However, in the year , he got a wonderful opportunity to fight against the strong opponent Julio Cesar Chavez. Ultimately, this match proved his caliber and elevated him to next level in his career path. Oscar is been rated at various levels such as Super featherweight, Light Weight, Light welterweight, Welterweight, Light middleweight, and Middleweight.
As a matter of fact, Hoya has got a dual citizenship — American as well as Mexican. As a whole, he has performed in a total of 45 fights among which he could win 39 fights which tend to be an outstanding achievement. Before going pro, De La Hoya had a successful amateur boxing career. He had wins and only six losses.
He debuted as a professional in the super-featherweight division, and while at this weight, he defeated Jimmy Bredahl to earn the WBO Super Featherweight title. He later had similar success in the lightweight, light-welterweight, welterweight, and light-middleweight divisions.
Unfortunately, while challenging middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins , De La Hoya was knocked out for the first time in his career, losing the match.
After a few other famous fights, De La Hoya retired. He is 48 years old. His amateur career included wins — by knockout, and six losses.
Of those six losses, two were to Shane Mosley. In , he won the National Golden Gloves title in the bantamweight division. In , at age 17, he won the U. National Championship at featherweight and was the youngest U. The joy of victory was tempered by the news that his mother, Cecilia Gonzales De La Hoya November 22, — October 28, , was terminally ill with breast cancer. She died that October, expressing the hope that her son would one day become an Olympic gold medalist.
As a boxer, he competed from to , winning multiple world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championship in three weight classes. He is ranked as the 13th best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by BoxRec. He won of his amateur boxing matches and was the National Golden Gloves bantamweight champion. In his twelfth professional fight, he won his first world title at age 20, stopping Jimmy Bredahl 16—0 in the tenth round to win the WBO super featherweight title.
He defended the title once, stopping Giorgio Campanella 20—0 in three rounds. Rudolph had been the only fighter to defeat him in the last several years, adding drama. The U. De La Hoya was named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year in , and was its top-rated fighter in the world, pound for pound, in and We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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