He started winning awards and trophies when he was eleven years old. Oscar De La Hoya never went to college, he finished high school and focused all his energy on his boxing. As an amateur, De La Hoya spent the early mornings running through the streets of East Los Angeles to train. Oscar De La Hoya, also known as " Golden Boy", first captured America's hearts by becoming the only American boxer to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1992 summer games...
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Oscar got his nickname by publicist John Beyrooty introducing him with the name "Golden Boy" at a press conference. After a few months Oscar won America's only gold medal. Oscar's professional career hit the stratosphere in June 11, 1994. (Hoffer, 56) He sky-rocketed through the professional ranks becoming the undisputed, undefeated lightweight champion of the world in just his twenty fights...
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Constance Lloyd In the summer of 1891, Oscar met Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas, the third son of the Marquis of Queensberry. Bosie was well acquainted with Oscar's novel Dorian Gray and was an undergraduate at Oxford...	1 / 182
oscar wilde He spent his time admiring the sites and writing. Some of his first great poems came from this trip including, graffiti d'Italia, san miniato and lago maggiore...	2 / 346
Oscar Wilde The trip was only planned to last four months but instead lasted nearly a year with Oscar giving nearly three times as many lectures as planned. He met Henry Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Walt Whitman, on which he made a good impression...	4 / 1053
Oscar Wilde Bio Douglas’ father, the Marquess of Queensbury, accused Wilde of being homosexual and Wilde retaliated by suing him for libel. Queensbury provided Wilde’s letters to Douglas as proof, however, and Wilde eventually served two years in prison with hard labor...	2 / 328