Óscar de la Hoya

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Óscar de la Hoya boxer
Óscar de la Hoya (2008)

Óscar de la Hoya (2008)
Data
Birth Name Óscar de la Hoya
Fight name Golden boy
Weight class Light middleweight
nationality US-american
birthday 4th February 1973
place of birth Montebello
style Left delivery
size 1.79 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles 45
Victories 39
Knockout victories 30th
Defeats 6th
Profile in the BoxRec database

Óscar de la Hoya (born February 4, 1973 in Montebello , California , USA ) is a former American professional boxer of Mexican descent. He is the first boxer to win a world title in six different weight classes . He was considered the last boxing superstar in the 2000s and is married to Puerto Rican pop star Millie Corretjer . The couple have two children together. De La Hoya is also the father of three other children by three different women. Among other things, his ex-wife Shanna Moakler is the mother of one of his children, Atiana Cecilia (* 1999).

Due to his filigree boxing technique and his appearance, Óscar de la Hoya was given the nickname "Golden Boy" early on, which became his trademark. He is a mass magnet in the USA and during his career earned exchanges (entry fees) that only Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis could compete with.

Childhood and amateur career

De la Hoya grew up as the son of Mexican immigrants in poor conditions in east Los Angeles . He started boxing at the age of four. His international breakthrough came in 1992 at the Olympic Games in Barcelona when he won the gold medal in the lightweight at the age of nineteen . He defeated Marco Rudolph in the final , to whom he was defeated the year before when he took part in the Amateur World Championships in Sydney .

He also won the Golden Gloves tournament in 1989 , took first place at the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990 and won the US championship twice as an amateur: in 1990 in featherweight and in 1991 in lightweight. De la Hoya's combat statistics in the amateur field include 223 wins (163 by knockout) and five losses.

Professional career

On November 23, 1992 he made his professional debut, which he won against Lamar Williams by knockout in the first round.

On March 5, 1994 De la Hoya was WBO super featherweight world champion . He defeated the Dane Jimmi Bredahl by technical knockout in the tenth round. World championship titles in light, super light and welterweight followed, beating big names such as Pernell Whitaker , Hector Camacho and Julio César Chavez , among others . The " Ring Magazine " rated him as the best boxer " pound for pound " at that time .

On September 18, 1999, he had to admit defeat for the first time in his professional career. He lost in a welterweight unification fight against Félix Trinidad on points. After a knockout win against Derrell Coley followed for De la Hoya in June 2000 another point defeat against Shane Mosley .

In the following two years he united the world titles of the WBC and WBA in the light middleweight division by winning against Javier Castillejo and Fernando Vargas . In September 2003, however, he was beaten again by Shane Mosley in a rematch. Then De la Hoya announced to move up to the middleweight division and so he challenged the WBO title holder Felix Sturm on June 5, 2004 . Classified as a huge favorite before the fight, De La Hoya only narrowly and controversially won on points. He looked untrained and fighters suspected that the middleweight division was a weight class too high for him.

Despite this weaker performance, there was a "superfight" against triple world champion Bernard Hopkins on September 18, 2004 . De La Hoya lost by knockout in the ninth round. With this victory, Hopkins became the first professional boxer in the history of boxing to win the world titles of all four major world associations. It was also the most expensive bout outside of heavyweight; allegedly, De La Hoya is said to have collected $ 40 million in gage. Subsequently, De La Hoya devoted himself mainly to his promotion company.

However, after 1.5 years of inactivity, he returned to the ring on May 6, 2006. Relegated to the light middleweight division, he won his tenth world championship belt against the WBC world champion Ricardo Mayorga by technical knockout in the sixth round. The fight made 875,000 pay-per-view purchases, which is considered a lot and demonstrated De la Hoya's unbroken traction.

