Biography
Oscar De La Hoya is a Boxer-Professional Professional, a six-time world champion, the winner of the 1992 Olympics, the best boxer according to the Ring edition, which completed his career on April 15, 2009.Childhood and youth
Oscar was born on February 4, 1973 in the California town of Montebello in the family of hereditary boxers. Grandfold Winsent, Father Hoel-Sr. and Senior Brother De La Hoya engaged in boxing. At the 6th age, Oscar fell to the improvised ring, arranged by a cousin in the courtyard at home.
Boxing did not like the boy, he was fond of baseball and skateboard riding. But the native heated the interest of the Oscar to the battles of material promotion. In order to win, the boy mastered the hook of the left, who often defeated his opponent on the carpet. In addition, Oscar deftly left strikes in the face, for which he got the nickname "Golden Boy."
At the age of 15, Oscar De La Hoya received the title of champion of the United States on boxing among juniors, and in a year she became the winner of the Golden Gloves Competition. After the first victories in the Boxer's sports biography, a responsible period of preparation for the 1992 Olympiad, which was supposed to be held in Barcelona.
Oscar De La Hoya went to the final of the competition and met with the rival Marco Rudolf, who lost in 1991 at the World Championships in Australia. On the Oscar Oscar Ocarp, sending a champion in the 3rd round of the enemy to knockout. The joy of victory was overshadowed by the death of a mother who died in those days from a malignant tumor.
Boxer's victory at the Olympics led the line under his amateur career, in which Oscar achieved phenomenal results. Of the 228 battles spent, the athlete won 223 victories, in 163 of which knocked out rivals.
Boxing
In the first years of professional career, Oscar did not know defeats. Starting from the second half easily weight, the athlete switched to the lightweight, and then to the first heterusing weight category. In 1994, Oscar spoke out against the world champion in the lightweight weight according to WBO Jorge Paless, a year later defeated the world champion according to IBF Rafael Ruelas. In 1996, Oscar was awarded a technical victory over the champion in the 1st weighing weight Julio Cesar Chavez.
In 1997, De La Hoya switched to welterweight and immediately won the glasses from Pernella Whitaker in a 12-round battle. After that, Ekter Kamacho defeated the WBC champion belt. A year later, the boxer confirmed the title in a duel against Hayka Quorty.
In 1999, a fight took place, which was widely publicized in the world media and broke the record for sales of tickets. On September 18, two undefeated WBC and IBF-Oscar De La Hoya and Felix Trinidad met in Las Vegas. The competition lasted 12 rounds, the Oscar lost at the beginning of the battle gave felix on points. Rehabilitated in a duel against Derrell Kolya, in 2000, the Oscar lost in battle with the Shane Mosley on points.
In 2001, a meeting was held with the Canadian boxer Arturo Gatti, in which Oscar led himself a frighteningly, not giving the enemy to come to his senses from a series of blows and stomach. After 5 Round, the referee stopped de la Hoyu, and the judges announced the technical victory of the American. Going to the first average weight, Oscar for 12 rounds beat Javier Castilekho, and in 2002 he met with WBA Champion Fernando Vargas, who sent to the knockout in the 11th round. In the same year, Oscar De La Hoya creates its own Golden Boy Promotions Corporation, which begins to engage in a promotion in the field of boxing fights.
In 2003, the Golden Boy took Revenge and met with the unreleased rival of the Shane Mosley, who again won from the American. Failure only harden an athlete, and an Oscar, increasing the weight category to the middle, goes to the ring against the undefeated WBO Felix Sturm champion. By defeating the opponent from Germany on points, De La Hoya becomes the only athlete who visited the champion in 6 weight categories.
Having defeated Bernard Hopkins in 2004, Oscar switched to the first average weight and in 2006 knocked out Ricardo Majorgu. In early May 2007, De La Hoya went to the ring against Floyd Maevezer in battle for the title of WBC champion. In a tense struggle, which lasted 12 rounds, none of the opponents wanted to give way to each other.
The controversial situation was allowed by the voting of judges who gave most Maweather points. Oscar was dissatisfied with the decision of judges, but even professionals as a Russian boxer, the former absolute world champion Kostya Tszyu, after watching the video of the battle, they were expressed in favor of the young rival Maevezer.
In 2008, Oscar de la Hoya and Philipino Manny Pacquiao took place. Contrary to the expectations of the "Golden Boy" fans, in the 8th round, technical and dexterous Menney has achieved victory over the enemy. After the defeat of Oscar De La Hoya declared his care from professional sports. Boxer switched to business, on the development of a sports agency.
In 2009, De La Hoya lit up in an indicative battle against the NBA player and the Hollywood actor Shakil O'Neill. The basketball player created her own Shaq VS show, which invites sports stars and compete with them in their categories. With Oscar de Yes, Hoya was organized a 5-round match, in which the boxer won, ahead of the opponent on the points.
Personal life
In 2000, Oscar De La Hoya met with Puertoric singer Milli Korrethercher. Boxer at that time was fond of singing and even took vocal lessons. A year later, young people got married. In 2005, the son of Oscar Gabriel de la Hoya was born in the Boxer family, and in 2007 the wife gave Oscar to Nina Lauren Nynett de la Hoya.
Soon the problems began in the family due to the alcohol dependence of the athlete. After completing the career, Oscar began to spend more time outside the house, started dubious connections on the side. Relationships with his wife spoiled. But Oscar managed to take himself in his hands and, having risen in the clinic, returned to the family.
Oscar de la Hoya now
Now the former world boxing champion is engaged in the promotion of Athletes of Abner Mares, Juan Manuel Marquez, Marcosa Maidan, Bernard Hopkins and others. On its own account in "Instagram" Oscar De La Hoya often places the announcements of the fighting of their wards. Former champion often acts as an analytics of upcoming tournaments.In 2017, the media appeared in the media that the Golden Boy Promotion General Director was arrested in the California city of Pasaden for driving a car drunk. Soon, the misunderstanding was settled, and the violator was sent home.
At the beginning of the summer, Oscar De La Hoya took up the promotion of the fight between Gennady Golovkin and Saul Alvarez, calling the battle of two stars of the ring with a contest, worthy of comparison with the confrontation of the Great Boxers of the past: Mohammed Ali and Joe Fraser, Marco Antonio Barrera and Eric Morales.
Achievements
- WBO World Champion in the second half-year weight - 1994
- WBO World Champion in Lightweight - 1994-1996
- IBF world champion in lightweight - 1995
- WBC world champion in the first welterweight weight - 1996-1997
- WBC Wood Height World Champion - 1997-1999
- WBC world middleweight champion - 2001-2003
- WBA world middleweight champion - 2002-2003
- WBO World War Champion - 2004
- WBC world middleweight champion - 2004-2007