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he is the Golden Boy of boxing welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re taking
a look at the life and career of Oscar
De La Hoya
[Applause]
Oscar De La Hoya was born February 4th
1973 in East Los Angeles California to
Mexican parents because his family had a
tradition of boxing talent he first
donned the gloves at age six with
legendary fighters Sugar Ray Leonard his
inspiration De La Hoya trained and
developed a powerful left hook by his
mid-teens he took home several national
titles and a Golden Glove win however in
1990 his dream of becoming an Olympic
gold medalist was threatened when his
mother died of breast cancer
De La Hoya eventually continued fighting
and in 1991 USA Boxing named him boxer
of the year he really established
himself the next year when at 510 132
pounds
De La Hoya competed in 1992 s Barcelona
Olympics though he struggled initially
he topped Germany’s Marco Rudolph to win
the gold following his impressive
Olympic showing De La Hoya went pro in
November 1992 he won his first
professional fight by knockout and
proved unbeatable his first world title
came in 1994 at age twenty when he won
the World Boxing organization super
featherweight championship De La Hoya
was a finesse fighter and his model good
looks didn’t hurt the sport either his
passive aggressive style exhausted his
opponents however this lost him fans
within his native Mexican community due
to their appreciation of a more
no-holds-barred technique
De La Hoya moved up in weight class and
continued winning by 1995 his record was
18 and OH after a series of exciting
fights the next year as a junior
welterweight at 140 pounds De La Hoya
fought and defeated legendary Mexican
boxer Julio Cesar Chavez 1997 saw De La
Hoya take the welterweight title from
former Olympic gold medalist Pernell
Whitaker in one of his most important
victories however all good things end
and on September 18 1999 De La Hoya’s
winning streak finished in a record
breaking pay-per-view fight he lost his
welterweight title by decision to Felix
Trinidad another loss soon after cause
De La Hoya to take time away from his
beloved sport during his break De La
Hoya recorded a Latin pop album and was
nominated for a Grammy Award
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he also focused on charity work but his
personal life suffered when his former
girlfriend sued him for palimony
payments of sixty two point five million
dollars 2001 saw De La Hoya returned to
boxing get married and began his own
boxing promotions company golden boy by
this point
De La Hoya had a fierce rivalry with
ferocious Fernando Vargas the two
finally met in the ring on September 14
2002 in what is often considered one of
the most important fights of De La
Hoya’s career he won after a grueling
back-and-forth and Vargas later tested
positive for steroids in 2004 after
controversially taking the middleweight
title De La Hoya participated in a
unification match against Bernard
Hopkins De La Hoya was knocked out for
the first time in his career but he took
home 30 million dollars despite the loss
De La Hoya then took another break amid
flurries of trash talk from Ricardo
Mayorga he made his return on May 6 2006
and triumphantly knocked myoga down
within the fights first minute in 2007
De La Hoya agreed to fight Floyd
Mayweather jr. this highly anticipated
fight finished in a split decision in
favor of Mayweather but despite the loss
some still considered De La Hoya worthy
of the win first about boxing it was
easy work like I told you guys this
won’t be
he was ruffian stuff he’s supposed to
fight you know 10-time world champion a
sixth of weight class he booted us up
when he couldn’t beat the best Pretty
Boy Floyd tonight in 2008 De La Hoya
passed the torch to the next generation
of boxers by fighting star Manny
Pacquiao although De La Hoya was the
heavy favorite he stopped the fight
after eight rounds it cooked
that the long and glorious run of the
Golden Boy he is seeing the curtains
drawn here tonight this proved to be his
last fight and he officially retired
April 14 2009 aside from his boxing
skills De La Hoya was successful in
business real estate and endorsements he
remained involved in boxing with his
promotions company and continued
expanding the sports fan base with a
thirty nine and six record that includes
30 Kos titles in six different weight
classes and more money earned than
anyone else in the history of the sport
Oscar De La Hoya’s importance to boxing
