1.   He is not the Duran who defended that title so many times that he is today considered one of the two best lightweights in history.

2.   He was training to fight Johnson, not the best lightweight in the world.

3.   In between, he fought the best lightweights of his day and invariably ended up on top.

4.   The fight between De La Hoya and Ruelas had been billed as matching the two best lightweights in the world, both Hispanics from the Los Angeles area.