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Five key fights: Oscar De La Hoya

Think you know the fighting styles of Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr.? Don Steinberg does, too, after having watched every one of the fights involving the two combatants in preparation for their big May 5 tilt.

Updated: May 3, 2007, 11:10 AM ET
By Don Steinberg | Special to ESPN.com

Pro fight No. 11 Opponent: Narciso Valenzuela (35-13-2) Date: Oct. 30, 1993, in Phoenix Result: De La Hoya by KO in 1

Why it matters: Fighting for the 11th time in less than a year since turning pro in late 1992, undefeated De La Hoya, 20, was knocked down for the first time in his boxing life, including his more than 200 amateur bouts. His swift and brutal retaliation gave the first glimpse of a wicked ring tenacity that De La Hoya's charming public persona camouflages -- and revealed his ...

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De La Hoya and Mayweather

OSCAR DE LA HOYA
vs. FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR.
MGM Grand

News
• Rafael: Mayweather still the king
• Round-by-round
• Mayweather wins by split decision
• Rafael: Juarez dominates Hernandez
• De La Hoya, Mayweather tip scales
• Oscar, Floyd the talk of boxing without mouthing off
• Roach to train De La Hoya
• Hype tour opens in Big Apple
• Mayweather Sr. joins son's corner

Features
• Decision on rematch to come later
• Rafael's prediction
• Mayweather's hanging 'em up
• Rafael: Mayweather wants credit
• Steinberg, EA Sports scouting report
• Rafael: Mayweather settling nicely into villain role
• Rafael: Floyd Mayweather Sr. seeks poetic justice
• Rafael: Roach a good fit for De La Hoya
• Five key fights: Mayweather
• Five key fights: De La Hoya
• Struby: Is De La Hoya the best of our generation?
• Simmons: Will the showdown awake a sleeping giant?
• Notebook: War of words rages on
• Rafael: Mosley to spar with De La Hoya
• Rafael: Catching the wave in D.C.
• Roach to train De La Hoya

Video
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• Kenny, Atlas, Smith analyze ESPN Video
• Rafael at the weigh-in ESPN Video
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• Kenny with DLH ESPN Video
• Kenny with Mayweather ESPN Video
• EA Sports simulation ESPN Video
• Boxing's savior ESPN Video
• Rafael's pick ESPN Video
• Experts' picks ESPN Video
• Rafael: From the presser ESPN Video
• Talking the talk ESPN Video
• The rivals arrive in Vegas ESPN Video
• Bert Sugar's fight preview ESPN Video
• De La Hoya training ESPN Video
• Mayweather training ESPN Video
• Jump on the hype train ESPN Video
• Mayweather on the Hotlist ESPN Video

Podcasts
• Cowherd: Nothing beats a great boxing match Insider
• Showtime's Bernstein tells us how the fight will play out Insider

The Magazine
• De La Hoya is all business
• 'God love me and I'm a hell of a fighter'

Deportes
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• Is De La Hoya up to the challenge?
• Faitelson: Former foe could be Oscar's inspiration
• Contursi: Fight will be a milestone for boxing
• Sosa: Five reasons each will win
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