What makes a Golden Boy?

[DANGER13]

well also because he is mexican-american he has a great fan base...
he got the American fan base as he repped the US in the olympics, had the mexican-american fan base, and the mexican fans. he speaks perfect english, and good enough spanish. he pretty much fought all the great fighters of his era around his weight (exception of winky, which could still happen)
and is a humble, kool guy

[DANGER13]

and there will never be another like tha golden boi...
i dont see none of the current fighters who have the swagger of DE LA HOYA..
the closet thing would be MIGUEL COTTO, i think he'll be the next big star, but not clearly as big as the golden boi...

[-Hyperion-]

me and my brother are probably oscar's only mexican fans lol, he's hated down here.....his fan base is mostly american and "mexican"-american

[Max_E_Padd]

you must be racist then.oscar is a great fighter regardless of where he comes from.hes fought the best,beaten the best,and got robbed against mayweather.anybody who saw that fight and thought floyd won must have the eyesight of a one eye gopher stuck in a rabbit hole.

[Round 1]

me and my brother are probably oscar's only mexican fans lol, he's hated down here.....("mexican"-americans are obviously not included in this statement...)

I'm a fan of Oscar too.

[-Hyperion-]

I'm a fan of Oscar too.

cool i meant there arent many of us, lol, almost evryone here in mexico hates him...

[Round 1]

cool i meant there arent many of us, lol, almost evryone here in mexico hates him...

Probably for beating Chavez twice, I don't blame them tho, Chavez was a real icon.

[-Hyperion-]

Probably for beating Chavez twice, I don't blame them tho, Chavez was a real icon.

i pity them because most of them didnt even see the fights, they're just jealous oscar is a rich pretty boy....pretty sad if you ask me...

[juancho]

i think he's no longer able to sell like is expected to,but damn did he have a good run, funny how who ever beat him didn't get any of his marketability

[Fighting Pride]

3.) He is an American, lighter skinned gold medalist. People can say people arent racist but the fact of the matter is no one has gotten more exposure for being an olympic gold medalist than this guy. He is appealing to white american eye (majority).

What about Sugar Ray Leonard? He didn't make as much money (might have if he came up in DLH's era), but he was definately a bigger household name than Oscar De La Hoya. It's got more to do with their charisma, their charm and personality. Both are well spoken and respectful infront of the camera. And coming up, through the gold medal into the pros, they had exciting styles. Everyone wanted to see them.

And then they each had their big fights, which exposed them to bigger and bigger audiences each time. Fans liked what they saw and kept coming back. I was one of them. I heard of this new exciting sensation who had won the gold in Barcelona and was on a quest for greatness in the pros and was interested to see him in the ring. I saw some of his fights and watched him massacre the great Julio Cesar Chavez and he's been my favorite fighter ever since. I became a massive boxing fan because of it. Before I only knew about Tyson's big fights and then his comeback and didn't know much else besides maybe that Chavez had an amazing record and that was it.