is legendary
[Music]
he is the Golden Boy of boxing welcome
to watchmojo.com and today we’re taking
a look at the life and career of Oscar
De La Hoya
[Applause]
Oscar De La Hoya was born February 4th
1973 in East Los Angeles California to
Mexican parents because his family had a
tradition of boxing talent he first
donned the gloves at age six with
legendary fighters Sugar Ray Leonard his
inspiration De La Hoya trained and
developed a powerful left hook by his
mid-teens he took home several national
titles and a Golden Glove win however in
1990 his dream of becoming an Olympic
gold medalist was threatened when his
mother died of breast cancer
De La Hoya eventually continued fighting
and in 1991 USA Boxing named him boxer
of the year he really established
himself the next year when at 510 132
pounds
De La Hoya competed in 1992 s Barcelona
Olympics though he struggled initially
he topped Germany’s Marco Rudolph to win
the gold following his impressive
Olympic showing De La Hoya went pro in
November 1992 he won his first
professional fight by knockout and
proved unbeatable his first world title
came in 1994 at age twenty when he won
the World Boxing organization super
featherweight championship De La Hoya
was a finesse fighter and his model good
looks didn’t hurt the sport either his
passive aggressive style exhausted his
opponents however this lost him fans
within his native Mexican community due
to their appreciation of a more
no-holds-barred technique
De La Hoya moved up in weight class and
continued winning by 1995 his record was
18 and OH after a series of exciting
fights the next year as a junior
welterweight at 140 pounds De La Hoya
fought and defeated legendary Mexican
boxer Julio Cesar Chavez 1997 saw De La
Hoya take the welterweight title from
former Olympic gold medalist Pernell
Whitaker in one of his most important
victories however all good things end
and on September 18 1999 De La Hoya’s
winning streak finished in a record
breaking pay-per-view fight he lost his
welterweight title by decision to Felix
Trinidad another loss soon after cause
De La Hoya to take time away from his
beloved sport during his break De La
Hoya recorded a Latin pop album and was
nominated for a Grammy Award
[Music]
he also focused on charity work but his
personal life suffered when his former
girlfriend sued him for palimony
payments of sixty two point five million
dollars 2001 saw De La Hoya returned to
boxing get married and began his own
boxing promotions company golden boy by
this point
De La Hoya had a fierce rivalry with
ferocious Fernando Vargas the two
finally met in the ring on September 14
2002 in what is often considered one of
the most important fights of De La
Hoya’s career he won after a grueling
back-and-forth and Vargas later tested
positive for steroids in 2004 after
controversially taking the middleweight
title De La Hoya participated in a
unification match against Bernard
Hopkins De La Hoya was knocked out for
the first time in his career but he took
home 30 million dollars despite the loss
De La Hoya then took another break amid
flurries of trash talk from Ricardo
Mayorga he made his return on May 6 2006
and triumphantly knocked myoga down
within the fights first minute in 2007
De La Hoya agreed to fight Floyd
Mayweather jr. this highly anticipated
fight finished in a split decision in
favor of Mayweather but despite the loss
some still considered De La Hoya worthy
of the win first about boxing it was
easy work like I told you guys this
won’t be
he was ruffian stuff he’s supposed to
fight you know 10-time world champion a
sixth of weight class he booted us up
when he couldn’t beat the best Pretty
Boy Floyd tonight in 2008 De La Hoya
passed the torch to the next generation
of boxers by fighting star Manny
Pacquiao although De La Hoya was the
heavy favorite he stopped the fight
after eight rounds it cooked
that the long and glorious run of the
Golden Boy he is seeing the curtains
drawn here tonight this proved to be his
last fight and he officially retired
April 14 2009 aside from his boxing
skills De La Hoya was successful in
business real estate and endorsements he
remained involved in boxing with his
promotions company and continued
expanding the sports fan base with a
thirty nine and six record that includes
30 Kos titles in six different weight
classes and more money earned than
anyone else in the history of the sport
Oscar De La Hoya’s importance to boxing
is legendary
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