OSCAR DE LA HOYA vs. JOHNNY AVILA (Site) 

Description : Here we have a super scarce onsite poster from Top Rank for the WBO lightweight title fight held at the Grand Olympic Auditorium Los Angeles between reigning & defending champion Oscar De La Hoya & challenger Johnny Avila. De La Hoya dominated the fight from the outset unleashing an impressive arsenal of punches, survived a seventh-round scare and finally finished off Avila in the ninth round with a technical knockout before 4,242 at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. But Avila was tough tough tough, Oscar had peppered the right side of Avila's face from the outset. In the ninth, he opened a cut over Avila's right eye and the bout was stopped by Dr. Adam Karns at 1:07 of the round. Judges scores up to the point of stoppage are as follows: | judge: Lou Moret 79-72 | judge: Pat Russell 78-73 | judge: Horacio Bakemon 78-73

When asked, 'Who was that guy' "The ones you don't hear about, they're the tough guys," De La Hoya said afterward of Avila.

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