WORCESTER, Mass. – A onetime Tijuana street urchin, Alejandro (Terra) Garcia’s Nom de Ring translates into English as “dirt,” and Terra got a few unanticipated mouthfuls...
There was indeed no better way to get ready for this weekend’s anticipated super-fight between “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya and “El Matador” Ricardo...
At times, over the last three months Oscar De La Hoya has almost seemed at an emotional loss when paired up for PR outings with the...
Leading up to Thursday’s “Latin Warriors” edition of “The Contender,” Alfonso Gomez looked forward to his fight with Jesse Feliciano as “a chance to get out...
LAS VEGAS– There is speculation that Oscar De La Hoya will fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September, provided he gets by Ricardo Mayorga Saturday at the...
LAS VEGAS – After the most lucrative boxing career in history, the $300 million dollar question for Oscar De La Hoya is what happens if he...
LAS VEGAS –Boxing business is often the ultimate risk-reward situation. That's not even counting the life, death, or fame and fortune extremes. So it was for Oscar...
LAS VEGAS, May 5 – He was talking about retiring again, that this could be his final fight, and I felt stabs of regret. We’ve had...
LAS VEGAS – Last year’s Contender champion Sergio Mora wondered if he could take a punch and found out in the second round when he was...
Of all the boxing weapons Oscar De La Hoya possesses, none provide the six-division world champion’s arsenal more importantly than his pair of legs. Those slim...