On This Day In Boxing History!

1973: Oscar De La Hoya Was Born!

Oscar De La Hoya

Born:  1973-02-04

Birth Place: Montebello, California

Residence: Los Angeles, California

Pro Debut:  November 23rd, 1992

Division: Welterweight - Middleweight

Stance: Orthodox

Height : 5′ 10½″  

Reach: 73″  

Alias: Golden Boy

Bouts: 45

Rounds: 308

Kos: 67%

Record: 39-6, 30Ko’s

Titles

Lightweight Gold Medalist - 1992 Olympics

WBO Super Featherweight Champion: 1994 Mar 5 – 1994 Jul 29

WBO Lightweight Champion: 1994 Jul 29 – 1996

IBF Lightweight Champion: 1995 May 6 – 1995 Jul

WBC Light Welterweight Champion: 1996 Jun 7 – 1997 Apr 12

WBC Welterweight Champion: 1997 Apr 12 – 1999 Sep 18   

WBC Welterweight Champion: 2000 Mar 4 – 2000 Jun 17     

WBC Light Middleweight Champion: 2001 Jun 23 – 2003 Sep 13

WBA Light Middleweight Champion: 2002 Sep 14 – 2003 Sep 13

WBO Middleweight Champion: 2004 Jun 5 – 2004 Sep 18

WBC Light Middleweight Champion: 2006 May 6 – 2007 May 5

February 4th

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1922: The Ring magazine makes its first publication as a boxing and wrestling magazine. It was founded by Nat Fleischer and co-founded by Dan Daniel.

1927: Charley Phil Rosenberg W15 Bushy Graham

1952: Kid Gavilan W15 Bobby Dykes

1960: Carlos Ortiz KO10 Battling Torres

Jose Becerra KO9 Alphonse Halimi

1973: Oscar De La Hoya is born in East Los Angeles, California

1979: Alexis Arguello KO13 Alfredo Escalera

1983: Frankie Randall age 21 debuts KO2 Curtis Gholston

1984: Donald Curry W15 Marlon Starling

1988: Jeff Horn is born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

1989: Marlon Starling KO9 Lloyd Honeyghan

Mark Breland KO1 Seung Soon Lee

1990: Jorge Paez W12 Troy Dorsey

Hiyong Choi W12 Leo Gamez

1995: Ike Quartey TKO3 Bobby Butters

2006: Rosendo Alvarez TKO6 Eduardo Pacheco

2007: Lovemore Ndou KO 11 Naoufel Ben Rabah

2011:Lindsay Garbatt MD  10 Jelena Mrdjenovich

2012: Julio Cesar Chavez Jr W12 Marco Antonio Rubio

Nonito Donaire SD12 Wilfredo Vazquez Jr

Yoan Pablo Hernandez W12 Steve Cunningham

Yazmin Rivas W10 Edith Soledad Matthysse

2016: Thammanoon Niyomtrong W12 Carlos Buitrago

2017: Jackie Nava W10 Ana Maria Lozano

Hekkie Budler RTD7 Joey Canoy

Chris Eubank Jr. TKO10 Renold Quinlan          

Christian Hammer TKO7 David Price      

John Ryder W12 Adam Etches    

Andrew Selby W10 Ardin Diale    

2018: Daigo Higa KO1 Moises Fuentes

2023: Alycia Baumgardner W10 Elhem Mekhaled

Amanda Serrano W10 Erika Cruz