Diego De La Hoya

Diego de la Hoya
Statistics
Real name Diego de la Hoya
Nickname(s) Golden Kid
Rated at Featherweight
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Reach 68 in (172 cm)
Nationality Mexican
Born August 13, 1994
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 9
Wins 9
Wins by KO 6
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 Featherweight division.[1] De la Hoya represented Mexico in international tournaments and was one of the top rated Featherweights 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 Medalists.[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.

Professional Boxing Record

8 Wins (6 knockouts), 0 Loss, 0 Draws [9]
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 8-0Mexico Ali Gonzalez TKO 5(6) 2014-11-13 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 7-0Mexico Luis Ruiz Lizarraga Jr UD 6 2014-10-10 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6-0Mexico Miguel Tamayo TKO 5(6) 2014-07-09 United States Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5–0United States Rigoberto Casillas TKO 3(6) 2014-06-06 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win4–0United States Jaxel Marrero UD 62014-04-13 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win3–0United States Sergio Najera TKO 1(4)2014-02-17 United States Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win2–0United States Abraham Rubio TKO 1(4)2013-12-13 United States Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win1–0United States Luis Cosme TKO 3(4)2013-09-12 United States MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

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