Oscar De La Hoya
| Full Name : | Oscar De La Hoya |
| Public : | Oscar De La Hoya |
| Nickname : | The Golden Boy |
| Country : | United States (USA)  |
| DOB : | February 4, 1973 (Age 37) |
| Place : | East Los Angeles, California |
| Height : | 5' 11" |
| Weight : | 147 lbs. |
| Sport : | Boxing |
| Team : | Junior Middleweight (154) |
| Level : | Professional |
| Status : | Hall of Fame |
| Oscar "The Golden Boy" De La Hoya |
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| Boxing Record : 39 - 6 - 0 | |
| Won | : 39 |
| by KO | : 30 |
| by decision | : 9 |
| by disq. | : 0 |
| Lost | : 6 |
| by KO | : 2 |
| by decision | : 4 |
| by disq. |
: 0 |
| Drawn | : 0 |
| No Contest | : 0 |
| Nickname | : The Golden Boy |
| Wt. Division | : Light Middleweight |
| Stance | : Orthodox |
| 1992 Barcelona Olympics | ||
| Gold | Lightweight | def. Marco Rudolph |
Highlight :
Won six World Titles in six different weight divisions
Post Career Honors :
#39 on ESPN.com's 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time
#75 on Ring Magazine's 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years
Records :
Highest Career Pay-Per-View Income - $696 million (est.)
Best Selling PPV Non-Heavyweight Title Fight of All-Time - vs. Mayweather, May 2007
(Stats as of May 4, 2009)
Oscar de la Hoya, popularly called as "The Golden Boy", is a Mexican American world class boxer and the founder of Golden Boy Promotions. He won 10 world titles in 6 different weight classes and defeated 17 boxing champions, including the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez as an underdog in 1996.
De la Hoya has generated more money than any other boxer in the sports history. For the Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight, De la Hoya had 11,665,000 PPV purchases that generated $594.3 million, becoming the wealthiest fighter of all-time.
He was defeated by Manny Pacquiao in a highly promoted fight billed as "The Dream Match" on Saturday, December 6, 2008 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The match was presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, Inc.
