Oscar De La Hoya
Oscar de la Hoya (2008)
Oscar de la Hoya ( born February 4, 1973 in Montebello, California ) 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 in the 2000s when the last boxing superstar and is married to the Puerto Rican pop star Millie Corretjer. The couple has 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, the mother of his children, Atiana Cecilia 's (* 1999).
Oscar de la Hoya got early nicknamed " Golden Boy " award due to its filigree box technique and his appearance, which was his trademark. He is a magnetic mass in the U.S. and earned during his career fairs ( admission fees ) which could only be measured Mike Tyson or Lennox Lewis.
Childhood and amateur career
De la Hoya grew up as the son of Mexican immigrants up in poverty in East Los Angeles. At the age of four he started with the boxes. His international breakthrough came in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympics, when he won the gold medal in the lightweight at the age of nineteen years. He defeated Marco Rudolph play in the final, where he was the year before, with his participation in the Amateur World Championships in Sydney, inferior.
He also won the 1989 Golden Gloves tournament, finished at the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990 the first place and won as an amateur twice the U.S. Championship: 1990 featherweight and 1991 lightweight. De la Hoya fight statistics in the amateur field includes 223 wins ( 163 by KO) and five defeats.
Professional career
In November 1992 he made his professional debut, which he won against Lamar Williams by KO in the first round.
On March 5, 1994, De la Hoya world champion of the WBO super featherweight. He defeated the Danes Jimmi Bredahl by technical knockout in the tenth round. World title at lightweight, super lightweight and welterweight followed, where he beat big names like Pernell Whitaker, Hector Camacho and Julio Cesar Chavez, among others. The " Ring Magazine " saw him at this time as the best boxer " Pound for pound " to.
On September 18, 1999, he had to admit defeat in his pro career for the first time. He lost in a unification fight at welterweight against Felix Trinidad on points. After a knockout victory against Derrell Coley followed for De la Hoya in June 2000, another point loss to Shane Mosley.
In the following two years, he united the world title the WBC and WBA light middleweight victories against Javier Castillejo and Fernando Vargas in coming. In September 2003, however, he was beaten by Shane Mosley again in a rematch. After De La Hoya announced to ascend the middleweight division and he called on 5 June 2004 the WBO titlist Felix Sturm out. Classified as a big favorite before the fight, De La Hoya won only scarce and controversial on points. He looked unaustrainiert and observers of the fight suggested that the middleweight weight class was too high for him.
Despite this weaker notion, it came on 18 September 2004 the " Super Fight" against triple world champion Bernard Hopkins. De La Hoya lost by knockout in the ninth round. Hopkins was by this victory, the first professional boxer in the history of boxing that could unify the world titles of all four major world organizations in coming. It was also the most expensive fight outside of heavyweight; alleged to have collected 40 million dollars Gage De La Hoya. De La Hoya then devoted himself mainly to its promotion company.
After 1.5 years of inactivity, he returned, however, on May 6, 2006 in the ring back. Re staying in the light middleweight he won against WBC champion Ricardo Mayorga by TKO in the sixth round a total of ten world championship belt. The battle continued from 875,000 pay- per-view buys, which is considered a lot and the continued traction De la Hoya demonstrated.
On 5 May 2007, he lost in the MGM Grand Hotel Arena in Las Vegas against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr., after twelve rounds by judges decision. For Mayweather, even champions in four different weight classes, it was the first fight in the light middleweight. His father was by the end of 2006, the Coach of Oscar de la Hoya. Mayweather Snr was willing De la Hoya to train for this fight, but demanded a sum of two million dollars, which is why De la Hoya decided to train under Freddie Roach. For fighting units awarded the highest ever in boxing Exchange was awarded the guaranteed De la Hoya 40 million U.S. dollars. De la Hoya's revenue to fight stock market and participation in the TV money is estimated at about 60 million U.S. dollars.
For September 2008, then a rematch against Floyd Mayweather was planned. Critical voices in coverage (for example, HBO - Ringside Report ) assessed such a struggle as led by small sporting value and pure of pecuniary aspects. The resignation Mayweather in June 2008, the fight is, however, not been established. In May 2008, De La Hoya fought Steve Forbes, from 2000 to 2002 IBF world champion in the light Lightweight, he clearly defeated on points.
Finally, a duel against the Philippine lightweight world champion Manny Pacquiao was scheduled. This battle took place on 6 December 2008 and as the welterweight weight class has been agreed. Some sports magazines were heading this fight due to the difference in weight critical, since Pacquiao ascended for this fight two weight classes, De la Hoya, however, mainly boxed in recent years in higher weight classes. His last fight before welterweight denied De la Hoya in March 2001 against Arturo Gatti. In spite of this situation, the younger, faster Pacquiao was clearly superior and defeated De la Hoya prematurely, as this gave up after the eighth round. This should Óscar de la Hoyas his last pro fight, on 14 April 2009 he announced the end of his active boxing career known.
Achievements
- Amateur Record: 223 wins - 5 losses
- Professional record: 39 wins - 6 losses
- March 5, 1994: WBO champion in the Super Featherweight (1 title defense )
- July 29, 1994: WBO champion at lightweight (6 title defenses )
- May 6, 1995: IBF world champion at lightweight
- June 7, 1996: WBC world champion in the light welterweight (1 title defense )
- April 12, 1997: WBC welterweight champion ( seven title defenses )
- March 4, 2000: WBC welterweight champion
- June 23, 2001: WBC world champion in the light middleweight (2 title defenses )
- September 14, 2002: WBA super world champion in the light middleweight (1 title defense )
- June 5, 2004: WBO world middleweight champion
- May 6, 2006: WBC world champion in the light middleweight division
De La Hoya as a promoter
In 2004, De La Hoya his own company " Golden Boy Promotions' and has worked as a promoter and promotes mainly young, South American talent, but also his former conqueror Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley and, among other Marco Antonio Barrera and Winky Wright under contract.