Biography
Oscar De La Hoya (born on February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championship in three weight classes. He is ranked as the 38th best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by BoxRec. He was nicknamed "The Golden Boy of boxing" by the media when he represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics where, shortly after having graduated high school, he won a gold medal in the lightweight division, and reportedly "set a sport back on its feet."
Awards & recognition
- International Boxing Hall of Fame · 2014
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award · 1995
- The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year · 1995
- IBF World Lightweight Champion
- The Ring World Junior Middleweight Champion
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- WBA World Super Welterweight Champion
- WBC World Super Lightweight Champion
- WBC World Super Welterweight Champion
- WBC World Welterweight Champion
- WBO World Junior Lightweight Champion
- WBO World Lightweight Champion
- WBO World Middleweight Champion
Filmography15 titles
Muhammad Ali: A Life
The Simpsons
Hollywood Squares
The Masked Singer
George Lopez
The Golden Boy
Mad TV
I Am Duran
Hell's Kitchen
Arli$$
Raw
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Marvelous, the Film
Punk'd
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