Oscar De La Hoya

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Oscar De La Hoya
Photo: AP/Al D?a

Name: Oscar De La Hoya
Alias: Golden Boy
Born: 1973-02-04
Birthplace: Montebello, California, USA
Nationality: US American
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5′ 10½″   /   179cm
Reach: 73″   /   185cm
Boxing Record: click
Promoting Record: click

Trainers: Robert Alcazar, Jesus Rivero (1996-1997), Emanuel Steward (1997), Gil Clancy, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Freddie Roach, Nacho Beristain (2008)
Manager: Self
Oscar De La Hoya Gallery

Amateur Highlights

Career Record: 223-5

• 1989 National Golden Gloves Featherweight Champion
• 1990 United States Amateur Featherweight Champion
• Featherweight Gold Medalist at 1990 Goodwill Games in Seattle, Washington. Results were:
  • Sang-Hun Lee (South Korea) won by TKO 3
  • Airat Khamatov (Soviet Union) won on points
  • Ivan Robinson (United States) won on points
• 1991 United States Amateur Lightweight Champion
• 1991 World Championships in Sydney, Australia, lost to Marco Rudolph of Germany
• Won the 1992 Olympic Trials, boxers he defeated were:
  • Lewis Wood won on points
  • Lupe Suazo won on points
  • Anthony Christodolou won on points
  • Patrice Brooks won on points, at Box-offs
• Won the Lightweight Gold Medal for the United States at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His results were:
  • Adilson Da Silva (Brazil) RSC 3
  • Moses Odion (Nigeria) 16-4
  • Tontcho Tontchev (Bulgaria) 16-7
  • Hong Sung-Sik (South Korea) 11-10
  • Marco Rudolph (Germany) 7-2

Awards & Recognition

• Named The Ring Fighter of the Year for 1995.

Miscellaneous

• Dedicated his 1992 Olympic Gold Medal to his mother, who died of cancer in 1990.
• Vacated the IBF Lightweight Championship in 1995, choosing not to fight IBF #1 contender Miguel Julio.
• Knocked out Derrell Coley on February 26, 2000 in a WBC welterweight title eliminator. After WBC/IBF welterweight champion Felix Trinidad defeated David Reid on March 3, 2000 to win the WBA light middleweight championship, the WBC named De La Hoya the new welterweight champion. De La Hoya lost the title to Shane Mosley on June 17, 2000. source
• In 2001, established Golden Boy Promotions.
• On April 15, 2009 De La Hoya officially announced his retirement, citing his inability to perform at the sport's highest level.[1]