De La Hoya hits his stride From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: September 16, 2002| Author: | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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De La Hoya hits his stride By JOHN ROWE, STAFF WRITER Date: 09-16-2002, Monday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All Editions.=.Two Star B. Two Star P. One Star B

LAS VEGAS -- Until now, Oscar De La Hoya was perceived by many in boxing as being a pretty boy fighter. Somebody with extraordinary skills, but not always willing to get down and dirty.

Those perceptions were shattered Saturday night. Pretty boy turned into gritty guy.

There was nothing all that artistic about De La Hoya's 11th-round TKO of Fernando Vargas. This bad-blood battle was a flashback to fights of past ...

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