Oscar De La Hoya Boxing News

By Jason Kim: During Saturday night’s HBO Mayweather-Ortiz 24/7 espisode 1 special, Floyd Mayweather Jr. angrily taunted his father Floyd Mayweather Sr., saying that Oscar De La Hoya left him in the past. The whole argument seemed petty, as they were arguing about which Mayweather brother – Roger or Floyd Sr. – was responsible for [...]

By Chris Williams: For those who care about Oscar De La Hoya news, the 38-year-old former Olympic Gold Medalist and six-time world champion says he won’t be staging a comeback. There had been rumors that De La Hoya was looking to make a comeback but it looks like it’s just another one of those false [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter of IBF bantamweight champion Abner Mares (22-0, 13 KO’s), believes that Mares deserved to get the decision over Joseph Agbeko (28-3, 22 KO’s) last Saturday night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Dan Ambrose: Floyd Mayweather Sr is under the impression that 38-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) is considering making a comeback and Mayweather, who previously trained him in the past, would like to train him for his comeback.

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 25 KO’s) matchup with WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) on September is quickly approaching and once again Golden Boy’s Oscar De La Hoya has the strategy to beat Mayweather.

By Eric Thomas: Promoter Oscar De La Hoya claims to possess the formula to beat undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr and will be passing that knowledge on to Golden Boy Promotions fighter WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 KO’s) for his September 17th fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr (41-0, 25 KO’s) in their mega fight [...]

By Gerardo Granados: It is quite difficult to grade the skills and talent of so many great American fighters, even if you try to name the top three greatest of the modern era fighters who did not fought before 1943 up to the current fighters you will find it difficult to agree in such a [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Promoter Oscar De La Hoya says he would make a fight between his fighter WBC junior middleweight champion Saul Alvarez (37-0-1, 27 KO’s) and unbeaten Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (43-0-1, 30 KO’s) in a second if the fight were to take place at 154 lbs. It’s hard to disagree with De La [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): In an article in the Philippines Inquirer Times on Wednesday evening, June 1, it was reported that Pound for Pound King Manny Pacquiao has settled a defamation lawsuit against Oscar De La Hoya, Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer and Golden Boy Promotions itself. The case against Floyd Mayweather, His [...]

LOS ANGELES (May 31, 2011) — Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit against Richard Schaefer and Oscar de la Hoya on confidential terms. In connection with the dismissal, Mr. Schaefer and Mr. De la Hoya made the following statement:

By Jack Dutton: Retired boxing legend Oscar “The Golden Boy” De La Hoya, who thwarted champions the likes of Julio Caesar Chavez and Arturo Gatti in the ring, now squares up to his latest opponent: drugs & drink in the squared circle of an addiction rehabilitation centre. Stating, “I recognize that there are certain issues [...]

LOS ANGELES (April 20, 2011) –Undefeated WBC Silver Bantamweight Champion Abner Mares and two-division titleholder Vic Darchinyan participated in an open media workout Tuesday at Westside Boxing Gym with Oscar de la Hoya, president of Golden Boy Promotions/ Mares’ promoter in attendance.

By Eric Thomas: Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions acknowledges that Ireland’s Paul McCloskey (22-1, 12 KO’s) deserves to get a rematch with WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (25-1, 17 KO’s) after their fight last weekend was stopped prematurely in the 6th round after McCloskey, 31, was cut from a head clash [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya, the promoter for WBA light welterweight champion Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KO’s), sees the British fighter not only winning tonight against Paul McCloskey (22-0, 12 KO’s) at the M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, England, but then moving up in weight and winning titles in five weight classes. De La [...]

ARLINGTON, VA. (March 15, 2011) – Olympic Gold Medalist and former Ten-Time World Champion in six weight divisions who turned USO veteran, Oscar de la Hoyatouched down stateside today following a whirlwind seven-day USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour to Kuwait and Iraq.

By William Mackay: Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya believes that WBA Super World light welterweight champion can not only be one of the best fighters in the light welterweight division but one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the entire world. This comes after Khan had to struggle to get a win [...]

