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Article: De La Hoya Halts Kamau in 2nd Round
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- June 15, 1997
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Oscar De La Hoya returned to knockout form in spectacular
fashion tonight, stopping David Kamau with a vicious left hook in
the second round to retain his World Boxing Council welterweight
title.
De La Hoya (25-0, 21 knockouts) knocked down Kamau early in
the second round with a left hook, then finished him with a left
that sent Kamau (28-2) spinning around and to the canvas with 17
seconds left in the round.
Kamau got to one knee and tried to get up, but fell backward
as referee Lawrence Cole counted him out at 2 minutes 54 seconds of
the round.
"I'm back, I've got the power," De La Hoya said. "The power is
back."
It was the 21st knockout in 25 fights for De La Hoya, who was ...