Oscar De La Hoya

American boxer and boxing promoter

Oscar De La Hoya is an American boxer and boxing promoter, born in East Los Angeles in 1973.

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His honours include International Boxing Hall of Fame, WBO World Middleweight Champion, WBO World Lightweight Champion, WBO World Junior Lightweight Champion, WBC World Super Welterweight Champion, WBC World Welterweight Champion, WBC World Super Lightweight Champion and WBA World Super Welterweight Champion. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Within boxing, Oscar De La Hoya is remembered for a record that stands up against anything his generation produced.

The public record credits Oscar De La Hoya with one Olympic Games and 8 recorded honours. Boxing measures a career in rounds survived as much as titles won, and its great names carry an authority no other sport quite matches.

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