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The model who claims Oscar De La Hoya assaulted her went on the offensive Wednesday, saying the former star boxer “should apologize” and that he “took advantage of me in every way possible.”….In a news conference outside a Manhattan courthouse, Angelica Marie Cecora lashed out at De La Hoya prior to a hearing in the civil case.

The Post reported last year that Cecora, 25, claimed the boxer assaulted her during what she described as a kinky, drug-fueled hotel romp last March at The Ritz-Carlton.

Cecora is suing the retired fighter for assault, battery, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

“He came across as a very genuine person when I met him … but things got out of control,” she said. “He took advantage of me in every way possible.”

Lawyers for De La Hoya, who denies the allegations, were in Manhattan Supreme Court to argue on their motion to have the case dismissed.

But Cecora’s lawyer, Tony Evans, accused the boxer of trying to “cover up” the incident.

Evans was set to argue his own motion before the judge to have the boxer’s lawyer, Judd Burstein, removed from the case because he is a potential witness.

De La Hoya, who turns 39 next week, last fought in Dec. 2008, suffering a TKO loss to Manny Pacquiao. He was 39-6 in his career, winning titles in six weight classes.

Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was sentenced Wednesday to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty to reduced battery domestic violence and harassment charges before a Las Vegas judge…The 34-year-old Mayweather also was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service and pay a $2,500 fine.

The plea deal avoids trial on felony allegations that he hit his ex-girlfriend and threatened two of their children during an argument at her home in September 2010.

Prosecutor Lisa Luzaich told Judge Melissa Saragosa that Mayweather has been in trouble before and hasn’t been punished.

”He just continually gets himself into trouble and he is able to get himself out of it as well,” she said. ”Essentially it is because he is who he is and is able to get away with everything.”

“The only thing that’s going to get this man’s attention is incarceration,” the prosecutor said.

Mayweather stood still in a striped olive vest and made no reaction when the judge imposed the sentence. He was told to report to jail on Jan. 6.

Mayweather and his manager, Leonard Ellerbe, declined comment outside the courtroom.

Attorney Karen Winckler had argued that the public would benefit more if Mayweather performs 100 hours of community service with children….Winckler said she wanted to confer with Mayweather before deciding whether to appeal.

The judge said she was swayed by Mayweather’s admission that he hit Harris and twisted her arm, and that two of their children, ages 9 and 10 witnessed the attack.

Saragosa noted that police reported Mayweather threatened to kill or make Harris ”disappear,” and that their 10-year-old son ran from the house and jumped a back gate to fetch security. Mayweather had taken cell phones belonging to Harris and the two boys, she said.

”Punishment is appropriate,” Saragosa said. ”No matter who you are, you have consequences to your actions when they escalate to this level of violence.”

Miguel Cotto battered a one-eyed Antonio Margarito over nine lopsided rounds then won a TKO decision amid confusion in the corner before they came out for the 10th on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.

Cotto (37-2-0) earned a punishing measure of payback for his loss to Margarito three years ago. With the New York crowd going wild for the Puerto Rican Cotto, he was never seriously threatened and retained his 154-pound title, shuttering Maragarito’s right eye to cause the stoppage….Margarito beat Cotto in July 2008, only to later have his career and reputation tarnished when he used illegal hand wraps before a loss to Shane Mosley. Margarito didn’t box again for more than a year.

He needed surgery to repair a fractured orbital bone following a loss to Manny Pacquiao last year and considered retirement. The New York State Athletic Commission didn’t license Margarito until Nov. 22 after ordering another examination of his eye. Cotto took quick aim on the eye and it was swollen shut in the seventh round.

Cotto believed Margarito also used illegal hand wraps in their first fight and claimed he had the photos to prove it.

Cotto stared down Margarito in his corner after the bout was stopped.

”Just to look at him and taste my victory on him,” Cotto said. ”He means nothing to me. I’m here with all my crowd and all my people. He means nothing to me.”

Floyd Mayweather Jr. has turned the tables on the Mayweather-Pacquiao storyline, challenging those that have called him out for ducking Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather has booked the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for his next fight on May 5, saying he wants to make it against a great opponent. At first, the allusions to Pacquiao had been vague, only saying he wants to fight the “little guy.”

There is no more niceties now. Mayweather has come out with a video directly challenging Pacquiao to “sign the contract” and “stop ducking.”

Mayweather Jr. also called out Pacquiao, saying he’s lost all three fights against Juan Manuel Marquez. Mayweather appears motivated to challenge Pacquiao after his latest controversial fight with the Mexican boxer.

The more these fights and negotiations endure the more it seems the megafight the boxing world is waiting for is all about Bob Arum and Mayweather Jr.

The recent escalation from Mayweather Jr. comes just weeks after Arum said there would be no fight because Mayweather Jr. is too scared to make it happen.

It seems, through all of this, Pacquiao would be willing to take the blood tests that have delayed previous fights, but after seeing the damage a victory has done for Pacquiao in destroying his public persona, what would a possible loss to Mayweather do not just for Pacquiao’s career but that of Freddie Roach and Arum?

Much like Canelo Alvarez thinking he’s worthy of Mayweather after many fights against inferior opponents, Pacquiao seems to be another fighter believing the praise that comes his way.

Only the fight will prove which fighter is truly the best, and which is a public relations creation, and for now, the ball is in Pacquiao’s court.

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Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez engaged in a scintillating 12-round fight, but the result left a sellout crowd of 16,368 less than satisfied.

Why? Because even though Pacquiao won a majority decision from the three judges, the feeling throughout the arena was that Marquez should have won.

He threw the bigger shots, was the more aggressive fighter and seemed to maintain control of the bout, even if just slightly. Still, judges Glenn Trowbridge (116-112) and Dave Moretti (115-113) favored Pacquiao. Robert Hoyle called it a 114-114 draw.

Marquez, who claimed he was robbed in two earlier meetings with Pacquiao (one a draw, one a loss), left the ring to a chorus of cheers. Pacquiao, standing in the center of the ring, had his post-fight remarks almost drowned out by jeers.

“It was clear to me I won,” Pacquiao said. “I clearly won.”

Well, not so clearly. Although there were wonderful exchanges, you couldn’t help but feel that Marquez threw the more effective combinations, landed the more forceful punches, did the most damage. But it was close.

“This is robbery of the utmost,” said Marquez’s trainer, Nacho Beristain.

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