On May 5, 2007 he lost in the arena of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. after twelve rounds by a judge's decision. For Mayweather, himself title holder in four different weight classes, it was the first fight in the light middleweight division. His father was Óscar de la Hoya's coach until the end of 2006. Mayweather Sr. agreed to coach De la Hoya for this fight, but asked for a sum of two million dollars, which is why De la Hoya decided to train under Freddie Roach . The highest prize awarded in boxing to date was awarded for the fight, guaranteeing De la Hoya 40 million US dollars. De la Hoya's revenue from the combat exchange and stake in the TV funds is estimated at over $ 60 million.

For September 2008, a rematch against Floyd Mayweather was planned. Critical voices in the reporting (for example HBO - Ringside Report) judged such a fight as of little sporting value and guided purely by financial interests. However, with Mayweather's resignation in June 2008, the fight did not materialize. In May 2008 De la Hoya fought against Steve Forbes , from 2000 to 2002 IBF world champion in the lightweight division, whom he clearly defeated on points.

Finally, a duel was set against the Filipino lightweight world champion Manny Pacquiao . This fight took place on December 6, 2008 and welterweight was agreed as the weight class. Some sports magazines were critical of this fight due to the weight difference, as Pacquiao rose two weight classes for this fight, De la Hoya, however, boxed in recent years mainly in higher weight classes. De la Hoya played his last welterweight bout in March 2001 against Arturo Gatti . Despite this starting position, the younger and faster Pacquiao was clearly superior and defeated De la Hoya prematurely, as he gave up after the eighth round. This should be Óscar de la Hoya's last professional fight, on April 14, 2009 he announced the end of his active boxing career.

successes

  • Amateur record: 223 wins - 5 losses
  • Professional record: 39 wins - 6 losses
amateur
professional
  • March 5, 1994: WBO super featherweight champion (1 title defense)
  • July 29, 1994: WBO lightweight world champion (6 defenses)
  • May 6, 1995: IBF lightweight world champion
  • June 7, 1996: WBC light welterweight champion (1 title defense)
  • April 12, 1997: WBC welterweight champion (7 title defenses)
  • March 4, 2000: WBC welterweight champion
  • June 23, 2001: WBC World Light Middleweight Champion (2 title defenses)
  • September 14, 2002: WBA super world champion in light middleweight (1 title defense)
  • June 5, 2004: WBO world middleweight champion
  • May 6, 2006: WBC light middleweight champion

De La Hoya as a promoter

In 2004 De La Hoya founded his own company "Golden Boy Promotions" and works as a promoter and promotes mainly young, South American talents, but also has his former conquerors Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley as well as Marco Antonio Barrera and Winky Wright under contract.

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predecessor Office successor
Jimmi Bredahl Super featherweight boxing champion ( WBO )
March 5, 1994 - July 29, 1994 		Regilio Tuur
predecessor Office successor
Giovanni Parisi World lightweight boxing champion ( WBO )
July 29, 1994 - 1996 		Artur Grigorian
predecessor Office successor
Rafael Ruelas Lightweight Boxing Champion ( IBF )
May 6, 1995 - July 1995 		Philip Holiday
predecessor Office successor
Julio César Chavez Light welterweight boxing champion ( WBC )
June 7, 1996 - April 12, 1997 		Kostya Tszyu
predecessor Office successor
Pernell Whitaker Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
April 12, 1997 - September 18, 1999 		Félix Trinidad
predecessor Office successor
Félix Trinidad Welterweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
March 4, 2000 - June 17, 2000 		Shane Mosley
predecessor Office successor
Javier Castillejo World Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
June 23, 2001 - September 13, 2003 		Shane Mosley
predecessor Office successor
Fernando Vargas ("Super") World Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBA )
September 14, 2002 - September 13, 2003 		Shane Mosley
predecessor Office successor
Felix Sturm World middleweight boxing champion ( WBO )
June 5, 2004 - September 18, 2004 		Bernard Hopkins
predecessor Office successor
Ricardo Mayorga World Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBC )
May 6, 2006 - May 5, 2007 		Floyd Mayweather Jr.
personal data
SURNAME Hoya, Óscar de la
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Golden Boy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION multiple boxing world champion
DATE OF BIRTH 4th February 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Montebello , California