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De La Hoya vs. Leija: Prediction, Odds, Date, Stats

Oscar De La Hoya (The Golden Boy) defends his WBO lightweight title against Jesse James Leija (The Texas Tornado). Let's take a look at the stats, odds of winning, and the prediction for this fight.

vs
22
Nov 23, 1992
19-0
8
17 (89.5%)
179 cm
185 cm
6 cm
Orthodox
Sep 9, 1995
3m, 6d
19
Age
Debut
Record
Title Fights
KOs
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stance
Last Fight
Layoff
Win Streak
29
Oct 2, 1988
30-1-2
3
14 (42.4%)
165 cm
170 cm
5 cm
Orthodox
Jul 29, 1995
4m, 16d
2
IBFWBO
LT
w1
LT
w1
d5
sFT
w1
d1
WBC
sFT
w1
lightweight
Friday, 15 Dec 1995
Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.
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Oscar De La Hoya vs. Jesse James Leija

Date

This fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Jesse James Leija took place on at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.

Tale of the Tape

At 179 cm, Oscar De La Hoya is the taller of the two by 14 cms; Jesse James Leija is 165 cm. Besides being the taller fighter, with a reach of 185 cm, De La Hoya also has a significant reach advantage of 15 cms over Leija's 170 cm. On top of that, De La Hoya also has a 1 cm ape index advantage over Leija.

De La Hoya is coming in to this fight with an undefeated record of 19-0 (17 KOs). His last fight was 3 months and 6 days ago against Genaro Hernández, which he won via 6th round RTD.

Genaro Hernández' boxing career

Leija comes in with a record of 30-1-2 (14 KOs). His last fight was 4 months and 16 days ago against Rodney Garnett, which he won via 7th round KO.

Both the fighters fight out of the orthodox stance.

On the day of the fight, De La Hoya will be 22 years and 10 months old. Leija will be 29 years and 5 months old.

Prediction and Odds

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After considering the both the fighters' stats and their performance patterns, the winning odds is calculated to be at 73-27 in favor of Oscar De La Hoya. Here is the prediction for De La Hoya vs Leija.

Oscar De La Hoya should win this fight. It is going to be very hard for Jesse James Leija to win this one.

Result

Oscar De La Hoya defeated Jesse James Leija via 2nd round RTD. Leija's 2 fight win streak comes to an end, and De La Hoya advances his win streak to 20. De La Hoya is now 20-0, and Leija 30-2-2.

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  4. Oscar De La Hoya defeats Miguel Ángel González via 12-round unanimous decision
  5. Oscar De La Hoya stops Genaro Hernández in the 6th round
  6. Oscar De La Hoya knocks out Rafael Ruelas in the 2nd round
  7. Oscar De La Hoya defeats John John Molina via 12-round unanimous decision