Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
IBF middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin has warned Oscar De La Hoya to pursue another comeback opponent. In a recent interview with BoxingScene.com, the 47-year-old former six division champion De Le Hoya explained that he would be more than willing to snap a 12-year retirement by facing Golovkin.
A few months ago, former six division world champion Oscar De La Hoya revealed his desire to return to the ring. Ever since he made those statements, countless boxers have raised their hands to fight him - especially several of his former opponents. And now another of his former opponents, former junior middleweight champion, Fernando Vargas, raised his hand to face De La Hoya in the ring.
Former two division world champion Felix Sturm (40-5-3) makes his comeback on December 19th in Hamburg, Germany on a card being staged by Universum Box-Promotions.
By Dan Rafael - Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is ready to plow ahead in the wake of Canelo Alvarez, boxing’s No. 1 star, leaving his company last month. The way De La Hoya sees things he has rebuilt Golden Boy in the past and believes he is well positioned to do it again. De La Hoya was referring to when Al Haymon made a deal with then-Golden Boy...
Welterweight contender Vergil Ortiz Jr., the explosive 2019 prospect of the year, has been moving up the ladder at quick pace and his promoter, Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya, believes he is ready to face the best the division has to offer.
As Oscar De La Hoya, who has not fought since 2008, continues training and planning to come out of retirement there has been much discussion about who might serve as the Golden Boy’s comeback opponent.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is planning an exotic location to host his company’s next event, which is scheduled to be headlined by rising lightweight star Ryan Garcia taking on Luke Campbell for a vacant interim world title.
They were born 62 days apart in 1973. They debuted 16 days apart in 1992. And they won championships on the very same day – May 6 – in 2006. So it’s no surprise Jose Antonio Rivera feels a particular connection to Oscar De La Hoya. A connection so strong, in fact, that he’d still like to pick a fight with him.
Golden Boy CEO Oscar De La Hoya believes he deserves a lot of credit for building Canelo Alvarez, his recently departed signee, into the box office star he is today. To the extent that De La Hoya has been the promoter for Alvarez in every major fight of his career, that claim is difficult to dispute.
Oscar De La Hoya is choosing to look on the sunny side of life after cutting ties with longtime client Canelo Alvarez in what has been perhaps the most high-profile boxing break-up in recent memory. The head of Golden Boy Promotions recently came to an amicable separation agreement with Alvarez, the biggest North American draw in the sport, after Alvarez sued De La Hoya, Golden Boy, and broadcast partner DAZN for breach of contract back in September. De La Hoya and Alvarez have been openly feuding for more than a year and it was widely believed that the relationship was not salvageable. Eddie Reynoso, the longtime trainer of Alvarez, will now handle all promotional-related endeavors for his charge.