Oscar De La Hoya (The Golden Boy) is a 51-year-old retired American professional boxer. He is a six-weightclass world champion with 10 world-title wins. In a career spanning 16 years and 13 days, De La Hoya amassed a record of 39-6, which includes 30 wins via KO, 17 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2014.
Oscar De La Hoya was born in East Los Angeles, California, U.S. on February 4, 1973. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on November 23, 1992 against Lamar Williams. De La Hoya defeated Williams via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
De La Hoya became a world champion at the age of 21 after 11 professional fights. He challenged Jimmi Bredahl for the WBO super-featherweight title and stopped the champion in the 10th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the lightweight (WBO, IBF), super-lightweight (WBC), welterweight (WBC), super-welterweight (WBC, WBA, The Ring), and middleweight (WBO) divisions as well to become a six-division world champion.
De La Hoya's last fight was an 8th-round RTD loss to Manny Pacquiao at age 35, on December 6, 2008.
Some of Oscar De La Hoya's best fights have been against Pernell Whitaker (HOFer), Julio César Chávez (HOFer), John John Molina, Javier Castillejo, Ike Quartey, Rafael Ruelas, and Miguel Ángel González. For a complete list of De La Hoya's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Oscar De La Hoya".
De La Hoya has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Oscar De La Hoya Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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45 | Dec 06, 2008 | 35 | Manny Pacquiao 29 47-3-2 | loss | RTD 8 |
44 | May 03, 2008 | 35 | Steve Forbes 31 33-5 | win | UD 12 |
43 | May 05, 2007 | 34 | Floyd Mayweather Jr. 30 37-0 | loss | SD 12 |
42 | May 06, 2006 | 33 | Ricardo Mayorga 32 27-5-1 | win | TKO 6 |
41 | Sep 18, 2004 | 31 | Bernard Hopkins 39 44-2-1 | loss | KO 9 |
40 | Jun 05, 2004 | 31 | Felix Sturm 25 20-0 | win | UD 12 |
39 | Sep 13, 2003 | 30 | Shane Mosley 32 38-2 | loss | UD 12 |
38 | May 03, 2003 | 30 | Yori Boy Campas 31 80-5 | win | TKO 7 |
37 | Sep 14, 2002 | 29 | Fernando Vargas 24 22-1 | win | TKO 11 |
36 | Jun 23, 2001 | 28 | Javier Castillejo 33 51-4 | win | UD 12 |
35 | Mar 24, 2001 | 28 | Arturo Gatti 28 33-4 | win | TKO 5 |
34 | Jun 17, 2000 | 27 | Shane Mosley 28 34-0 | loss | SD 12 |
33 | Feb 26, 2000 | 27 | Derrell Coley 44 34-1-2 | win | KO 7 |
32 | Sep 18, 1999 | 26 | Félix Trinidad 26 35-0 | loss | MD 12 |
31 | May 22, 1999 | 26 | Oba Carr 27 48-2-1 | win | TKO 11 |
30 | Feb 13, 1999 | 26 | Ike Quartey 29 34-0-1 | win | SD 12 |
29 | Sep 18, 1998 | 25 | Julio César Chávez 36 100-2-2 | win | RTD 8 |
28 | Jun 13, 1998 | 25 | Patrick Charpentier 27 27-4-1 | win | TKO 3 |
27 | Dec 06, 1997 | 24 | Wilfredo Rivera 28 27-2-1 | win | TKO 8 |
26 | Sep 13, 1997 | 24 | Hector Camacho 35 63-3-1 | win | UD 12 |
25 | Jun 14, 1997 | 24 | David Kamau 31 28-1 | win | KO 2 |
24 | Apr 12, 1997 | 24 | Pernell Whitaker 33 40-1-1 | win | UD 12 |
23 | Jan 18, 1997 | 23 | Miguel Ángel González 26 41-0 | win | UD 12 |
22 | Jun 07, 1996 | 23 | Julio César Chávez 33 96-1-1 | win | TKO 4 |
21 | Feb 09, 1996 | 23 | Darryl Tyson 35 47-8-1 | win | KO 2 |
20 | Dec 15, 1995 | 22 | Jesse James Leija 29 30-1-2 | win | RTD 2 |
19 | Sep 09, 1995 | 22 | Genaro Hernández 29 32-0-1 | win | RTD 6 |
18 | May 06, 1995 | 22 | Rafael Ruelas 24 43-1 | win | TKO 2 |
17 | Feb 18, 1995 | 22 | John John Molina 29 36-3 | win | UD 12 |
16 | Dec 10, 1994 | 21 | John Avila | win | TKO 9 |
15 | Nov 18, 1994 | 21 | Carl Griffith | win | TKO 3 |
14 | Jul 29, 1994 | 21 | Jorge Páez 28 53-6-4 | win | KO 2 |
13 | May 27, 1994 | 21 | Giorgio Campanella | win | TKO 3 |
12 | Mar 05, 1994 | 21 | Jimmi Bredahl 26 16-0 | win | RTD 10 |
11 | Oct 30, 1993 | 20 | Narciso Valenzuela | win | KO 1 |
10 | Aug 27, 1993 | 20 | Angelo Nunez 26 10-4-3 | win | RTD 4 |
9 | Aug 14, 1993 | 20 | Renaldo Carter | win | TKO 6 |
8 | Jun 07, 1993 | 20 | Troy Dorsey | win | RTD 1 |
7 | May 08, 1993 | 20 | Frank Avelar | win | TKO 4 |
6 | Apr 06, 1993 | 20 | Mike Grable | win | UD 8 |
5 | Mar 13, 1993 | 20 | Jeff Mayweather 28 23-2-2 | win | TKO 4 |
4 | Feb 06, 1993 | 20 | Curtis Strong | win | TKO 4 |
3 | Jan 03, 1993 | 19 | Paris Alexander | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Dec 12, 1992 | 19 | Clifford Hicks | win | KO 1 |
1 | Nov 23, 1992 | 19 | Lamar Williams | win | KO 1 |