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Oscar De La Hoya
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Oscar De La Hoya was six years old when he first began to box. "My brother, Joel Jr., put a pair on me and the other pair on one of my cousins," Oscar recalled. " Then he yelled 'Time!' immediately, I covered my cheeks with the gloves." "The next thing I knew — wham — the first punch is a left jab that goes between my gloves and lands smack on my nose!" Oscar De La Hoya ran home, crying every step of the way.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya are winners. They always have been. Yes, De La Hoya has lost a few, but on the whole he's been profoundly successful and will be rewarded for that success (beyond what he's earned already, which is considerable), with induction into the Boxing Hall of Fame the moment he's eligible. Though less commercially successful, Mayweather is at least as accomplished in the ring, and in fact has not yet suffered the indignity of cashing a check in compensation for having lost a prizefight. He ... is a certain future Hall of Fame member.
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Oscar De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) fights Ricardo Mayorga (28-5-1, 23 KOs) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on HBO PPV this coming Saturday May 6 at 9pm EST / 6pm PST. De La Hoya is coming off a 20 month layoff since his 9th round TKO loss to Bernard Hopkins. There has been some very heated exchanges between these 2 fighters and the animosity seems sincere. Oscar is looking to get by Mayorga and then have a final showdown against his trainer's son, Floyd Mayweather Jr. But he has to beat the dangerous, powerful and tough Mayorga first.
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Brian Boitano, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Oscar De La Hoya and David Robinson head a list of 18 finalists announced Wednesday for the United States Olympic Hall of Fame. The public will select six inductees.Boitano won the gold medal in men’s figure skating in 1988. In 1984, Samuelson won the first Olympic marathon for women. De La Hoya won boxing’s lightweight gold medal in 1992 and Robinson basketball gold medals in 1992 and 1996.The other individual finalists are Greg Barton (kayak),...
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Oscar De La Hoya was born on February 4, 1973 in East Los Angeles, California. His parents had immigrated to the United States from Mexico. De La Hoya's family was poor when he was growing up. His father, Joel Sr., worked as a warehouse clerk for a heating and cooling company and his mother, Cecilia, was a seamstress. De La Hoya had two siblings--an older brother named Joel Jr. and a younger sister, Ceci.
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Coming up in the amateur boxing circuit in Los Angeles, Oscar won the Olympic gold medal for boxing at the age of 19. After he turned pro, he went on to win five world boxing titles in five different weight classes. Nominated for a grammy for his single "Ven a Mi".
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