JAKARTA - Oscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent who was born February 4, 1973 in East Los Angeles, California.
De La Hoya was nicknamed The Golden Boy by the media when he represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics where, shortly after graduating from James A. Garfield High School, he won the gold medal in the lightweight division.
His meteoric rise as a professional boxer came after he beat Jorge Paez to earn his first belt, the WBO lightweight title.
In 1996 he faced the biggest challenge of his career at the time, when he agreed to face Mexican boxing legend Julio Cesar Chavez, but he proved the doubters wrong and won in impressive fashion.
A year later he would beat fellow Olympic gold medalist Pernell Whittaker, cementing his place as the best pound for pound boxer in the world.
The Golden Boy was also named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine in 1995, and is the world's top-ranked fighter.
He announced his retirement as a boxer in 2009, after a professional career spanning 16 years.
De La Hoya went on to become the founder and president of Golden Boy Promotions, a successful boxing and martial arts promotion company that continues to earn him a lot of money.
The Golden Boy has an estimated net worth of US$200 million (Rp29.97 trillion).
Forbes estimates that De La Hoya made more than $500 million as a boxer and earned around $700 million in pay-per-view earnings, making him a top payer. top per view before losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao.
This established De La Hoya as one of the most popular boxers of his generation.
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