His fight against Felix Trinidad entitled, The Fight of the Millennium showcased two of the best fighters in the sport. Oscar beat his long time rival in impressive fashion, with an 11th round TKO of Fernando Vargas, who was soon discovered to have taken steroids for the fight.
Oscar does not make excuses when he does something wrong. Before his fight with Ricardo Mayorga, Oscar acted like a gentleman by keeping his emotions in check even while Mayorga insulted his sexuality and his family. Oscar got the last laugh with a TKO in round six. He also was the first opponent to beat Mayweather on a score card.
While he was not able to knockout the durable Steve Forbes, De La Hoya sure was able to put on a boxing clinic for his fans. He has created a Grammy nominated CD and his own line of casual clothing. Oscar has a tendency to work his hardest in the last 30 seconds of each round which not only impress fans but the judges as well. Oscar De La Hoya is one of the reasons why boxing is slowly regaining its popularity in America. Enjoy our content? Join our newsletter to get the latest in sports news delivered straight to your inbox!
Your sports. Join Newsletter. In , he won the national Golden Gloves title in the pound division and was the youngest U. The joy of victory was tempered by the news that his mother was terminally ill with cancer; she died in October , expressing the hope that her son would one day win Olympic gold. One year later, with a victory in the U. With the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, fast approaching, De La Hoya turned his mother's dream into a strong focus for his training.
De La Hoya turned professional after the Olympics, winning his first pro fight in a first-round knockout of Lamar Williams in Inglewood, California, on November 23, He compiled an extremely successful record during his first year as a pro, and on March 5, , won his first professional title, the junior lightweight championship of the World Boxing Organization WBO , with a technical knockout TKO of Danish fighter Jimmi Bredahl in the tenth round of the fight.
Despite De La Hoya's status as the 'Golden Boy' of boxing, some critics thought he had simply not faced enough quality opponents. De La Hoya had sparred with Chavez as an amateur and been knocked down, but this time the results were different. De La Hoya pummeled crowd favorite Chavez with blows, opening a cut above the champion's eye before officials stopped the bout in the fourth round and declared victory for De La Hoya.
In January , De La Hoya successfully defended his junior welterweight title. Moving up to the pound weight class, he won the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas in April of that year, beating the reigning champion and Olympic gold medalist Pernell 'Sweet Pea' Whittaker, a pro champion in four different weight classes. With that victory, De La Hoya confirmed his reputation as the best fighter, pound-for-pound, in the world. De La Hoya's reign as welterweight champion would continue until September 18, , when he faced the hard-hitting Felix Trinidad in one of the most anticipated fights of the decade.
As a record-breaking number of fans watched the fight broadcast on pay-per-view television, Trinidad handed De La Hoya his fist loss ever in a round unanimous decision for the WBC welterweight title. His good looks and undeniable talent made De La Hoya a hit with fans and the media from the beginning of his career.
Outside the ring, he became the best-known boxer in America, earning respect from many for his charity and community service efforts including a nonprofit foundation and a youth boxing center in his old East Los Angeles neighborhood.
De La Hoya returned to the ring in March , beating Arturo Gatti in the fifth round of his first fight after his return. De La Hoya was living in Bel Air when he met his wife 19 years ago. Recalling those training trips from his childhood, he suggested they check out Pasadena. We thought, Yeah, this is it.
I had always wanted to build that dream home, so I found a beautiful estate in San Rafael on 4 acres, but we had to do a lot of work on it. It took us three years. It was a historical landmark, and Pasadena is very tough. When it comes to pay-per-view sports events, few athletes have had the success of Oscar De La Hoya.
Now in partnership with DAZN pronounced da-zone a live sports streaming platform, De La Hoya is hoping to disrupt the long-established pay-per-view model.
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