De La Hoya Fights Tonight
Oscar De La Hoya weighed in at the class limit of 135 pounds and Jesse James Leija tipped the scales at 134-3/4.
The fighters will battle tonight for De La Hoya’s WBO lightweight championship at Madison Square Gardens in New York.
Also on the card, Tracy Harris Patterson of New Paltz, N.Y., (53-3-1 with 38 knockouts) will defend the IBF junior lightweight title against Arturo Gatti of Jersey City, N.J., (22-1 with 19 knockouts). Gatti weighed 130, Patterson 129-3/4.