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LAS VEGAS, : New WBC Welterweight Champion Oscar De La Hoya (R) celebrates with WBC President Jose Suliman (L), after De La Hoya defeated fellow US champion Pernell Whitaker, of Norfolk, VA in a 12 round unanimous decision 12 April at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo credit should read JOHN GURZINSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

LAS VEGAS, :  New WBC Welterweight Champion Oscar De La Hoya (R) celebrates with WBC President Jose Suliman (L), after De La Hoya defeated fellow US champion Pernell Whitaker, of Norfolk, VA in a 12 round unanimous decision 12 April at the Thomas and Mack Arena in Las Vegas. (Photo credit should read JOHN GURZINSKI/AFP via Getty Images)