Diego De La Hoya

Diego de la Hoya Villegas (born August 13, 1994) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBC-NABF and WBO-NABO super bantamweight titles between 2017 and 2019.[1] As an amateur he represented Mexico, winning the 2011 Mexican National Championships and competing at the 2012 Youth World Championships.[2] He is the cousin of former boxer Oscar De La Hoya.

Diego de la Hoya
Statistics
Real nameDiego de la Hoya Villegas
Nickname(s)Golden Kid
Weight(s)Super bantamweight
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Reach68 in (173 cm)
NationalityMexican
Born (1994-08-13) August 13, 1994
Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights24
Wins22
Wins by KO10
Losses1
No contests1

Early life

De la Hoya was born in the Mexican border town of Mexicali, in a boxing family, and was surrounded by boxing ever since he was born. He is said to have fallen in love with the sport of boxing at the age of 6, although he had been boxing even before that. As his interest in the sport grew, he decided to take up boxing full-time at the age of 15. Growing up he idolized Mexican boxing legends Julio Cesar Chavez, and his cousin Oscar De La Hoya. De la Hoya lives with his parents and loves playing soccer.[3]

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 eleven professional fights. De La Hoya won the fight via technical knockout (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 six professional fights.

De La Hoya fought his third 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 (UD) in six rounds against Puerto Rican Jaxel Marrero. He won his next four fights with three coming by way of TKO.

On September 4, 2015, De La Hoya stepped up and faced Jesus Ruiz, who had earlier that year lost to Leo Santa Cruz in a world title fight. De La Hoya won the fight via UD (100–90, 100–90, 99–91).

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

De La Hoya defeated former IBF bantamweight champion Randy Caballero on September 16, 2017 on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin.

He also won his next fight against José Salgado via a seventh-round TKO. De la Hoya was the constant aggressor which prompted Salgado's team to throw in the towel.[9]

On April 13, 2019, had his first fight at featherweight against Enrique Bernache. An accidental head clash caused a bad cut on Bernache's forehead, which led to the fight being stopped and ruled as a no-contest.

On July13 , 2019, Diego, then ranked #3 by the WBA at super bantamweight, faced Ronny Rios, ranked #8 by the WBA at the Dignity Health Sports Park in California.[10] De la Hoya got into the fight as the favorite, however, Rios managed to drop De la Hoya, who despite beating the count, could not continue fighting. This was Diego's first loss as a professional.[11]

He then battled veteran Renson Robles in his hometown of Mexicali to a ten-round UD win. De la Hoya stated after the fight that he had injured his left hand during the second round.[12]


Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
24 fights 22 wins 1 loss
By knockout 10 1
By decision 12 0
No contests 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
24 Win 22–1 (1) Renson Robles UD 10 Dec 14, 2019 Auditorio del Estado, Mexicali, Mexico
23 Loss 21–1 (1) Ronny Rios KO 6 (12), 1:17 Jul 13, 2019 Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S. Lost WBC-NABF super bantamweight title;
For vacant WBA Gold super bantamweight title
22 NC 21–0 (1) Enrique Bernache NC 2 (10), 2:25 Apr 13, 2019 Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico Accidental headbutt left Bernache unable to continue
21 Win 21–0 Jose Salgado RTD 7 (10), 3:00 June 8, 2018 Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, U.S. Retained WBC-NABF and WBO-NABO super bantamweight titles
20 Win 20–0 Randy Caballero UD 10 Sep 16, 2017 T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Won WBC-NABF and vacant WBO-NABO super bantamweight titles
19 Win 19–0 Alan Isaias Luques Castillo UD 10 Jul 1, 2017 Parque La Pedrera, Villa Mercedes, Argentina Retained WBC youth super bantamweight title
18 Win 18–0 Erik Ruiz UD 10 May 19, 2017 Casino del Sol, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
17 Win 17–0 Roberto Pucheta UD 8 Mar 11, 2017 Turning Stone Resort & Casino, Verona, New York, U.S.
16 Win 16–0 Luis Del Valle UD 10 Sep 17, 2016 AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, U.S. Retained WBC youth super bantamweight title
15 Win 15–0 Rocco Santomauro TKO 7 (8), 1:59 May 7, 2016 T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. Retained WBC youth super bantamweight title
14 Win 14–0 Arturo Badillo TKO 4 (8), 1:11 Feb 19, 2016 Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
13 Win 13–0 Giovanni Delgado UD 8 Nov 20, 2015 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
12 Win 12–0 Jesus Ruiz UD 10 Sep 4, 2015 Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S. Won WBC youth super bantamweight title
11 Win 11–0 Jose Estrella KO 4 (8), 2:36 Jul 2, 2015 Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
10 Win 10–0 Ramiro Robles UD 8 May 7, 2015 Belasco Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
9 Win 9–0 Manuel Roman UD 8 Feb 27, 2015 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
8 Win 8–0 Ali Gonzalez TKO 5 (6), 1:40 Nov 13, 2014 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
7 Win 7–0 Luis Ruiz Lizarraga Jr UD 6 Oct 10, 2014 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
6 Win 6–0 Miguel Tamayo TKO 5 (6), 2:27 Jul 9, 2014 Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
5 Win 5–0 Rigoberto Casillas TKO 3 (6), 0:28 June 6, 2014 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
4 Win 4–0 Jaxel Marrero UD 6 Apr 13, 2014 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
3 Win 3–0 Sergio Najera TKO 1 (4), 2:14 Feb 17, 2014 Salinas Storm House, Salinas, California, U.S.
2 Win 2–0 Abraham Rubio TKO 1 (4), 2:32 Dec 13, 2013 Fantasy Springs Casino, Indio, California, U.S.
1 Win 1–0 Luis Cosme TKO 3 (4), 1:53 Sep 12, 2013 MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.

References
  1. "BoxRec: Diego De La Hoya". boxrec.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "BoxRec: Diego De La Hoya - Amateur career". boxrec.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  3. "New Faces: Diego De La Hoya". The Ring. 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-06-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Organización Editorial Mexicana".
  6. "Diego de la Hoya, Oscar's Cousin, to Go Pro".
  7. "Diego de la Hoya ya tiene fecha para debutar". 2013-06-02.
  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMmZjI4x5f8
  9. "Diego De La Hoya Breaks Down, Stops Jose Salgado". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  10. "Hoya vs Rios - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  11. "Ronny Rios upsets Diego De La Hoya with sixth-round stoppage". The Ring. 2019-07-13. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
  12. "Diego De La Hoya Decisions Renson Robles Over Ten Rounds". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
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