Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
Brazilian southpaw Patrick Teixeira (31-1, 22 KOs) captured the interim WBO Junior Middleweight World Championship with a unanimous decision victory against Dominican contender Carlos Adames (18-1, 14 KOs) at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and live on ESPN+.
LAS VEGAS – In some ways, Ryan Garcia reminds Oscar De La Hoya of himself when he was Garcia’s age. De La Hoya had a lot of doubters, too, in part due to his good looks, disproportionately female fan base and complete confidence. The 46-year-old De La Hoya, whose company promotes Garcia, considers Garcia’s first-round knockout of Romero Duno the first significant step in the polarizing prospect proving himself to skeptics that think he is an overhyped fighter benefitting from his significant social media following.
Canelo Alvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev is now history. On Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Canelo moved up by two full weight classes to score an eleventh round knockout over Sergey Kovalev to capture the WBO light heavyweight title.
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez and Oscar De La Hoya don’t have the close relationship they once had. That didn’t prevent Alvarez’s promoter from continuing to tout his fighter’s greatness Saturday night. After watching Alvarez knock out WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev in the 11th round at MGM Grand Garden Arena, “The Golden Boy” declared Alvarez the best boxer, pound-for-pound, in the sport. De La Hoya contended during a post-fight press conference at MGM Grand that Alvarez (53-1-2, 36 KOs) has surpassed anything Vasiliy Lomachenko and Terence Crawford have accomplished.
UFC President Dana White admits he was absolutely shocked when he received an unexpected call last night from executives representing the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The MGM Grand was hosting the light heavyweight bout between Canelo Alvarez and Sergey Kovalev, which was being staged by Golden Boy Promotions and streamed live by DAZN.
LAS VEGAS – Canelo Alvarez didn’t even acknowledge longtime promoter Oscar De La Hoya as they sat side-by-side throughout a press conference Wednesday at MGM Grand for his fight against Sergey Kovalev. The Mexican icon didn’t want to discuss De La Hoya or their relationship, either. When asked about comments he made to The Athletic in a story posted Wednesday, Alvarez declined to elaborate on what he said.
As one of the biggest fights of his career approaches, there is still a lot of tension between Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez and his longtime promoter, Golden Boy Promotions. On Saturday night, Canelo will go for his fourth divisional belt when he moves up by two full weight classes to challenge WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya has denied the claims being pursued in a lawsuit recently filed in L.A. County Superior Court, by a woman using the alias of "Jane Doe" to protect her identity. The Hall of Famer is alleged to have sexually assaulted and battered her in 2017, according to lawsuit documents obtained by TMZ.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is being sued by a woman who claims the Hall of Famer sexually assaulted and battered her in 2017, according to lawsuit documents obtained by TMZ. The woman filed the suit in L.A. County Superior Court using the alias of "Jane Doe" to protect her identity.
Demetrius Andrade understandably didn’t take kindly to Canelo Alvarez demeaning him during a conference call Thursday. Alvarez criticized the unbeaten WBO middleweight champion’s level of competition and called him “very boring” when asked during that conference call about boxing Andrade. It didn’t take Andrade long to fire back at Alvarez through his Twitter account Thursday. Andrade blasted Alvarez for ducking him, and mocked the Mexican superstar and his promoter, Oscar De La Hoya.