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Article: De La Hoya has to have rematch
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- Daily Breeze
- Article date:
- May 7, 2007
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LAS VEGAS -- Oscar De La Hoya stood on the dais inside the MGM
Grand Garden Arena late Saturday night after having lost a split
decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Directly behind De La Hoya were three of the four superstars he
has lost to -- Mayweather, "Sugar" Shane Mosley and Bernard Hopkins -
- a boxing murderer's row.
Mosley, who has beaten De La Hoya twice, and Hopkins are partners
in De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, which promoted Saturday's
extravaganza.
It was an incredible sight, to be sure. Fittingly, a reporter
asked De La Hoya to rank the aforementioned future Hall of Famers.
"Their ability is outstanding," he said. "To rank them 1, 2 or 3
would be belittling one of them or ...