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Oscar De La Hoya may play dumb at times, but he knew exactly what he was doing when he sent this tweet on Saturday evening: Who's fighting? I just turned it on and they are saying top rank has good undercards. What do u think? — Oscar De La …
Oscar De La Hoya is out of rehab after completing a 90-day stint at Cliffside Malibu, according to a report. FOX News reported on Thursday that the former boxing star and current promoter was released about two weeks ago. De La Hoya announced in …
Floyd Mayweather Jr. does not think highly of Oscar De La Hoya. That’s nothing new. But it was still a little surprising to see the undefeated boxer take a jab at the Golden Boy by re-posting a boxing meme to his Instagram account on Monday. …
Oscar De La Hoya said in a statement issued on Tuesday that he will not be in attendance for the Canelo Alvarez-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight in Las Vegas because he will be receiving treatment. Here is what Oscar said in the statement: Canelo Alvarez …
Remember that story we posted a few days ago about Bob Arum trying to structure the Floyd Mayweather Jr-Manny Pacquiao fight without Golden Boy Promotions involved? Yeah, well that got around to Oscar De La Hoya, and he’s not happy about it. De …
Where do we even begin with this one? It may not seem possible, but Oscar De La Hoya could be more messed up than we thought. We obviously knew he had some issues when he finally admitted to paying $20 million in hush money to cover up those …
Promoter Oscar de la Hoya was so inspired by 52-year-old Dewey Bozella’s win Saturday night that he joked about making a comeback. “Bozella wins and has inspired me to make a comeback!!!!!” he tweeted Saturday night. De la Hoya was …
Oscar de la Hoya is out of rehab and apparently trying to cleanse his soul. He admitted in a recent interview with Univision that he cheated on his wife, though his qualifier was that it wasn’t on the Tiger Woods level. He also admitted that …
Back in May, Oscar De La Hoya shocked many throughout the boxing world when he admitted to having a drug problem and entered a rehabilitation program. His drug and alcohol problems reminded many loyal fans that it can sometimes be impossible to tell …
Former boxer and current promoter Oscar De La Hoya has reportedly entered drug rehab to address a substance abuse problem. TMZ issued the report and had very few details, noting only that he had entered a facility in California. Our guess is someone …
A shock was sent through the business side of boxing Wednesday when it was announced that Nonito Donaire would be leaving promoter Bob Arum’s Top Rank for Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions. This is just the latest twist in an …
So Oscar De La Hoya exited the ring for a career in promotions and created Golden Boy which has taken off. The promotional company represents a high percentage of the best fighters in the world and they’re responsible for putting on some of the …
Let’s see, Roy Jones Jr. is hanging on way past his prime, presumably to make money like most other boxers do. He got his head handed to him by Joe Calzaghe last November but still came back for two more fights since, winning both. Oscar De La …
Count me as one of the people who believes the December fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao is a farce. I’m never going to knock Oscar for the simple fact that he fights everyone and anyone, bringing the fans the match ups they …
Funny thing how I was recently pointing out Pretty Boy’s interview with The Grand Rapids Press where he called out HBO for being racist and having double standards when it comes to criticism of athletes versus announcers. Well apparently …
Back when these two met up in May, I analyzed the bout so well pre-fight that I nailed the outcome. Why is that? Because a matchup between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is quite predictable; Oscar is bigger and stronger while Floyd is …
