Oscar De La Hoya tops latest celebrity gossip
You can even find special newspaper columns that are dedicated to celebrities, discussing their lifestyle, hobbies, favorite food, pastime and all such stuff. Internet is one of the best sources to get all such details and that too at fast speed.
One such celebrity who is majorly being discussed is Oscar De La Hoya. Born & brought up in California, he is one of the top boxers present around the globe. This guy won a gold medal at Barcelona Olympic Games due to which his fans nick named him as "The Golden Boy".
Oscar has managed to defeat seventeen world champions and won ten world titles in six different weight classes. On top of it, at a tender age of thirty nine, he has managed to earn maximum money ever that has been generated by any other boxer in past history.
Oscar De La Hoya belongs to a family with boxing background which falls under one of the many reasons that attracted him to adopt boxing as a career. His grandfather was 1940's best amateur fighter while his father was a professional boxer of 1960's. Born on 4th February, 1973, he himself started his boxing practice at a tender age of six years.
He originally started his boxing in 1992 at Barcelona championship. After this, there has been no look back in his career. On 5 March, 1994, he managed to clinch junior lightweight championship title in WBO that is World Boxing Organization.
Outside the ring, Hoya is famous among his fans due to his perfect combination of physique as well as ravishing looks. He is an active participator in large charities plus, became first boxer to establish a nonprofit boxing foundation for aspiring youths in Los Angeles. He took voluntary retirement from boxing in April 2009. Currently, this celebrity is in high gossips due to him being a host along with Jesse James Leija in a boxing match which will be held between top rated middle weight contender Brain Vera & former world champion Sergio Mora for Nabo middleweight title. In order to get latest updates about him, stay tuned here.