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Oscar De La Hoya (/ ˌ d eɪ l ə ˈ h ɔɪ ə / DAY lə HOY-ə, Spanish: [ˈoskaɾ ðe la ˈoʝa]; born February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008.
For only the second time in his career to that point, De La Hoya was taken the full 12-round distance. Despite failing to score a knockdown in the fight, De La Hoya was extremely accurate offensively during the fight, landing 361 punches out of 561 thrown for an impressive 64% success rate, while González outthrew De La Hoya, he landed over 100 less punches (251 out of 751) for a 34% success ...
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, billed as The Fight of the Millennium, was a boxing match held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF welterweight championships. [1] [2] After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision. [3]
Both De La Hoya and Chávez had already been guaranteed $9,000,000 each for their proposed June 7th fight, though it was contingent on both men winning their tune-up bouts against Tyson and Walker. Promoter Bob Arum expressed concern that the De La Hoya–Chávez fight could potentially be in jeopardy, stating "If I had my way, Oscar and Julio ...
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Manny Pacquiao, also billed as The Dream Match, was a professional boxing match contested on December 6, 2008. [1] Pacquiao defeated De La Hoya via technical knockout when De La Hoya decided not to continue with the fight before the start of the ninth round.
Oscar De La Hoya fought his way to the International Boxing Hall of Fame and became a significant promoter, but the film on his life, 'The Golden Boy,' shows a completely different side of the ...
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr., billed as The World Awaits, was a professional boxing match contested on May 5, 2007, for the WBC super welterweight championship.. [2] At the time, the bout was the most lucrative boxing match ever, with over $130 million in generated revenue. Mayweather won by split decision over De La Hoya in 12 rounds.
De La Hoya dominated Charpentier through three rounds, easily winning rounds one and two before dropping his overmatched opponent three times in the third round en route to a technical knockout. De La Hoya's first knockdown came 53 seconds into the round with a left-right combination, though Charpentier would answer the referee's 10-count, De ...