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"Oscar De La Hoya" is a retired Mexican American professional boxing/boxer. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy," De La Hoya won a Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics/gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics/Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School (Los Angeles County, California)/James A. Garfield High School.

De La Hoya 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)/The Ring's "Fighter of the Year" in 1995 and Ring Magazine's top-rated Pound for Pound fighter in the world in 1997 & 1998. De La Hoya officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference held in Los Angeles on April 14, 2009.

De La Hoya has defeated 17 world champions and has won ten world titles in six different weight class (boxing)/weight classes. He has also generated more money than any other boxer in the history of the sport, an estimated to about roughly over $700 million pay-per-view income.

De La Hoya founded Golden Boy Promotions, a combat sport promotional firm. He is the first American of Hispanic and Latino Americans/Hispanic descent to own a national boxing promotional firm and one of the few boxers to take on promotional responsibilities while still active.