April 22, 2008 -- If Oscar De La Hoya wanted
a "tune-up" before fighting an expected rematch with Floyd
Mayweather Jr. in September, he couldn't have picked a more perfect
opponent. Steve Forbes is Floyd Jr. Lite, and this fight has all the
trappings of a dress rehearsal.
May 5, 2007 -- When Floyd Mayweather, Jr. was
a barely 130-pound, six-round fighter just a year removed from a
disappointing finish at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Oscar De La
Hoya was already a three-time world champion and a pay-per-view
engine driving sales like no fighter his size since Sugar Ray
Leonard.
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