On December 15, 1995, Oscar De La Hoya (19-0, 17 KOs), the lightweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Jesse James Leija (30-1-2, 14 KOs).
Oscar De La Hoya is coming in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 89% KO rate; his last fight was a 6th round RTD victory over Genaro Hernández, 3 months and 6 days ago. Jesse James Leija is on a 2-fight win streak with a 42% KO rate, with his last fight being a 7th round KO win over Rodney Garnett, 4 months and 16 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Oscar De La Hoya at 99-1 winning odds. Jesse James Leija really doesn't have much to present against De La Hoya.
Oscar De La Hoya made very easy work of Jesse James Leija, stopping the challenger via RTD in the 2nd. De La Hoya improves his record to 20-0 (18 KOs), while Leija adds a loss to his record at 30-2-2.