Culture of the Dominican Republic the Dominican Republic's fashion week has become the most important event of its kind in all of the Caribbean and one of the fastest growing fashion events in the entire Latin American fashion world. The country boasts one of the ten most important design schools in the region, La Escuela de Diseño de Altos de Chavón, which is making the country a key player in the world of fashion and design. World famous fashion designer Oscar de la Renta was born in the Dominican Republic in 1932 and became a US citizen in 1971. He studied under the leading Spaniard
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley II Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley II Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley II, billed as "Redemption", was a professional boxing match contested on September 13, 2003 for De La Hoya's WBA, WBC, "The Ring" and lineal super welterweight (light–middleweight) championships. De La Hoya and Mosley had previously met on June 17, 2000. De La Hoya was making the first defense of the WBC welterweight championship he had been awarded after the then-champion Félix Trinidad vacated the title after moving up and winning the WBA light–middleweight title. In a closely contested match, Mosley was given a split decision