“Please Use Me as an Example”: Oscar De La Hoya Shares a Motivational Message Regarding Mental Health

Oscar De La Hoya started his professional boxing career in 1992. After ten years of pro boxing, it was in 2002 when he founded Golden Boy Promotions as a boxer-turned-promoter in the game. Today, it has been twenty years since Golden Boy Promotions was established and according to the latest news, De La Hoya has a ten-figure offer to sell GBP and move on with something else.

From Canelo Alvarez to Ryan Garcia, to Zurdo Ramirez, Golden Boy Promotions, over the years has navigated the way for some significant names in the sport. However, now that De La Hoya considers selling GBP and become the first billionaire Hispanic athlete in history, fans are criticizing him heavily on Twitter. Following the criticism received from fans, De La Hoya pens a ‘motivational’ message emphasizing depression and mental health issues faced on his ‘glorious’ journey in boxing.

Oscar De La Hoya pens a motivational message urging fans to state, “I am worth it. “

Some weeks earlier, De La Hoya expressed the desire to work alongside Floyd Mayweather and UFC President Dana White. However, now, in a shocking turn of events, he reveals an offer he cannot resist.

As fans started trolling De La Hoya, the following is what the Hispanic boxer-turned-promoter wrote:

“I overcome depression and mental health 3 times over by doing what I love in the ring. I win 11 tittles in 6 weight divisions. I almost loose my life because of wrong choices. Stop talking shit and please use me as an example to motivate yourself and tell yourself “I am worth it””

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Let there be a brief look at De La Hoya’s career in pro boxing.

Looking back at Golden Boy’s boxing career since he turned pro

A former Olympic gold-medalist, De La Hoya fought for sixteen long years in the sport since his professional debut. He had 45 bouts, of which he won 39, and lost 6 to some of the bests. Starting from 1992, for a stretch of 7 years, he remained undefeated in pro boxing. And His first loss came against Felix Trinidad in 1999.

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In his active career, De La Hoya lost twice to Shane Mosley. His other losses came from Bernard Hopkins and Floyd Mayweather. The last match was against Manny Pacquiao, and unfortunately, De La Hoya quit in the eighth round. Following this defeat, Golden Boy retired from boxing and focused solely on promoting fights.

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