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Article: De La Hoya motivated for rematch
- Article from:
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2003
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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Oscar De La Hoya was sitting in his 29th-floor
suite overlooking the Las Vegas Strip, cuddling his Yorkshire terrier
on his lap.
"Kind of a wussy dog," someone said.
"Just like her owner," De La Hoya replied, laughing.
There was a time when some boxing fans might have agreed,
particularly after De La Hoya danced around the last three rounds to
give away a fight to Felix Trinidad four years ago.
To many, he was perceived as a pretty boy, someone more concerned
with keeping his facial features intact than in punishing opponents.
Not any more. When De La Hoya fights a rematch Saturday night with
Shane Mosley he'll enter the ring with a nastiness that never was
part of the ...