Diego De La Hoya

Diego de la Hoya
Statistics
Real name Diego de la Hoya
Nickname(s) Golden Kid
Rated at Super Bantamweight
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Reach 68 in (172 cm)
Nationality Mexican
Born (1994-08-13) August 13, 1994
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 14
Wins 14
Wins by KO 8
Losses 0
Draws 0
No contests 0

Diego de la Hoya (born August 13, 1994 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Super Bantamweight division.[1] De la Hoya represented Mexico in international tournaments and was one of the top rated Super Bantamweights in the country.[2]

Early life

Diego is the cousin of ten-time World Champion, Oscar De La Hoya.[3]

Diego comes from a boxing family, starting with his grandfather Vicente De La Hoya, followed his uncle Joel De La Hoya, father of Oscar De La Hoya and now the The Golden Kid follows the dynasty into the family business.

Amateur career

Diego joined the Mexican National Boxing team in 2009.[4][5] De la Hoya had over 250 amateur bouts and was a Mexican National Olympics Silver Medalist.[6]

Professional career

Diego is signed to Oscar de la Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions.[7] He made his professional debut.[8] on September 12, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada against Luis Cosme who had already had 11 professional fights. De La Hoya won the fight via TKO at 1:53 min in the third round.

The second fight was in the city of Indio, California on December 13, 2013. De La Hoya won the fight via TKO at 2:32 minutes in the first round against Abraham Rubio who had already had 6 professional fights.

De La Hoya fought his third pro fight on March 14. 2014 and won in a first round stoppage, bringing his record to 3-0.

De La Hoya won his fourth fight on April 3, again in the Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio,California. "The Golden Kid" won by unanimous decision in 6 rounds against Puerto Rican Jaxel Marrero. He won his next four fights with three coming by way of TKO victories.

On September 4, 2015, De La Hoya stepped up and faced Jesus "Estrella" Ruiz, who had earlier that year lost to Leo Santa Cruz in a world title fight. De La Hoya won the fight via unanimous decision (100-90, 100-90, 99-91).

Professional boxing record

13 Wins (7 knockouts), 0 Loss, 0 Draws [9]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win 13-0Mexico Giovanni Delgado UD 8 2015-11-20 United States Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 12-0Mexico Jesus Ruiz UD 10 2015-09-04 United States Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California Won WBC Youth Bantamweight title.
Win 11-0Mexico Jose Estrella KO 4 2015-07-02 United States Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California
Win 10-0Mexico Ramiro Robles UD 8 2015-05-07 United States Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California
Win 9-0Mexico Manuel Roman UD 8 2015-02-27 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win 8-0Mexico Ali Gonzalez TKO 5(6) 2014-11-13 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win 7-0Mexico Luis Ruiz Lizarraga Jr UD 6 2014-10-10 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win 6-0Mexico Miguel Tamayo TKO 5(6) 2014-07-09 United States Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win 5–0Mexico Rigoberto Casillas TKO 3(6) 2014-06-06 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win4–0Puerto Rico Jaxel Marrero UD 62014-04-13 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win3–0Mexico Sergio Najera TKO 1(4)2014-02-17 United States Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California
Win2–0Mexico Abraham Rubio TKO 1(4)2013-12-13 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win1–0Puerto Rico Luis Cosme TKO3(4)2013-09-12 United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

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