Oscar De La Hoya is one of the most successful boxers in the history of the sport but his reputation has been hampered by his antics outside the ring. De La Hoya has done it all from winning an Olympic gold medal to 10 world championships in different weight classes. 

De La Hoya started his professional career back in 1992 which continued for over 16 years till 2008. The American was known for his amazing boxing skills and lethal knockout power. He won the WBO lightweight title in 1994 and never looked back from there. The fighter’s first loss came after 31 consecutive wins, a controversial loss against Felix Trinidad in 1999. After that, De La Hoya became a little inconsistent and lost to fighters such as Shane Mosley, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr, and Manny Pacquiao later in his career. 

However, the biggest upset of his career happened outside the ring in the media. In 2007, after his loss against Mayweather, some of De La Hoya’s private pictures got leaked to the public. A story posted by The New York Post contained pictures of De La Hoya, naked and wearing fishnet stockings with high heels and boxing gloves. The fighter was with model Milana Dravnel and after the news broke out De La Hoya paid $20 million to Dravnel to keep her mouth shut. The pictures and the stories got a lot of attention and they destroyed his reputation in the boxing community. 

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Oscar De La Hoya finally tells the reality behind the leaked photos

For years after the incident, Oscar De La Hoya repeatedly denied the authenticity of the pictures. However, the fighter finally had enough of all the media pressure and decided to come clean in 2011.

In an interview, De La Hoya mentioned that he was the person in the pictures and was wearing those fishnet stockings. He said: “Let me tell you, yes, yes, it was me [in those pictures],” he admitted on the news show Here and Now. “I am tired now of lying, of lying to the public, and of lying to myself.”

According to the retired boxer, he was drunk and intoxicated when the pictures were taken. Things got even crazier when a second woman came out and revealed that De La Hoya arranged a lot of sex parties with alcohol and cocaine.

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