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Article: .8 De La Hoya now has chance to be one of all-time greats
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- September 16, 2002
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Oscar De La Hoya did more than just revitalize his stagnant boxing
career when he stopped Fernando Vargas in the 11th round of their
eagerly awaited showdown Saturday night in Las Vegas.
The Golden Boy did more than just set up two or three more monster
pay-per-view fights when he ended up the last man standing in that
"Who is mas Mexican?" grudge match.
He also did more than just prove he is the baddest Latin fighter
in Southern California, if not the world, when he shut the angry
Vargas' mouth with his potent left hook at the end of what had been a
very close, exciting fight.
Perhaps most important of all, with his knockout victory De La
Hoya gave himself a second chance to go down as one ...