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April 14, 2009
Oscar De la Hoya Retires from Boxing: Oscar de la Hoya has announced his retirement from boxing at age 36. De la Hoya, one of the biggest draws in the sport for 15 years, won 10 world titles and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. "When I cannot compete at this level, I have come to the conclusion that it is over," he said. Mark Kriegel of Fox Sports writes that it was time for him to go. "The legacy of Oscar De La Hoya is two-fold," Kriegal writes. "First, he managed to avoid the fate and temptation of all those like Bobby Chacon. This Golden Boy never stepped foot in Palookaville. Second, and most notably, he kept the American fight game alive in the absence of a compelling heavyweight."
Didn't Manny Pacquiao retire De La Hoya back in December 6 when he beat him down?
posted by BornIcon at 11:37 AM on April 16, 2009
Boxers never retire, they just wait for a better deal to come along.
But I think this one will stick. He's got Golden Boy Promos to keep him busy, and hopefully, he can stick to making good fights happen, vice making good fights.
I am curious as to what his legacy as a fighter will be. I always thought of him as simply one of the most famous boxers (with Mike Tyson and Roy Jones, Jr.). I never thought of him as the best, or the toughest, or the greatest. But he always seemed to me to be the best promoter. And maybe that's enough, though.