In 1997 and 1998 Oscar de la Hoya was The Ring magazine's top-rated fighter in the world.
 Hopkins ====De La Hoya fought Bernard Hopkins (4421) in a unification match on September 18, 2004, in Las Vegas
On May 3, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, De La Hoya fought Steve Forbes (335) in a tuneup for a possible rematch with Mayweather

