Oscar De La Hoya: record, next fight and profile →
If it is not broke, why fix it? The 'L.A. Fight Club' series has been a success in the two years of existence and promoter Oscar De La Hoya plans to continue the popular series. Golden Boy Promotions will return to the famed Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles on February 3, commencing the 2017 series.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya confirms that his star fighter, Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez (48-1-1, 34KOs), could very well face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (49-2-1, 32KOs) is a Mexican mega-fight.
Oscar de la Hoya was invited as a special guest on Wednesday’s edition of ESPN2’s “First Take”, a sports talk segment hosted by Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman. Such appearances are common during the week of big fights, and the platform at least allowed the Hall of Fame former six-division titlist and founder of Golden Boy Promotions to discuss the event.
Jermall Charlo made quite the statement in stopping the highly regarded Julian Williams in five rounds this past Saturday night at the Galen Center on the campus of USC on Showtime.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is shaking his head after watching Billy Joe Saunders (24-0, 12 KOs) retain his world title this past weekend. In his first fight since capturing the WBO middleweight world title last December from Any Lee, Saunders struggled to win a twelve round unanimous decision over unknown contender Artur Akavov (16-2, 7 KOs).
Oscar De La Hoya has quite a different perspective on the Sergey Kovalev-Bernard Hopkins fight than most people who watched it. Kovalev, then undefeated, dominated a 49-year-old Hopkins during their 12-round light heavyweight championship unification fight two years ago in Atlantic City. Hopkins, whose chin has been one of his greatest strengths throughout his Hall-of-Fame career, suffered a first-round knockdown against Kovalev, who won their bout by huge margins on all three scorecards at Boardwalk Hall (120-106, 120-107, 120-107).
Two-division former world champion and Future Hall of Famer Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins (Right) is presented with an award by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney on December 5, 2016 in Philadelphia prior to Hopkins 12-round fight for the WBC International Light Heavyweight title against hard-hitting Light Heavyweight contender Joe Smith, Jr. from Los Angeles' iconic Fabulous Forum on Saturday, December 17 to be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing®. Photos by Jeff Fusco/Hoganphotos.
If you thought Oscar De La Hoya was finished finding overmatched opponents for Canelo Alvarez to fight, you might be wrong. De La Hoya told a TMZ.com reporter outside a Los Angeles restaurant Thursday night that the Mexican superstar “will beat Conor McGregor’s ass.” De La Hoya, Alvarez’s promoter, was referring to the UFC’s McGregor being approved by the California State Athletic Commission for a boxing license earlier this week.
Vasyl Lomachenko successfully defended his WBO junior lightweight title, winning when Nicholas Walters was unable to continue after seven rounds Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan.
BoxingScene.com and a small group of members of the media caught up with Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum to get his take on a variety of topics. One of which was Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya's recent proclamation that 2016 was a terrible year for boxing.