Golden Boy Promotions, Inc. is a boxing promotional firm started by six-time world champion boxer Oscar de la Hoya, The Golden Boy. Superstars Bernard Hopkins and Shane Mosley have also joined the firm. Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left, throwing a left uppercut) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called pugilism (from Latin), the noble art , prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science[1] is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight... Oscar De La Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy — is a Mexican American boxer who won a gold medal for the United States Boxing Team at the Barcelona Olympic Games and is considered one of boxings all time greats. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sugar Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971) is a boxer from Pomona, California. ...

The company has become one of boxing's leading promoters in relatively short order, including Winky Wright, Marco Antonio Barrera, and Diego Corrales among its stable of fighters. Ronald Lamont Winky Wright (born November 26, 1971 in Washington, DC) is an American boxer, the former junior middleweight Champion and a current middleweight contender. ... Marco Antonio Barrera Tapia (born January 17, 1974 in Mexico City) is a Mexican professional boxer and former world WBC Super Featherweight champion. ... Diego Corrales (born August 25, 1977, Columbia, South Carolina, USA) is a former super featherweight and lightweight world boxing champion. ...

Golden Boy promoted the May 5, 2007 "super fight" between de la Hoya and still undefeated Floyd Mayweather at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mayweather won the bout by a split desicion in what was dubbed "the fight to save boxing." It is yet to be determined, but this fight appears to have been one of the most lucrative in the history of the sport. ^[1] May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini era. ... Official Fight Poster The De La Hoya-Mayweather fight is a boxing superfight that will take place on May 5, 2007 between six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya (38-4, 30 KO) and undefeated four-division champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. ... Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. ... ... For other uses around the city, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ...

External Links

1. ^ http://www.goldenboypromotions.com/media/2006/dec/5.5.07_0scar_banner.htm

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