Great skills, clean technology, talent and a good blow, the characteristics of the beginning of “Oscar’s career, which had its first great victory against Julio César Chávez, one of the best Mexican fighter right now. The spectacular victory in the Golden Boy confidence between the weight-average, making it the third boxer (total 4) for the inclusion of six times champion in different categories; old De La Hoya and Thomas Hearns were Héctor Camacho, and following James Toney.
Since September 1999, after winning 31 in a row a big test for Oscar de la Hoya designed to work with Tito Trinidad, also had an unbeaten record. The hard battle in which none of the combatants were extended to 12 Round and after the decision of the judges, the Mexican-American boxer suffered its first defeat. Since then, the professional lives of the best ever, would be ups and downs.
The desire, the last fighter in the middle, the Golden Boy in search of revenge for which he was beaten 3 years before (2000), by Shane Mosley in order to overcome the Hispanics strikes and free him for the second time.
Since its last meeting with the “Sugar” Mosley in 2003 and until today, the outcome of his fights have either about fame and failure. The were caught with Felix Sturm and Ricardo Mayorga Steven Forges, after the defeat against Bernard Hopkins who lost the chance to win the title of King of the media in 2004 after Floyd Mayweather Jr., in his last fight against on 6 Dec 2008 the filipino Manny Pacquiao, WBC Lightweight Champion, due to their smaller size and weight, was seen as the potential loser.
Pacquiao controlled the fight most of the time with very good movements and many powerful hits, courageously punish their rivals that do not show a promising future.
In the last 4 years, the Golden Boy has twice resigned the boxing world. The first time was subsequently extended to the congestion, he of “Running” Hopkins frustration and held it for almost 2 years the second time was in 2007, but this time the break was not much time for De La Hoya, to keep the ring just one year.
Currently, the rumors say the 35-year-old boxer will, at least the professional fights, especially after believing that their physical condition is not as good as before, which was very evident, while the competition with Manny “Goliath “Pacquiao.