Question 1

True or false: Oscar De La Hoya retired undefeated, with a perfect 50-0 professional record.

Accepted Answer

False. De La Hoya suffered six losses, including to Mayweather, Pacquiao, Mosley, and Hopkins.

Question 2

True or false: De La Hoya founded Golden Boy Promotions, which became one of boxing's top promotional companies.

Accepted Answer

True. He launched the company in 2002, and it has promoted stars like Canelo Álvarez and Ryan Garcia.

Question 3

True or false: De La Hoya never fought at a weight class above welterweight during his entire pro career.

Accepted Answer

False. He fought at junior middleweight (154 lbs) and middleweight (160 lbs). He won titles at 154 lbs and challenged Bernard Hopkins at 160 lbs.

Question 4

True or false: Oscar De La Hoya won a gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics at just 19 years old.

Accepted Answer

True. Oscar De La Hoya defeated Marco Rudolph in the lightweight final at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, winning the gold medal at age 19.

Question 5

True or false: De La Hoya once fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the highest-grossing pay-per-view fight of its time.

Accepted Answer

True. Their 2007 bout generated over 2.4 million buys and nearly $140 million in revenue, a record then.

Question 6

True or false: Oscar De La Hoya won his first world title by knocking out the legendary Julio César Chávez.

Accepted Answer

False. De La Hoya beat Chávez twice, but his first world title came in 1994 against Jimmy Bredahl for the WBO super featherweight belt.

Question 7

True or false: Oscar De La Hoya's mother called Oscar De La Hoya 'The Golden Boy', but she died of cancer before Oscar De La Hoya won Olympic gold.

Accepted Answer

True. His mother Cecilia gave him the nickname due to his golden complexion. She passed away from breast cancer in 1990, two years before his gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Question 8

True or false: Oscar De La Hoya is a trained classical pianist who performed with a symphony orchestra.

Accepted Answer

False. He took childhood piano lessons, but there is no evidence he is a trained classical pianist or performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This claim is a widely debunked urban myth.

Oscar De La Hoya Trivia Questions