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Article: De La Hoya sees a fading opponent in Julio Cesar Chavez
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- September 15, 1998
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TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Writer
AP Online
09-15-1998
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ Oscar De La Hoya looks at Julio Cesar Chavez and sees a great fighter whose best days are long since gone.
He also sees a big payday, but claims that is only part of the reason why the two are fighting Friday night, two years after De La Hoya easily stopped Chavez in the fourth round of their first title fight.
This time, De La Hoya says, it's personal.
``If it was up to me, this one wouldn't even be in the record books,'' De La Hoya said. ``I'm fighting for the respect he didn't show me the first time. That's how personal this one is.''
De La Hoya, who will earn some $9 million to defend his WBC welterweight ...