Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
Golden Boy Promotions head Oscar De La Hoya is tasked with developing and guiding the career for one the fastest rising stars in the sport in Ryan Garcia. Garcia (20-0, 17 KOs) is coming off back-to-back first-round knockouts of respectable contenders, and De La Hoya believes the sky's the limit for the 21-year-old.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya, 47-years-old, is the latest retired boxer to discuss the possibility of a ring return. De La Hoya, a former six division world champion, has been out of the ring since December of 2008 - when he was dominated and stopped in a one-sided fight with Manny Pacquiao.
Golden Boy Promotions is now prepared to pick up where it left off regarding its post-pandemic future. For now, it’s very good news for one of its rising stars while a sobering reality for another. An Independence Day card to have been presented by Golden Boy are no longer in play, with the California-based promotional company already committing to move in another direction. The July 4 show would have been headlined by unbeaten lightweight contender Ryan ‘KingRy’ Garcia (20-0, 17KOs), who publicly expressed his displeasure over the financial terms for such a show.
Adrien Broner has repeatedly demanded a $10 million payday in order to bring him out of his claimed retirement. That asking price appears to have been reduced thanks to a single social media reply from Oscar de la Hoya.
In a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya revealed that he received threats from a Mexican drug trafficker prior to his fight with Julio Cesar Chavez.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has fired back in a new war of words with UFC President Dana White. The two executives have been trading words since 2017, when De La Hoya was highly critical of a cross-sport pay-per-view boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and UFC superstar Conor McGregor.
The most fascinating subplot prior to the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight was whether Mayweather’s father would train De La Hoya for it. De La Hoya and Mayweather Sr. wanted to work together for what emerged as the most profitable fight in boxing history at that time. It would’ve made for one of the most surreal situations imaginable if Mayweather Sr. would’ve tried to help De La Hoya knock out his son, who was trained by his late uncle, Roger Mayweather.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya recently stated in an interview that it would take him no more than two rounds to eliminate UFC superstar Conor McGregor, if the two of them met in a boxing match.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has expanded on some of his recent statements, with respect to his relationship with Mexican superstar Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. Last year, there was a lot of tension between the two sides - with the situation erupting last November when Canelo publicly criticized his longtime promoter.
Oscar De La Hoya’s prediction is the same now as it was in 2017, when he first mentioned a boxing match between him and Conor McGregor. “Two rounds,” De La Hoya told Brian Campbell for the most recent episode of CBS Sports’ “State of Combat” podcast.