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Oscar De La Hoya, one of boxing's all-time greats, is announcing his retirement from the sport. The East L.A.-raised fighter stated that, "When I can't compete at my highest level, it's not fair -- to me, [or] my fans [...] I have come to the conclusion that it is over."
De La Hoya first came to prominence after his stunning gold-medal performance at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona -- a gift, he claimed, to his dying mother. A lefty who fought from a right-handed stance, De La Hoya was a defiant, leonine figure in the ring and a rare -- given the sport in recent years -- class act outside of it.
He now moves on to barbershop-and-barroom "what if?" territory, to be compared against fighters past and future by generation after generation of boxing fans.
De La Hoya first came to prominence after his stunning gold-medal performance at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona -- a gift, he claimed, to his dying mother. A lefty who fought from a right-handed stance, De La Hoya was a defiant, leonine figure in the ring and a rare -- given the sport in recent years -- class act outside of it.
He now moves on to barbershop-and-barroom "what if?" territory, to be compared against fighters past and future by generation after generation of boxing fans.
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