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Oscar de la Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya
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| Oscar De La Hoya | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Real name | Oscar De La Hoya |
| Nickname(s) | Golden Boy |
| Rated at | Super Welterweight |
| Height | 5 ft. 10 |
| Nationality | American |
| Birth date | February 4, 1973 (age 35) |
| Birth place | East Los Angeles,CA |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 44 |
| Wins | 39 |
| Wins by KO | 30 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Oscar De La Hoya (pronounced /ˈɒskər dɛlə ˈhɔɪə/) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed "The Golden Boy" — is an American boxer and promoter who won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers, but it was Oscar who took his boxing talent to superstar status. De La Hoya became Ring Magazine's "Fighter of the Year" in 1995 and Ring Magazine's top-rated Pound for Pound fighter in the world in 1997. De La Hoya has defeated seventeen world champions and has won ten world titles in six different weight classes. He has also generated more money than any other boxer in the history of the sport. De La Hoya's amateur career included 223 wins, 163 by way of knockout, with only 5 losses. He won the United States' only boxing gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, by knocking down his opponent; a win which he dedicated to his deceased mother. De La Hoya is also the founder of Golden Boy Promotions, a combat sport promotional firm. He is the first American of Hispanic descent to own a national boxing promotional firm and one of only a handful of boxers in history who have taken on promotional responsibilities while still active.
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