Oscar De La Hoya - Biography

Last Editor: cchapon				Oscar De La Hoya Biography -   Name : Oscar De La Hoya Profession : American boxer Birth Details : February 4, 1973 Height : 5' 10�" (1.79 m) Nickname : The Golden Boy Spouse : Millie Corretjer (5 October 2001 - present) 1 child

Oscar De La Hoya Trivia -

Has won world titles at the 130, 135, 140, 147 and 154 pounds weight classes. Was the only USA boxer to win a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics. Father, Joel, Sr., fought as a lightweight in Mexico. Named one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1997). Ranked #37 in Forbes Power List (2000). Record: 223-5 (amateur); 37-4-0 (pro; as of 18 September 2004) Album "Oscar De La Hoya" nominated for a Grammy. [2001] Married Millie Corretjer in a secret ceremony held at "El Invernino" in San Juan, Puerto Rico, attended by close family and friends. To ensure privacy, the couple was covered by a large sheet, according to a local newspaper. Corretjer's wedding ring reportedly weighs 9 karats and cost nearly $1 million dollars. [5 October 2001] Father of Atiana De La Hoya with Shanna Moakler. Ceremony held at City Hall by Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn declaring 2 October Oscar De La Hoya Day. [2 October 2002] On 29 June 2003, his son Devon and Devon's mother were reported missing, their car found parked at a Riverside, California shopping center. The two were found safe five days later. Donated $1 million for a new charter school in Boyle Heights, California to be named the Oscar De La Hoya Animo Charter High School. It is scheduled to open in August, 2003. Had three children with three different women in less than 14 months in 1998-1999: Jacob (b. February 18, 1998), Devon (b. November 30, 1998) and 'Atiana de la Hoya' (b. March 29, 1999). Son, Oscar Gabriel De La Hoya, was born on December 29, 2005 at 9lb 7oz.

Oscar De La Hoya Detailed Biography -

Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy — is a Mexican-American boxer who won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games and between 1997 and 1999, was regarded as the best pound for pound fighter in the world. He was the United States' top Olympic boxing hope when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She passed away at age 35. On her death bed, he promised her that he would win an olympic gold medal. De La Hoya signed for 1 million dollars with promoter Bob Arum. He went on to win world titles in 6 different weight divisions and beat former and current world champions Troy Dorsey (KO 1), Jimmy Bredahl, (KO 10), Jorge Paez, (KO 2), Genaro Hernandez (KO 6), John John Molina (W 12), Rafael Ruelas (KO 2), Julio Cesar Chavez (KO 4, KO 8), Miguel Angel Gonzalez (W 12), Jesse James Leija (KO 2), Pernell Whitaker (W 12), Hector 'Macho' Camacho (W 12), Ike Quartey (W 12), Arturo Gatti (KO 5), Francisco Javier Castillejo (W 12), and Fernando Vargas (KO 11). His only losses include a controversial split decision loss to Félix Trinidad and two decision losses to Shane Mosley. Oscar was stopped once in his entire career by the much largerBernard Hopkins (KO 9). De La Hoya is one of the favorite boxers of American cable channel HBO, where he currently produces a popular Spanish language boxing show called Boxeo de Oro. De La Hoya's interests outside the ring include architecture, acting, fashion designing, and singing. He designed his own house in Big Bear Lake, California, has a clothing line (BUM, or Boxing UniforMs) and released a Grammy nominated CD in October 2000, entitled "Oscar de la Hoya." It has 13 tracks. He married Puerto Rican singing superstar Millie Corretjer on October 5, 2001 and lives in Los Angeles and Puerto Rico. Their first child, Oscar Gabriel, was born on December 29, 2005 in Puerto Rico. De La Hoya has 3 other children: Jacob (b. February 18, 1998) by a woman whose identity is unknown; Devon (b. November 30, 1998) by former exotic dancer Angelique Desbrow; and Atiana Cecilia (b. March 29, 1999) by actress Shanna Moakler. On September 14, 2002, Oscar fought his most hated nemesis "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas. Vargas, looking incredibly ripped and muscular, towered over Oscar minutes before the fight. Rumors followed that he had been taking anabolic steroids. After fiercely competitive early rounds, Oscar seized control of the latter half of the fight. In round 11, De La Hoya dropped Vargas with a big left hook. Vargas got up at the count of nine, but De La Hoya finished him with a barrage of punches forcing the referee to stop the fight at 1:48 of round 11(TKO 11). It was later revealed that Vargas had tested positive for steroids in his post-fight drug test. On May 3, 2003, as part of the Cinco de Mayo festivities, he retained his WBC and WBA world junior middleweight championships, when the corner of his rival, former world champion Yori Boy Campas understood that Campas had taken too much punishment in round seven. They threw in the towel, indicating that they were giving up, and officially gave De La Hoya a seventh round knockout win. De La Hoya hurt his left hand in the process of defeating Campas. On September 13, he and former rival Mosley met once again, in Las Vegas, and Mosley once again took away De La Hoya's world title belts, with a 12 round unanimous decision over The Golden Boy. This decision was met with a great deal of controversy, as de la Hoya was seen by many as the better fighter that night. On February 9, 2004, the FBI announced it would investigate whether the rematch with Mosley had been fixed, placing Arum's promoting company, Top Rank, in the middle of a scandal that allegedly involved bribing the judges so they would score the fight for Mosley. No evidence of fixing was discovered. De La Hoya next challenged Felix Sturm for the WBO world middleweight title in June 2004. He won that fight by a disputed unanimous decision to become the first boxer in history to win world titles in 6 different weight divisions. After that, he hoped to unify that title with the three other world middleweight championships, held by Bernard Hopkins, on September 18. De La Hoya cancelled a contract with NBC to cover the Olympic Games in Athens so that he could fight Sturm, and later on, against Hopkins. Because of this, NBC has filed a lawsuit against him, asking for 30 million dollars. He lost to Hopkins by a ninth round knockout; a left hand to the body sent him to the canvas, knocking De La Hoya out for the first time in his career. Hopkins would later join De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, a boxing promotion firm. De La Hoya's record stands at 37 wins and 4 defeats, with 29 wins by knockout. In April 2005, De La Hoya and a Southern California real estate developer, Highridge Partners, formed a real estate investment partnership, named Golden Boy Partners, to invest in Latino neighborhoods. In September 2005, De La Hoya's wallet was stolen by a pickpocket. The wallet contained a $1 food stamp coupon, a reminder of his poverty-stricken childhood in east Los Angeles. De La Hoya is currently scheduled to face WBC world junior middleweight Ricardo Mayorga on May 6, 2006 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. On December 30, 2005, De La Hoya and Corretjer had their first child together. Oscar De La Hoya Jr. was born in Puerto Rico.