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Almost immediately following his victory over Genaro Hernández, Oscar De La Hoya, the reigning WBO lightweight champion, would sign a deal with Madison Square Garden president Dave Checketts, who was in attendance for the Hernández fight, that would see De La Hoya make his next title defense against an yet-to-be-named opponent in the famed arena in what would be his New York City debut. [2]
James Leija (born July 8, 1966), best known as Jesse James Leija, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2005. He held the WBC super featherweight title in 1994, and challenged twice each for world titles at lightweight and light welterweight .
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Jesse James Leija This page was last edited on 20 December 2024, at 07:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
In 1994 he was able to capture the title by outpointing Jesse James Leija. He defended the belt twice, including an 11th round TKO of Jimmy Garcia of Colombia, who later died from his injuries. [4] Ruelas contemplated retirement after Garcia's death, however, he decided to continue, promising to donate some of his earnings to the Garcia family.
Azumah Nelson vs. Jesse James Leija II; Azumah Nelson vs. Gabriel Ruelas This page was last edited on 27 November 2024, at 09:34 (UTC). ...
Just ahead of his fight with Jesse James Leija at Madison Square Garden in December 1995, reigning WBO lightweight champion Oscar De La Hoya had already announced that the Leija fight would be his final one as a lightweight as he looked ahead to a highly anticipated big money fight against WBC super lightweight champion Julio César Chávez in the summer of 1996. [2]
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Revenge: The Rematches was a boxing card that took place on May 7, 1994, when a quartet of rematch bouts took place at the MGM Grand in Paradise, Nevada.The Don King promoted event was one of the largest boxing pay-per-view events ever staged.