Oscar de la Hoya was The Ring magazine's top-rated fighter in the world in 1997 and 1999.
 After an upset victory in the first round over the Cuban boxer Julio Gonzalez; De La Hoya defeated German boxer Marco Rudolph to win the gold medal
On May 3, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, De La Hoya fought Steve Forbes (335) in a tuneup for a possible rematch with Mayweather

