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}} Oscar De La Hoya (born February 4, 1973)〔(Oscar De La Hoya: Biography from ). Answers.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.〕〔(Oscar De La Hoya Biography (Boxer) — ). Infoplease.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.〕 is a Mexican American former professional boxer. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics shortly after graduating from James A. Garfield High School. He was born in East Los Angeles, California, and comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr. and brother Joel Jr. were all boxers. De La Hoya was ''The Ring'' magazine's "Fighter of the Year" in 1995, and their top-rated pound for pound fighter in the world in 1997 and 1998. De La Hoya officially announced his retirement in 2009, after a professional career spanning sixteen years. As a professional, De La Hoya defeated 17 world champions and won ten world titles in six different weight classes.〔(ESPN Deportes Unveils List of 'Next Hispanic Athletes' ). Hispanicprwire.com (2007-03-20). Retrieved on 2012-05-19.〕〔(Oscar De La Hoya ). Boxrec.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.〕 He has also generated approximately $700 million in pay-per-view income making him the top pay-per-view earner before being surpassed by Floyd Mayweather, Jr.. In 2002, he founded Golden Boy Promotions, a combat sport promotional firm. He is the first American of Mexican descent to own a national boxing promotional firm and one of the few boxers to take on promotional responsibilities while still active.〔(:: Golden Boy Promotions Inc. :: ) 〕 == Amateur career == De La Hoya's amateur career included 234 wins, 163 by knockout, and six losses. Of those six losses, two came at the hands of Shane Mosley.〔("Sugar" Shane Mosley ). Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.〕 In 1989, he won the National Golden Gloves title in the bantamweight division. In 1990, at the age of 17, he won the U.S. National Championship at featherweight and was the youngest U.S. boxer at that year’s Goodwill Games, winning a gold medal. The joy of victory was tempered by the news that his mother, Cecilia, was terminally ill with breast cancer. She died in October 1990, expressing the hope that her son would one day become an Olympic gold medalist. With the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona approaching, De La Hoya turned his mother's dream into a strong focus for his training. After an upset victory in the first round over the Mexican boxer Julio Gonzalez, De La Hoya defeated German boxer Marco Rudolph to win gold. The U.S. media publicized his quest to fulfill his mother's dying wish and dubbed him with the nickname "The Golden Boy", which has remained with him throughout his career.〔(Boxing: Fighters: Bio: OSCAR DE LA HOYA ). HBO. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.〕〔(Gale – Free Resources – Hispanic Heritage – Biographies – Oscar De La Hoya ). Gale.cengage.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-19.〕〔(Oscar de la Hoya is as Good as Gold | SUCCESS Magazine | What Achievers Read ). SUCCESS Magazine. Retrieved on 2012-05-19. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oscar De La Hoya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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