People of the Dominican Republic the Dominican Republic in 1932, and became a US citizen in 1971. He studied under the leading Spaniard designer Cristóbal Balenciaga and then worked with the house of Lanvin in Paris. Then by 1963, de la Renta had designs carrying his own label. After establishing himself in the US, de la Renta opened boutiques across the country. His work blends French and Spaniard fashion with American styles. Although he settled in New York, de la Renta also marketed his work in Latin America, where it became very popular, and remained active in his native Dominican Republic, where his charitable activities
Felix Sturm vs. Oscar De La Hoya for the count in the ninth round. Felix Sturm vs. Oscar De La Hoya Felix Sturm vs. Oscar De La Hoya, billed as "Collision Course", was a professional boxing match contested on June 5, 2004 for the WBO middleweight championship. Following a controversial loss to Shane Mosley that cost him the WBA and WBC light-middleweight titles in September 2003, Oscar De La Hoya announced his intentions to move up to the middleweight division to challenge undefeated WBO champion Felix Sturm, followed by a unification bout with Undisputed Middleweight Champion Bernard Hopkins should he defeat Sturm. As a precursor to their