER
BIG BEAR LAKE, CALIF. -- The twisting, two-lane road to Oscar De La Hoya's mountaintop training camp is like the ones used in sports-car commercials. Turn the steering wheel hard to the left, turn it to the right, try not to look at the edge of the road, where only a gravel curbing separates you from a 1,000-foot tumble down the mountain.
Up, up, up. The climb seems to go on forever, with no end in sight. The vistas of snow-capped mountains are breathtakingly beautiful, but divert your eyes too long and you'll miss a turn and draw your last breath.
The setting is an appropriate metaphor for De La Hoya's boxing ...