Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya warns that former IBF middleweight world champion David Lemieux (39-4, 33 KOs) can not afford another defeat, when he faces Ireland's Gary “Spike” O’Sullivan (28-2, 20 KOs). The contest will take place on September 15, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Oscar De La Hoya doesn’t pay Gennady Golovkin’s marketing campaign any mind. Much has been made about the Kazakh knockout artist’s “Mexican style” in recent years, more than ever since his controversial draw with Canelo Alvarez last September. The undefeated middleweight champion’s seek-and-destroy approach has endeared him to boxing fans from various countries, but promoting his “Mexican style” has targeted a particularly large, loyal demographic that follows the sport.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya feels very confident that Saul "Canelo" Alvarez will make the proper adjustments to unseat IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin. The two boxers will collided for a second time on September 15th from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
As BoxingScene.com previously reported, IBO, WBC, WBA middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (38-0-1, 34 KOs) will attempt to snap the defense record of division great Bernard Hopkins, when the undefeated beltholder steps in the ring to defend his titles against Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.
Oscar De La Hoya isn’t worried that this clenbuterol controversy will permanently damage Canelo Alvarez’s legacy. Alvarez has encountered considerable backlash since the Nevada State Athletic Commission suspended him six months for twice testing positive for clenbuterol in February. Those failed tests caused the cancelation of his middleweight championship rematch against Gennady Golovkin on May 5 and created doubt about whether Alvarez has been a clean fighter during his ascent to superstardom.
Hall of Famer 'Sugar' Shane Mosley has faced a who's who of fighters in the span of his career. Two fighters that he faced in particular were Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Oscar De La Hoya Video Interview - HBO Sports returns to the vibrant junior middleweight division when one of 2018’s breakout stars defends his crown for the first time on HBO BOXING AFTER DARK: JAIME MUNGUIA VS. LIAM SMITH AND ALBERTO MACHADO VS. RAFAEL MENSAH, presented SATURDAY, JULY 21 at 10:00 p.m. (live ET/tape-delayed PT) from the Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas. (photos by Tom Hogan/Hogan Photos)
Oscar De La Hoya hopes Lucas Matthysse can beat Manny Pacquiao on Sunday. Matthysse’s promoter suspects, though, that Matthysse can only successfully defend his WBA world welterweight title by knockout. If their 12-round, 147-pound championship bout goes the distance, De La Hoya figures Pacquiao will win because even at an advanced age, the 39-year-old Filipino southpaw will be too busy for Matthysse to out-point him.
Juan Manuel Marquez has resisted the temptation for more than five years to fight Manny Pacquiao yet again. Count Oscar De La Hoya among those that hopes Mexico’s Marquez changes his mind. De La Hoya “would love” to see a fifth fight between Marquez and Pacquiao, who’ll challenge Lucas Matthysse for the WBA world welterweight title Sunday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao is facing what could be the final opponent of his long career, when he returns on Sunday [Saturday in the United States] against Lucas “The Machine” Matthysse for the World Boxing Association "regular" welterweight belt. Pacquiao, 39, is getting close to the end of his career and he's coming off a July 2017 decision loss to 2012 Australian Olympian Jeff Horn.