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She died that October, expressing the hope that her son would one day become an Olympic gold medalist.Īs the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona approached, De La Hoya turned his mother's dream into a strong focus for his training.
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The joy of victory was tempered by the news that his mother, Cecilia Gonzales De La Hoya (Novem– October 28, 1990), was terminally ill with breast cancer. boxer at that year's Goodwill Games, winning a gold medal. National Championship at featherweight and was the youngest U.S. In 1989, he won the National Golden Gloves title in the bantamweight division. Of those six losses, two were to Shane Mosley. His amateur career included 234 wins - 163 by knockout, and six losses. Amateur career ĭe La Hoya won the national Junior Olympics 119-pound title at age 15, After he lost a tournament in Whittier to Leon Hernandez from Santa Monica he won the 125-pound title the following year. De La Hoya graduated from Garfield High School in East Los Angeles, California in 1991.
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He was born in East Los Angeles, California into a boxing family his grandfather, Vicente, was an amateur fighter during the 1940s, and his father, Joel Sr., had been a professional boxer during the 1960s. His parents emigrated from Mexico to the United States prior to his birth.
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He is ranked as the 29th best boxer of all time, pound for pound, by BoxRec. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championship in three weight classes. ə/ born February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008.