Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley, billed as The Return of the Golden Boy, was a professional boxing match contested on February 26, 2000, for the IBA welterweight title.
[4] Forced to pivot, De La Hoya announced in December 1999 that he would return to the ring in February 2000 at Madison Square Garden.
[11] After employing the legendary Gil Clancy as a co-trainer alongside his main trainer Robert Alcazar for the six fights prior to facing Coley, De La Hoya decided to drop Clancy from his team, leaving the head training duties to Alcazar solely, with De La Hoya's brother Joel Jr. and cutman Chuck Bodak assisting.
De La Hoya, however, explained that he had made the decision based on their being "too much confusion" between Clancy, Alcazar and his other cornermen between rounds.
Coley made little effort to answer the referee's 10-count and was counted out as the round ended, giving De La Hoya the victory by knockout.