Oscar de la Hoya was The Ring tv's top-rated fighter in the world in 1997.
 After an upset victory in the first round over the Cuban boxer Julio Gonzalez; De La Hoya defeated German boxer Marco Rudolph to win the gold medal
 De La Hoya ====De la Hoya next challenged Felix Sturm (200) for the WBO middleweight title, on June 5, 2004, with the winner also getting a shot at the undisputed world middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins

