Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya (born
February 4,
1973 in
Montebello, CA) — nicknamed the
Golden Boy — is a
Mexican-American boxer who won a
gold medal for boxing at the
Barcelona Olympic Games. Oscar de la Hoya became Ring Magazine's "fighter of the year" in 1995. His fights throughout his entire career have generated a total of almost half a billion dollars in
Pay-per-view sales alone[
1][
2]. He is also the only fighter in the history of boxing to win eleven world titles in a record six weight classes.
During his amateur career, De la Hoya's record was 223-5 with 163 knockouts. He was the
United States' top Olympic
boxing hope when his mother was diagnosed with
breast cancer. She died at age 35. On her death bed, he promised her that he would win an Olympic gold medal.
De la Hoya was raised as the son of Mexican immigrants in impoverished circumstances in
East Los Angeles,
California. At the age of eight he entered the world of boxing.
On November 23, 1992, De la Hoya made his pro debut. He went on to win titles in 6 different weight divisions and beat former and current world champions
Troy Dorsey (KO 1),
Jimmy Bredahl, (KO 10),
Jorge Paez, (KO 2),
Genaro Hernandez (TKO 6),
John John Molina (W 12),
Rafael Ruelas (TKO 2),
Julio Cesar Chavez (TKO 4, KO 8),
Miguel Angel Gonzalez (W 12),
Jesse James Leija (KO 2),
Pernell Whitaker (W 12),
Hector "Macho" Camacho (W 12),
Ike Quartey (W 12),
Arturo Gatti (KO 5),
Francisco Javier Castillejo (W 12), and
Fernando Vargas (KO 11). His losses include a controversial majority-decision loss to
Félix Trinidad and two decision losses to
Shane Mosley. He has been stopped once in his career by the larger
Bernard Hopkins (KO 9).
On
September 14,
2002, Oscar fought his nemesis
"Ferocious" Fernando Vargas. After fiercely competitive early rounds, Oscar seized control of the latter half of the fight. In round 11, Oscar De la Hoya dropped Fernando Vargas with a left hook. Fernando Vargas got up at the count of nine, but De la Hoya finished him with a barrage of punches forcing the referee to stop the fight at 1:48 of round 11 (TKO 11). It was later revealed that Fernando Vargas had tested positive for steroids in his post-fight drug test.
On
May 3,
2003, as part of the
Cinco de Mayo festivities, he retained his
WBC and
WBA world junior middleweight championships when the corner of former world champion
Yori Boy Campas threw in the towel, and officially gave De la Hoya a seventh round knockout win. On
September 13, he and former rival Mosley met once again, in Las Vegas, and Mosley once again took away De la Hoya's world title belts with a 12 round unanimous decision over de la Hoya.
De la Hoya next challenged
Felix Sturm for the
WBO world middleweight title on
June 5, 2004. He was awarded a unanimous decision, to become the first boxer in history to win world titles in 6 different weight divisions. After that, he hoped to unify that title with the three other world middleweight championships, held by
Bernard Hopkins, on
September 18.
He lost to Hopkins by a ninth round knockout. A left hand to the body sent him to the canvas, knocking De la Hoya out for the first time in his career. Hopkins would later join De la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, a boxing promotion firm.
De la Hoya faced
WBC world junior middleweight
Ricardo Mayorga on May 6, 2006 at the
MGM Grand in
Las Vegas. He won this bout in by a TKO in round 6. De La Hoya said that he will not fight again in 2006 but will not retire.
Amateur record: 223-5 with 163 knockouts
*1990 Gold Medalist U.S. Olympic Cup
*1990 Gold Medalist Goodwill Games
*1990 Gold U.S. National Championships
*1991 Gold Medalist USA vs. Olympic Festival
*1992 Gold Medalist USA vs. Boxing National Championships
*1992 Gold Medalist USA vs. Bulgaria
*1992 Gold Medalist World Challenge
| Record to Date | | Won 38 (KOs 30) | Lost 4 | Drawn 0 | Total 42 |
|---|
| Date | Opponent | W-L-D | Location | Result | | 2006-05-06 | Ricardo Mayorga | WBC Super Welterweight Title |
| 28-5-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 6 |
| 2004-09-18 | Bernard Hopkins | WBA Middleweight Title |- | WBC Middleweight Title |- | IBF Middleweight Title |- | WBO Middleweight Title |
| 44-2-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | L KO 9 |
| 2004-06-05 | Felix Sturm | 20-0-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W UD 12 |
| 2003-09-13 | Shane Mosley WBC Super Welterweight Title |- |WBA Light Middleweight Title |
| 38-2-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | L UD 12 |
| 2003-05-03 | Luis Ramon Campas WBC Super Welterweight Title |- |WBA Light Middleweight Title |
| 80-5-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 7 |
| 2002-09-14 | Fernando Vargas WBC Super Welterweight Title |- |WBA Light Middleweight Title |
| 22-1-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 11 |
| 2001-06-23 | Javier Castillejo | WBC Super Welterweight Title |
| 51-4-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W UD 12 |
| 2001-03-24 | Arturo Gatti | 33-4-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 5 |
| 2000-06-17 | Shane Mosley | 34-0-0 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | L SD 12 |
| 2000-02-26 | Derrell Coley | 34-1-2 | New York, NY, USA | W KO 7 |
| 1999-09-18 | Felix Trinidad WBC Welterweight Title |- |IBF Welterweight Title |
| 35-0-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | L MD 12 |
| 1999-05-22 | Oba Carr | 48-2-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 11 |
| 1999-02-13 | Ike Quartey | 34-0-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W SD 12 |
| 1998-09-18 | Julio César Chávez | 101-2-2 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W RTD 8 |
| 1998-06-13 | Patrick Charpentier | 27-4-1 | El Paso, TX, USA | W TKO 3 |
| 1997-12-06 | Wilfredo Rivera | 27-2-1 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA | W TKO 8 |
| 1997-09-13 | Hector Camacho | 64-3-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W UD 12 |
| 1997-06-14 | David Kamau | 28-1-0 | San Antonio, TX, USA | W KO 2 |
| 1997-04-12 | Pernell Whitaker | 40-1-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W UD 12 |
| 1997-01-18 | Miguel Angel Gonzalez | WBC Light Welterweight Title |
| 41-0-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W UD 12 |
| 1996-06-07 | Julio César Chávez | WBC Light Welterweight Title |
| 97-1-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 4 |
| 1996-02-09 | Darryl Tyson | 47-8-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W KO 2 |
| 1995-12-15 | Jesse James Leija | 30-1-2 | New York, NY, USA | W TKO 2 |
| 1995-09-09 | Genaro Hernandez | 32-0-1 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 6 |
| 1995-05-06 | Rafael Ruelas | IBF Lightweight Title |- | WBO Lightweight Title |
| 43-1-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 2 |
| 1995-02-18 | Juan Molina | 36-3-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W UD 12 |
| 1994-12-10 | John Avila | 20-1-1 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | W TKO 9 |
| 1994-11-18 | Carl Griffith | 28-3-2 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 3 |
| 1994-07-29 | Jorge Paez | Vacant WBO Lightweight Title |
| 53-6-4 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W KO 2 |
| 1994-05-27 | Giorgio Campanella | WBO Super Featherweight Title |
| 21-0-0 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 3 |
| 1994-03-05 | Jimmi Bredahl | WBO Super Featherweight Title |
| 16-0-0 | Los Angeles, CA, USA | W TKO 10 |
| 1993-10-30 | Narciso Valenzuela | 35-13-2 | Phoenix, AZ, USA | W KO 1 |
| 1993-08-27 | Angelo Nuñez | 10-4-3 | Beverly Hills, CA, USA | W TKO 4 |
| 1993-08-14 | Renaldo Carter | 27-4-1 | Bay St. Louis, MS, USA | W TKO 6 |
| 1993-06-07 | Troy Dorsey | 15-7-4 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 1 |
| 1993-05-08 | Frank Avelar | 15-3-0 | Stateline, NV, USA | W TKO 4 |
| 1993-04-06 | Mike Grable | 13-1-2 | Rochester, NY, USA | W UD 8 |
| 1993-03-13 | Jeff Mayweather | 23-2-2 | Las Vegas, NV, USA | W TKO 4 |
| 1993-02-06 | Curtis Strong | 14-6-2 | San Diego, CA, USA | W TKO 4 |
| 1993-01-03 | Paris Alexander | 15-6-2 | Hollywood, CA, USA | W TKO 2 |
| 1992-12-12 | Clifford Hicks | 13-6-0 | Phoenix, AZ, USA | W KO 1 |
| 1992-11-23 | Lamar Williams | 5-1-1 | Inglewood, CA, USA | W KO 1 |
|
Cover to Oscar de la Hoya's self titled CD from EMI International. Released October 10th, 2000. |
De la Hoya is one of the favorite boxers of
American cable channel
HBO, where he formerly produced a popular Spanish language boxing show called
Boxeo de Oro. De la Hoya's interests outside the ring include architecture, acting, fashion designing, and singing. He designed his own house in
Big Bear Lake, California, has two clothing lines (
BUM, or
Boxing
Unifor
Ms, and a signature clothing line through Mervyn's department stores), and released a
Grammy nominated CD, entitled "Oscar de la Hoya." Released through on October 10th, 2000, the self titled CD is a Latin Pop album with 13 tracks in both English and Spanish.
He married
Puerto Rican singing superstar
Millie Corretjer on
October 5,
2001 and lives in
Los Angeles and
Puerto Rico. Their first child, Oscar Gabriel, was born on
December 29,
2005 in Puerto Rico. De la Hoya has 3 other children: Jacob (b. February 18, 1998) by a woman whose identity is unknown; Devon De La Hoya (b. November 30, 1998) by former Las Vegas show girl Angelicque Mcqueen ; and
Atiana Cecilia (b. March 29, 1999) by actress
Shanna Moakler.
In April 2005, De la Hoya and a Southern California real estate developer, Highridge Partners, formed a real estate investment partnership, named Golden Boy Partners, to invest in Latino neighborhoods.
In September 2005, De la Hoya's wallet was stolen by a
pickpocket. The wallet contained a $1
food stamp coupon, a reminder of his poverty-stricken childhood in east Los Angeles.
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List of lightweight boxing champions*
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List of WBC world champions*
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Official Site**
Golden Boy Promotions**
Oscar de la Hoya Fans Club**
Oscar de la hoya's Professional Record**
Twighlight of the idol - Oscar de la Hoya*Millie Corretjer
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Millie Corretjer Fan Site (Millie la Voz del Alma)**
Millie On Line**
Millie Chile**
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