Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American professional boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed The Golden Boy, De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from James A. Garfield High School.
De La Hoya was born in East Los Angeles, California, and comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr. and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers. De La Hoya was The Ring's Fighter of the Year in 1995 and Ring Magazine's top-rated Pound for Pound fighter in t...
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