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In today's video, we'll be discussing one of the most celebrated boxers of his era,
a boxing promoter and also mixed martial arts promoter Oscar De La Hoya.
Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American professional boxer of Mexican descent,
was born on February 4, 1973 in East Los Angeles,
California. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy of boxing", he competed from 1992 to 2008 and
is ranked by BoxRec as the 12th best boxer of all time, pound for pound. Oscar De La
Hoya is one of the few non-heavyweights to become a pop culture celebrity. In 2002,
he also became a boxing promoter and, in 2018, a mixed martial arts (MMA) promoter.
Oscar De La Hoya is the son of Joel Sr. and Cecilia Gonzales De La Hoya. His father had
been a professional boxer during the 1960s and his brother, Joel Jr., was also a boxer. Oscar's
mother was terminally ill with breast cancer and passed away in 1990, which was a big blow to him.
De La Hoya dated to actress and Miss USA 1995 titleholder Shanna Moakler
from 1997 to 2000. Moakler gave birth to their daughter, Atiana, in 1999.
The boxer and Puerto Rican singer and actress Millie Corretjer were married in October 2001.
They have three children together: a son, Oscar Gabriel and two daughters,
Nina and Victoria. De La Hoya and Corretjer split in 2016,
but as of 2020 were still being referred to in the media as husband and wife.
He also has two other sons, Jacob De La Hoya and Devon De La Hoya, from previous relationships.
Originating from a boxing family, De La Hoya won the national Junior Olympics
when he was just 15. He brought home a gold medal in the lightweight division
from the Summer 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from high school,
and reportedly "set a sport back on its feet." Nicknamed "The Golden Boy,"
his amateur career included 234 wins, 163 by knockout, with only six losses.
In December 1992, De La Hoya made his professional debut by scoring a first-round knockout victory.
In March, 1994, De La Hoya knocked out Jimmi Bredah for his first professional title
of junior lightweight champion of the World Boxing Organization (WBO), and four months after,
he knocked out Jorge Paez, clinching the WBO lightweight title. In February 1995,
he won the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior lightweight championship over John Molina.
De La Hoya won over Mexican legend Julio Cesar Chavez for the WBO Light-welterweight championship
before moving to the welterweight. He then moved up to light-middleweight and later the
middleweight division. After a 20-month layoff, he came back to boxing and fought with the prominent
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao. He announced his retirement on April 14, 2009,
following a professional career spanning 16 years. Throughout his career, De La Hoya won
11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championship in three weight classes.
He is ranked by BoxRec as the 12th best boxer of all time, pound for pound,
and the top pay-per-view earner before being surpassed by Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny
Pacquiao with approximately $700 million. De La Hoya is the first American of
Mexican descent to own a national boxing promotional firm, the Golden Boy Promotions,
and one of the few boxers to take on promotional responsibilities while still active. In 2018,
he began promoting MMA matches as well, beginning with a 2018 trilogy bout between long-time rivals
Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz, with the inaugural Golden Boy MMA event scheduled for November 2018.
The net worth of Oscar De La Hoya is around $220 million as of 2021.
De La Hoya's onetime contemporary-style mansion in Bel-Air is now on the market
with asking price of $18.5 million. Set behind
two sets of gates, the two-story home on a hillside is accessed by a 300-foot driveway.
Eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms are within 10,369 square feet of interior space.
The boxing champ has recently landed a condominium
with three bedrooms and 3.75 bathrooms in downtown Pasadena for $2.65 million.
Building amenities include 24-hour security, an indoor exercise pool and a fitness center.
De La Hoya was arrested for a DUI in Pasadena in 2017. He pled not guilty,
and charges were dismissed in 2018. He has publicly acknowledged that he has a substance
abuse problem and underwent treatment at the Betty Ford Center, mainly for alcohol and cocaine abuse.
The former boxer recorded and released an English/Spanish Latin album titled
"Oscar" that got him nominated for a Grammy Award. He is also authored a children's picture book,
"Super Oscar," which received overwhelmingly positive reviews.
De La Hoya and his siblings opened the Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya Cancer Center,
in honor of their mother, at the White Memorial Medical Center. The family donated $350,000 to the
center. He also started a charity to help educate underprivileged youth. He donated $3.5 million to
the De La Hoya Animo Charter High School in 2008. That's all for today and we hope you enjoy
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