Oscar de la Hoya

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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 at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Oscar de la Hoya became Ring Magazine's "fighter of the year" in 1995 and between 1997 and 1999 was described as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world by Ring Magazine and KO Magazine. His fights throughout his entire career have generated a total of almost half a billion dollars in Pay-per-view sales alone[link][link]. 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.

Boxing Career

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 Highlights

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

Professional Record

! colspan="4" |Record to Date

| bgcolor=CCFFCC |Won 38 (KOs 30)
| bgcolor=FF9999 |Lost 4
| Drawn 0
! Total 42

|2002-09-14
|Fernando Vargas

|22-1-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO 11

|2001-06-23
|Javier Castillejo

|51-4-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W UD  12

|2001-03-24
|Arturo Gatti
|33-4-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  5

|2000-06-17
|Shane Mosley

|34-0-0
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
| bgcolor=FF9999 |L SD  12

|2000-02-26
|Derrell Coley
|34-1-2
|New York, NY, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W KO   7

|1999-09-18
|Felix Trinidad

|35-0-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=FF9999 |L MD  12

|1999-05-22
|Oba Carr

|48-2-1
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO 11

|1999-02-13
|Ike Quartey

|34-0-1
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W SD  12

|1998-09-18
|Julio César Chávez

|101-2-2
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W RTD  8

|1998-06-13
|Patrick Charpentier

|27-4-1
|El Paso, TX, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  3

|1997-12-06
|Wilfredo Rivera

|27-2-1
|Atlantic City, NJ, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  8

|1997-09-13
|Hector Camacho

|64-3-1
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W UD  12

|1997-06-14
|David Kamau

|28-1-0
|San Antonio, TX, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W KO   2

|1997-04-12
|Pernell Whitaker

|40-1-1
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W UD  12

|1997-01-18
|Miguel Angel Gonzalez

|41-0-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W UD  12

|1996-06-07
|Julio César Chávez

|97-1-1
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  4

|1996-02-09
|Darryl Tyson
|47-8-1
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W KO   2

|1995-12-15
|Jesse James Leija

|30-1-2
|New York, NY, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  2

|1995-09-09
|Genaro Hernandez

|32-0-1
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  6

|1995-05-06
|Rafael Ruelas

|43-1-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  2

|1995-02-18
|Juan Molina

|36-3-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W UD  12

|1994-12-10
|John Avila

|20-1-1
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  9

|1994-11-18
|Carl Griffith

|28-3-2
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  3

|1994-07-29
|Jorge Paez

|53-6-4
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W KO   2

|1994-05-27
|Giorgio Campanella

|21-0-0
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  3

|1994-03-05
|Jimmi Bredahl

|16-0-0
|Los Angeles, CA, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO 10

|1993-10-30
|Narciso Valenzuela
|35-13-2
|Phoenix, AZ, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W KO   1

|1993-08-27
|Angelo Nuñez
|10-4-3
|Beverly Hills, CA, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  4

|1993-08-14
|Renaldo Carter
|27-4-1
|Bay St. Louis, MS, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  6

|1993-06-07
|Troy Dorsey
|15-7-4
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  1

|1993-05-08
|Frank Avelar
|15-3-0
|Stateline, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  4

|1993-04-06
|Mike Grable
|13-1-2
|Rochester, NY, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W UD   8

|1993-03-13
|Jeff Mayweather
|23-2-2
|Las Vegas, NV, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  4

|1993-02-06
|Curtis Strong
|14-6-2
|San Diego, CA, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  4

|1993-01-03
|Paris Alexander
|15-6-2
|Hollywood, CA, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W TKO  2

|1992-12-12
|Clifford Hicks
|13-6-0
|Phoenix, AZ, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W KO   1

|1992-11-23
|Lamar Williams
|5-1-1
|Inglewood, CA, USA
| bgcolor=CCFFCC |W KO   1

Life Outside the Ring

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 UniforMs, and a signature clothing line through Mervyn's department stores), and released a Grammy nominated CD, entitled "Oscar de la Hoya." Released through EMI International 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.

See also

• List of lightweight boxing champions
• List of male boxers
• List of WBC world champions
• Ring Magazine pound for pound

External links

• Oscar de la Hoya
• *[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
• *[Millie Corretjer Fan Site (Millie la Voz del Alma)]
• *[Millie On Line]
• *[Millie Chile]
• *[Official Site]

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