Here is a list of De La Hoya's best fights. For a list of De La Hoya's losses, refer to "Oscar De La Hoya Losses".
On February 18, 1995 Oscar De La Hoya met John John Molina in a lightweight (WBO) world-title defense fight. De La Hoya was 22 years old and with a record of 17-0 (15), and Molina was 29 years old and with a record of 36-3 (26). De La Hoya won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his title.
On January 18, 1997 Oscar De La Hoya met Miguel Ángel González in a super-lightweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. De La Hoya was 23 years old and with a record of 23-0 (20), and González was 26 years old and with a record of 41-0 (31). De La Hoya won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his title.
On April 12, 1997 Oscar De La Hoya fought Pernell Whitaker in a welterweight world-title fight for Whitaker's WBC title. De La Hoya was 24 years old and with a record of 24-0 (20), and Whitaker was 33 years old and with a record of 40-1-1 (17). De La Hoya won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and is crowned the new welterweight world champion.
On June 23, 2001 Oscar De La Hoya fought Javier Castillejo in a super-welterweight world-title fight for Castillejo's WBC title. De La Hoya was 28 years old and with a record of 34-2 (27), and Castillejo was 33 years old and with a record of 51-4 (34). De La Hoya won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and is crowned the new super-welterweight world champion.
On September 13, 1997 Oscar De La Hoya met Héctor Camacho in a welterweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. De La Hoya was 24 years old and with a record of 26-0 (21), and Camacho was 35 years old and with a record of 63-3-1 (31). De La Hoya won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and successfully defended his title.
On June 7, 1996 Oscar De La Hoya fought Julio César Chávez in a super-lightweight world-title fight for Chávez' WBC title. De La Hoya was 23 years old and with a record of 22-0 (20), and Chávez was 33 years old and with a record of 96-1-1 (79). De La Hoya stopped Julio César Chávez via 4th-round TKO and is crowned the new super-lightweight world champion.
On June 5, 2004 Oscar De La Hoya fought Felix Sturm in a middleweight world-title fight for Sturm's WBO title. De La Hoya was 31 years old and with a record of 37-3 (29), and Sturm was 25 years old and with a record of 20-0 (9). De La Hoya won the fight via 12-round unanimous decision and is crowned the new middleweight world champion.
On July 29, 1994 Oscar De La Hoya fought Jorge Páez in a lightweight world-title fight for the WBO title. De La Hoya was 21 years old and with a record of 14-0 (13), and Páez was 28 years old and with a record of 53-6-4 (36). De La Hoya stopped Jorge Páez via 2nd-round KO and is crowned the new lightweight world champion.
On May 6, 1995 Oscar De La Hoya, the WBO champion, met Rafael Ruelas, the IBF champion, in a lightweight world-title unification fight. De La Hoya was 22 years old and with a record of 18-0 (16), and Ruelas was 24 years old and with a record of 43-1 (33). De La Hoya stopped Rafael Ruelas via 2nd-round TKO and is crowned the unified WBO and IBF champion.
On February 13, 1999 Oscar De La Hoya met Ike Quartey in a welterweight (WBC) world-title defense fight. De La Hoya was 26 years old and with a record of 30-0 (24), and Quartey was 29 years old and with a record of 34-0-1 (29). De La Hoya won the fight via 12-round split decision and successfully defended his title.
