de la Hoya, Oscar

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de la Hoya, Oscar (1973– )

US boxer who has won world titles at super-featherweight, lightweight, super-lightweight, welterweight, light-middleweight, and middleweight. Skilful and fast-footed, he is regarded by many boxing experts as the best fighter of his generation. He turned professional in 1992 after winning the lightweight gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. In 1994, in only his 12th professional fight, he won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) world super-featherweight championship. Later that year he won the WBO lightweight championship after knocking out Jorge Paez. In June 1996, he stopped Julio Cesar Chavez of Mexico to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) world super-lightweight crown. In March 2000, he was named as World Boxing Association (WBA) world welterweight champion after Felix Trinidad vacated the title in order to fight at super-welterweight. In June 2001, he claimed the WBC light-middleweight title when he defeated Javier Castillejo on points. In June 2004, he became world champion in his sixth different weight category, defeating Felix Sturm on points to claim the WBO middleweight title.

Career highlights

Professional record (1992–2008)

fights: 44; wins: 39 (30 inside the distance); draws: 0; defeats: 5

Olympic Games

gold lightweight 1992

WBO super-featherweight champion

1994

WBO lightweight champion

1994–96

IBF lightweight champion

1995

WBC super-lightweight champion

1996–97

WBC welterweight champion

1997–99, 2000

WBC light-middleweight champion

2001–2003, 2006–07

WBA light-middleweight champion

2002–03

WBO middleweight champion

2004

His fight in May 2007 with Floyd Mayweather, which Mayweather won on points, earned de la Hoya US$45 million, the biggest single purse ever for a boxer, and generated US$120 million in pay-per-view revenue, also a record.

In one of the biggest upsets in recent boxing history, he lost the WBC world welterweight championship on points to the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world champion Felix Trinidad of Puerto Rico, in September 1999. It was the first defeat of de la Hoya's professional career.

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