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De La Hoya has star quality Good looks, heavy punch attract a huge following
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Muhammad Ali had Joe Frazier. Sugar Ray Leonard had Roberto Duran
and Thomas Hearns.
Oscar De La Hoya?
He has it all.
Who needs dangerous rivals?
De La Hoya has parlayed movie-star looks, an Olympic gold medal,
camera-friendly charisma, innate salesmanship and a disarming smile
into success previously unknown in a sport where the big winners pay
a punishing price.
De La Hoya hasn't had to pay. For him, there are none of the
scars that other fighters have always worn like a comb...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
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De La Hoya Throws Down His Own Personal Gauntlet
The Washington Post
; The normally confident-looking Oscar De La Hoya suddenly appeared nervous shortly after walking into the lobby of the Mandalay Bay hotel. He has been around Las Vegas enough to expect the unexpected, but how was he to know that someone would stick a parrot onto his left arm while a mariachi band
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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De La Hoya roars back
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; 00-00-0000 De La Hoya roars back -- Pummels Vargas in 11th round of title fight By KEITH A. IDEC, STAFF WRITER Date: 09-15-2002, Sunday Section: SPORTS Edtion: All EditionsSunday Ran in late edition only LAS VEGAS - While Fernando Vargas was busy flexing his muscles during their weigh-in, Oscar De
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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De La Hoya motivated for rematch
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Oscar De La Hoya was sitting in his 29th-floor suite overlooking the Las Vegas Strip, cuddling his Yorkshire terrier on his lap. "Kind of a wussy dog," someone said. "Just like her owner," De La Hoya replied, laughing. There was a time when some boxing fans might have agreed,
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De La Hoya tries to balance two worlds the barrio and the glitz.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; LOS ANGELES _ The house where Oscar De La Hoya grew up is for sale. It sits on a quiet, unassuming street in East Los Angeles, where kids are playing and women are watering their gardens. Unless you had been told this was once the home of a famous boxer, it would look just like any other house on
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De La Hoya risks more than titles 'Golden Boy' puts career on line tonight against Mosley
Chicago Sun-Times
; LAS VEGAS -- Oscar De La Hoya was sitting in his 29th-floor suite overlooking the Las Vegas Strip, cuddling his Yorkshire terrier on his lap. "Kind of a wussy dog," someone said. "Just like her owner," De La Hoya replied, laughing. There was a time when some boxing fans might have agreed,
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