Saturday, November 3, 2007

Career

On November 23, 1992, De La Hoya made his professional debut. He won titles in 5 different weight divisions including lightweight, super lightweight, welterweight, junior middleweight and middlewieght. He also beat former and current world champions Troy Dorsey (TKO 1), Jorge Paez (KO 2), Genaro Hernandez (TKO 6), John John Molina (W 12), Rafael Ruelas (TKO 2), Julio César Chávez (TKO 4, TKO 8), Miguel Angel Gonzalez (W 12), Jesse James Leija (TKO 2), Pernell Whitaker, Hector "Macho" Camacho (W 12), Ike Quartey (W 12), Arturo Gatti (TKO 5), Javier Castillejo (W 12), and Fernando Vargas (TKO 11). His losses include a majority-decision loss to Félix Trinidad and two decision losses to Shane Mosley, a split-decision, and a unanimous decision and a split decision to Floyd Mayweather Jr. He has been knocked out once in his career by Bernard Hopkins (KO 9). [1]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_de_la_Hoya

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