There have been few boxing stars bigger than Oscar De La Hoya, who was the face of the sport from the mid-1990s through most of the 2000s. He was one of the top fighters in the world pound-for-pound during his heyday, set pay-per-view records, fought a who’s who of the era and racked up an astonishing 10 world tiles in a then-record six weight classes: junior lightweight, lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight on his way to first-ballot election to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2014. Armed with a devastating left hook, speed, skills and a fan-friendly style, not to mention that million dollar smile that brought causal sports fans to his events and made woman swoon, the “Golden Boy” from East Los Angeles took the pro game by storm after winning a 1992 Olympic gold medal in the wake of his mother’s death from breast cancer. Even with all of the world titles he won, the many huge events that were treated like the Super Bowl of boxing, and all of the big money he earned, De La Hoya will tell you that what he is most proud of in his career is that he never ducked anyone. He won his share of those big fights, including against Fernando Vargas, Ike Quartey, Pernell Whitaker, Julio Cesar Chavez (twice), Arturo Gatti, Ricardo Mayorga, Hector Camacho and others, and he unified titles at junior middleweight and lightweight. And even though he also lost his share of big ones against Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather (in the biggest money fight in history at the time), Bernard Hopkins (in the first-ever four-belt undisputed championship fight), Shane Mosley (twice) and Felix Trinidad (in one of the most controversial decisions ever), De La Hoya, who finished with a record of 39-6 with 30 knockouts and retired after the loss to Pacquiao in 2008, faced all of the big-name opponents fans wanted to see him fight. Following his career in the ring, De La Hoya has remained deeply involved in the sport as the founder and CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, one of the top promotional companies in the world.