Editing Oscar De La Hoya (section)

==Amateur career==
De La Hoya won the national Junior Olympics 119-pound title at age 15, After he lost a tournament in Whittier to Leon Hernandez from Santa Monica he won the 125-pound title the following year. His amateur career included 234 wins — 163 by knockout.  Two were to [[Shane Mosley]].<ref>[http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/mosely.htm "Sugar" Shane Mosley]. Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved on May 19, 2012.</ref> In 1989, he won the National [[Golden Gloves]] title in the [[bantamweight]] division. In 1990, at age 17, he won the U.S. National Championship at [[featherweight]] and was the youngest U.S. boxer at that year's [[Goodwill Games]], winning a gold medal. The joy of victory was tempered by the news that his mother, Cecilia Gonzales De La Hoya (November 22, 1950 – October 28, 1990), was terminally ill with breast cancer. She died that October, expressing the hope that her son would one day become an Olympic gold medalist.

As the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in Barcelona approached, De La Hoya turned his mother's dream into a strong focus for his training. After an upset victory in the first round over the Cuban boxer [[Julio González (Cuban boxer)|Julio Gonzalez]]; De La Hoya defeated German boxer [[Marco Rudolph]] to win the gold medal. Rudolph had been the only fighter to defeat him in the years leading up to the fight, adding drama. The U.S. media publicized his quest to fulfill his mother's dying wish and nicknamed him "The Golden Boy", which has remained with him throughout his career.<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/boxing/fighters/delahoya_oscar/bio.html Boxing: Fighters: Bio: OSCAR DE LA HOYA]. HBO. Retrieved on May 19, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/chh/bio/delahoya_o.htm Gale – Free Resources – Hispanic Heritage – Biographies – Oscar De La Hoya]. Gale.cengage.com. Retrieved on May 19, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.successmagazine.com/oscar-de-la-hoya-is-as-good-as-gold/PARAMS/article/794 Oscar de la Hoya is as Good as Gold | SUCCESS Magazine | What Achievers Read]. SUCCESS Magazine. Retrieved on May 19, 2012. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002003121/http://www.successmagazine.com/oscar-de-la-hoya-is-as-good-as-gold/PARAMS/article/794 |date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> In 2000, the Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya Cancer Center was formally opened by De La Hoya and his siblings at the [[White Memorial Medical Center]] (WMMC), with a $350,000 donation from De La Hoya, in honor of their mother.<ref>[https://www.adventisthealth.org/white-memorial/pages/services/cancer-care/cecilia-gonzalez-de-la-hoya-cancer-center.aspx WMMC Retrieved September 4, 2018.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904225717/https://www.adventisthealth.org/white-memorial/pages/services/cancer-care/cecilia-gonzalez-de-la-hoya-cancer-center.aspx |date=September 4, 2018 }} "Cecilia Gonzalez De La Hoya Cancer Center", 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-apr-13-me-19206-story.html Rivera, Carla] "De La Hoya Gives $350,000 to East L.A. Cancer Center", ''Los Angeles Times'', April 13, 2000. Retrieved September 4, 2018.</ref>

===Highlights===
* Amateur record: 223–5 (unofficial){{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
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{{gold1}} Gold Medalist — 1989 [[National Golden Gloves]] (57&nbsp;kg), May, [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]:
* Finals: Defeated [[Ivan Robinson]] (United States) by split decision, 3–2
{{gold1}} Gold Medalist — 1990 U.S. National Championships (57&nbsp;kg), February, [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]:
* 1/4: Defeated [[Julian Wheeler]] by unanimous decision, 5–0
* 1/2: Defeated Sandtanner Lewis RET 1
* Finals: Defeated [[Ivan Robinson]] by majority decision, 4–1
{{gold1}} Winner — 1990 United States Olympic Cup (57&nbsp;kg), June, [[Salt Palace Convention Center|Salt Palace Exhibition Hall]], [[Salt Lake City]], Utah:
* Defeated [[Kirkor Kirkorov]] (Bulgaria) by split decision, 2–1
{{gold1}} Gold Medalist — 1990 Goodwill Games (57&nbsp;kg), July – August, [[Seattle]], Washington:
* 1/4: Defeated Lee Sang Hun (South Korea) RSC 3
* 1/2: Defeated Airat Khamatov (Soviet Union) by majority decision, 4–1
* Finals: Defeated [[Ivan Robinson]] (United States) by majority decision, 4–1
{{gold1}} Gold Medalist — 1991 U.S. National Championships (60&nbsp;kg), February – March, [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]:
* 1/4: Defeated Rogelio Cabral by unanimous decision, 5–0
* 1/2: Defeated Teddy Randolph by unanimous decision, 5–0
* Finals: Defeated Patrice Brooks by unanimous decision, 5–0
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{{gold1}} Gold Medalist — 1991 [[U.S. Olympic Festival]] (60&nbsp;kg), July, [[Los Angeles Forum|The Forum]], [[Los Angeles]], California:
* 1/2: Defeated Dezi Ford on points, 37–6
* Finals: Defeated Patrice Brooks on points, 44–15
Participant — 1991 World Championships (60&nbsp;kg), November, [[State Sports Centre]], [[Sydney]], Australia:
* 1/8: Lost to [[Marco Rudolph]] (Germany) on points, 13–17
{{gold1}} Gold Medalist — 1992 Olympic Games (60&nbsp;kg), July – August, [[Palau dels Esports de Barcelona|Palau dels Esports]], [[Barcelona]], Spain:<ref>[http://www.hbo.com/boxing/fighters/delahoya_oscar/bio.html Boxing: People]. HBO. Retrieved on May 19, 2012.</ref>
* 1/16: Defeated [[Adilson Rosa Silva]] (Brazil) RSC 3
* 1/8: Defeated [[Moses Odion]] (Nigeria) on points, 16–4
* 1/4: Defeated [[Toncho Tonchev]] (Bulgaria) on points, 16–7
* 1/2: Defeated [[Hong Sung-sik]] (South Korea) on points, 11–10
* Finals: Defeated [[Marco Rudolph]] (Germany) on points, 7–2
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2008  — [[United States Olympic Hall of Fame]] inductee.<ref>[http://www.usolympichalloffame.com/ Hof Polls | Team USA] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221230426/http://www.usolympichalloffame.com/ |date=December 21, 2008 }}. U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Retrieved on May 19, 2012.</ref>