Golden Boy

July, 1996

Golden Boypound for pound, oscar de la hoya may be the best fighter in the worldSomehow I was not surprised when Oscar De La Hoya's public relations rep called to reschedule our meeting in East Los Angeles. After all, this boxer is an important person. Some people call De La Hoya the finest fighter in the world, pound for pound. Golden Boy is one of his nicknames and, from what I had heard, the possibility was remote that anyone would dub him Kid Modesty. He won Olympic gold at Barcelona in 1992...