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De La Hoya fought Bernard Hopkins (44–2–1) in a unification match on September 18, 2004, in Las Vegas. Hopkins held the WBC, WBA, and IBF middleweight titles, was recognized as lineal and The Ring champion, and was considered by many to be the number one pound for pound fighter in the world.
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, billed as The Fight of the Millennium, was a boxing match held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF welterweight championships. [1] After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision. [2]
WBC super lightweight champion. The Ring No. 3 ranked pound-for-pound fighter. 3-division world champion. Result. De La Hoya wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116-110, 116-110, 115-111) Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya, billed as Pound for Pound, was a professional boxing match contested on April 12, 1997 for the WBC welterweight ...
IBF lightweight champion. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Rafael Ruelas, billed as " La Batalla ", was a professional boxing match contested on May 6, 1995 for the WBO and IBF lightweight championships. The fight is notable for being the first pay-per-view headlined by De La Hoya, who would eventually go on to become the second biggest draw in boxing pay ...
This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). ... Oscar De La Hoya: 6 May – 12 Jul ...
The Ring No. 1 ranked pound-for-pound fighter. Result. Hopkins wins via 9th-round KO. Oscar De La Hoya vs. Bernard Hopkins, billed as It's History, was a professional boxing match contested on September 18, 2004 for Hopkins' WBA (Undisputed), WBC, IBF, and The Ring middleweight championships, and Oscar De La Hoya 's WBO middleweight championship.
Oscar De La Hoya's previous fight had taken place on September 18, 2004. De La Hoya, then the WBO middleweight champion, met undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins, who held the other three major middleweight titles of WBA, WBC and IBF and had not lost a fight in 11 years.
Norris made defenses against former IBF champion Vincent Pettway, Nick Rupa, and Alex Rios, before being stripped of the IBF title in 1997. Keith Mullings ended Norris's championship career by way of ninth-round stoppage in December 1997, which also ended plans for superfights with WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya and with IBF ...