What made De La Hoya such a big draw?

[BOLLOCKS]

Gold Medal, Mexican-Yank, Good Looks, Entertaining style.

[ShermanKlump]

His popularity certainly wasn't due to his boxing ability.

what a dumb *****! You must have just started watching boxing...you were probably watching power rangers when oscar was at his best, that explains why alot of ignorant muthaf-kers diss him the way they do.

[-Swizzy-]

one word: women

[boxing2106]

the guy had it all......mostly the looks got him by nd with evry women.. my mom thinks hes attractive and all my ex's too

[- v e t -]

I mean seriously, biggest non-heavyweight draw. After a fighter fights De La Hoya, that boxer became a big PPV attraction, like Pacman and PBF. It's like he said it in one of the 24/7 episodes, "If you don't fight Oscar, you never been in the big stage." So, what makes him such a big attraction?

duh

he was the golden boy!

[Exhaust Depot]

My main thing was that he did not talk trash, was humble in and out of the ring. Helped many unfortunates in the street too.

[MR. V]

.Good looks
.Olympic Gold Medallist (so people already knew him before he turned pro)
.Ability to speak both Spanish and English (appealed to ordinary Americans because he was born and raised there, appealed to Spanish speaking peoples because he spoke their language)
.Very devastating and exciting fighter early in his career
.Nice guy, well spoken, fairly articulate
.Was marketed brilliantly by Top Rank early in his career

all those points are true, but he left one out:

-he always took on all comers alwayings wanting to fite only the best.

[Zuma]

Very nice analysis from everyone.