By Rod Bautista: Photo credit Zanfer boxing – Nonito Donaire’s destruction Saturday night of former bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel has caused quite the stir in the boxing world. Many fans and scribes who were waiting for Donaire’s response to his first serious test in the boxing ring definitely got their answer.

By Dan Ambrose: #1 ranked WBC middleweight contender and current WBC Silver middleweight title holder Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (42-0-1, 30 KO’s) wants to face 38-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) next after reading De La Hoya’s comments he made about Chavez in his twitter account, according to fightnews.com. De La Hoya happened [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Oscar De La Hoya didn’t like what he saw of last weekend’s light welterweight clash between champions Devon Alexander (21-1, 13 KO’s) and Timothy Bradley (27-0, 11 KO’s), calling it a disappointing fight to watch. The fight has received a great deal of negative comments from boxing fans and sports writers because [...]

By Gerardo Granados: The “Golden Boy” Oscar De la Hoya against Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Duran fighting at lightweight for the World title. This fight might resemble the brawl in Montreal in a few aspects, as both De la Hoya and Leonard were Olympic gold medalists, that the height and reach are very similar, and [...]

By Dave Lahr: Boxing great Oscar De La Hoya believes Floyd Mayweather Jr. (41-0, 25 KO’s) would have too much talent for little Manny Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KO’s) if they were to fight. Speaking on his twitter page, De La Hoya said “There is no doubt in my mind Mayweather beats Pacquiao. Styles make fights. [...]

By James Brown: The names circling boxing right now the most are names such as: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Manny Pacquiao. These two have become the most well known names in boxing over the years and are heralded as the best of this generation.

By Jason Kim: Former six division world champion Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KO’s) doesn’t plan on making a comeback, according to news from Dan Rafael on his twitter. Responding to rumors that the 37-year-old De La Hoya was considering making a comeback, Rafael says he asked De La Hoya if it were true [...]

By William Mackay: WBA heavyweight champion David Haye (25-1, 23 KO’s) wants his proposed fight with IBF/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (55-3, 49 KO’s) to take place at the Wembley Stadium, in England. However, Haye is going to have to let go of that dream if he wants the honor of being able to fight [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Despite looking terrible in the last three rounds of Amir Khan’s close 12 round unanimous decision win over Marcos Maidana last Saturday night, Khan’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya has already proclaimed Khan as the best fighter in the light welterweight division even though Khan still hasn’t fought the winner of the [...]

By Jason Kim: The rumor that’s been circulating around about Oscar De La Hoya coming back to fight Ricky Hatton has now been declared false by none other than De La Hoya himself. The rumor started this past week coming from an English news site, who reported that Robert Diaz, the matchmaker for Golden Boy [...]

By Tommy Graves: The offer was made to the mancunian during Haye v Harrison fight week in Manchester by an executive of Golden Boy promotions, Robert Diaz.

By Gerardo Granados: Both fighting at welterweight, young and hungry for glory, fame and money. This fight would set PPV records. Yeah sure, this two warriors belong to different eras (but still both are modern era fighters) and as usual the young boxing fans did not get the chance to watch Leonard engage with other [...]

By Sam Singh: Following my recent article on measuring Joe Calzaghe against all time (available at: http://www.boxingnews24.com/2010/10/joe-calzaghe-measured-against-all-time), I feel compelled as an avid boxing spectator to review the career of Oscar De La Hoya, and, in doing so, voice my firm support for his achievements.

HBO SPORTS® TO REPLAY OSCAR DE LA HOYA VS. SHANE MOSLEY 2000 ON HBO®2 AS A SPECIAL PREVIEW TO THE UPCOMING MOSLEY VS. MORA PAY-PER-VIEW EVENT Sept. 8, 2010 – Leading up to the junior middleweight showdown featuring Sugar Shane Mosley and Sergio Mora – set for Saturday, Sept. 18 and broadcast live on HBO [...]