Diego De La Hoya

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 by 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).

On the undercard of Canelo vs. Khan, De La Hoya faced undefeated American Rocco Santomauro. He successfully defended his WBC Youth championship when Santomauro's trainer Shane Mosley threw in the towel in the 7th round.

Professional boxing record

'16 Wins (9 knockouts), 0 Loss, 0 Draws [9]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	16-0	Luis Del Valle	UD	10	2016-09-17	AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Win	15-0	Rocco Santomauro	TKO	7	2016-05-07	T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	14-0	Arturo Badillo	TKO	4	2016-02-19	Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California
Win	13-0	Giovanni Delgado	UD	8	2015-11-20	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	12-0	Jesus Ruiz	UD	10	2015-09-04	Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California	Won WBC Youth Bantamweight title.
Win	11-0	Jose Estrella	KO	4	2015-07-02	Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California
Win	10-0	Ramiro Robles	UD	8	2015-05-07	Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California
Win	9-0	Manuel Roman	UD	8	2015-02-27	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win	8-0	Ali Gonzalez	TKO	5(6)	2014-11-13	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win	7-0	Luis Ruiz Lizarraga Jr	UD	6	2014-10-10	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win	6-0	Miguel Tamayo	TKO	5(6)	2014-07-09	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Win	5–0	Rigoberto Casillas	TKO	3(6)	2014-06-06	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win	4–0	Jaxel Marrero	UD	6	2014-04-13	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win	3–0	Sergio Najera	TKO	1(4)	2014-02-17	Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California
Win	2–0	Abraham Rubio	TKO	1(4)	2013-12-13	Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California
Win	1–0	Luis Cosme	TKO	3(4)	2013-09-12	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada

References

External links

• Diego De La Hoya on Twitter
• Diego De La Hoya on Instagram