Oscar De La Hoya enjoyed a stellar career where he shared the ring with some of boxing’s greatest ever fighters including Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
A six-division world champion, De La Hoya’s decorated run saw him overcome some major threats but who was the hardest puncher he ever faced?
Despite being stopped in high profile encounters against Bernard Hopkins and Pacquiao, De La Hoya says Ike Quartey was the fighter who carried the most power.
De La Hoya beat Quartey in 1999 but he had to climb off the canvas to do so. Now a successful promoter as the head of Golden Boy Promotions, De La Hoya has paid tribute to Quartey’s qualities.
"His punches were like bricks. He hit me and it would sting me,” said De La Hoya when speaking to The Ring in 2018.
“Every punch he would hit me with, it would rattle me.”