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Herring-Stevenson takeaways: Shakur silences his doubters; Herring has nothing left to prove. 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. On June 23 of that year, De La Hoya defeated Javier Castillejo of Spain, the reigning WBC super welterweight pounds champion, in 12 rounds to win his fifth title in as many weight classes, matching the achievement of his idol, Sugar Ray Leonard.
At the age of 28, he was the youngest boxer ever to have won five world titles. Early life and Education Oscar De La Hoya is a professional American boxer best known for winning bouts in six different weight classes, televised fights, and great sportsmanship.
Garfield High School for his secondary education. After finishing his high school education, Oscar followed his passion and focused all his energy on boxing. He used to train himself by running through the streets of East Los Angeles. His father, Joel Sr, used to work as a warehouse clerk and his mother, Cecilia, used to work as a seamstress.
Furthermore, boxing was a tradition in his family. Similarly, his father, Joel Sr, also had a brief professional boxing career in the United States with a lightweight record in the s. Not to mention, Oscar holds an American nationality and belongs to mixed Mexican, Spanish, Castilian ethnicity. In addition, De La Hoya is Christian by religion. The professional boxer is 48 years old as of now.
According to horoscope charts, the fighter is Aquarius. And from what we know, the people of this sign are known to be independent, unique, warrior, and talented at the same time. Likewise, Oscar stands at 5 feet 10 inches cm and weighs around 66 kgs lbs. His shoe size is Moreover, Oscar is considered one of the most charming and handsome boxers of all time. It has been a decade since he first started as a boxer, and still, to date, he looks young and fit.
With a passion for boxing and to help him in the process, Oscar started his training at the Hollenbeck Youth Center Gym in Los Angeles and prepared for his first fight at the early age of six. His amateur career included wins with knockouts and six losses.
In the Goodwill Games, Oscar won his weight class and captured the gold in the U. National Championship at the early age of Shortly in , he won the gold medal in the U. Olympic Festival in Los Angeles, California. Oscar made his professional debut on November 23, , by scoring a first-round TKO victory. However, one of his biggest fights was on June 17, , when he fought with Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez winning in the fourth round. However, he spent the rest of defending his WBC Welterweight championship.
Hence, after several defenses of his WBC welterweight titles, in , he fought with IBM champion Felix Trinidad , setting a record for a non- heavyweight fight in history. He then switched to light-middleweight, challenging the lineal and WBC champion Javier Castillejo , winning almost every round.
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