Diego De La Hoya

Fighter Biography

On September 12, 2013, 19-year-old Diego De La Hoya made his professional boxing debut, stopping Luis Cosme in three rounds to kick off the next generation for a family best known for the body of work turned in by Diego’s cousin, Oscar De La Hoya.

A former member of the Mexican National Team with over 250 amateur bouts to his name, De La Hoya also won a silver medal in the Mexican Olympic Nationals. Expected to make a run at the 2016 Olympics, the talented prospect instead decided to turn professional, leading to a lot of anticipation among fight fans and the boxing media.

Currently training with Joel Diaz in Indio, California, De La Hoya followed up his win over Cosme with 10 more victories through the midway point of 2015, impressing both fans and the media with his poise, power, and exciting style. Maybe even more impressive was how he defeated tough competition like Manuel Roman, Ramiro Robles and Jose Estrella in his first three fights of 2015, proving that he was ready for an even bigger step up in the second half of the year and beyond.

De La Hoya’s string of victories earned him a 10-round championship bout against Jesus Ruiz at September 2015’s LA FIGHT CLUB, where he defeated Ruiz via unanimous decision for the vacant WBC Youth World super bantamweight title. The Mexicali native kept rolling, and in his last fight of 2015 at the Hard Rock Casino and Resort in November, De La Hoya topped Giovanni Delgado via unanimous decision. De La Hoya then picked up where he left off, opening his 2016 campaign in the main event of LA FIGHT CLUB on February 19 with a fourth round knockout of Arturo Badillo.

De La Hoya returned on the Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan undercard May 7, 2016 in Las Vegas and notched an impressive seventh-round stoppage against Rocco Santomauro. The super bantamweight phenom remained undefeated with a unanimous decision victory over Luis Orlando Del Valle on the grand stage of AT&T Stadium September 17.

In 2017, De La Hoya faced tough opponents including Roberto Pucheta, Erik Ruiz and Alan Isaias Luques Castillo, all of whom he defeated by unanimous decision. On September, De La Hoya faced former bantamweight titleholder Randy Caballero on the undercard of Canelo vs Golovkin and impressed with a strong victory, keeping his undefeated record and taking Caballero’s via wide decision.

In 2018, De La Hoya returned to the ring to face-off against Jose “Sugar” Salgado, a seasoned vet in the division. De La Hoya dominated Salgado with a seventh-round TKO victory, making yet another title defense and keeping his record pristine.

During De La Hoya’s debut in the featherweight division in 2019 against Enrique Bernache, heads clashed between De La Hoya and Bernache in round two, opening up a bad cut on the middle of Bernache’s forehead, and causing the fight to be stopped at 2:25, the result a no-contest.

De La Hoya is scheduled for a return to the super bantamweight division on July 13th, 2019 as he fights against Ronny Rios for the NABF and WBA Gold Featherweight Titles at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.