Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) – Former boxing champion and current boxing promoter Oscar De La Hoya announced on Tuesday that he has voluntarily checked himself into a treatment facility.<\/p>\n
“Canelo Alvarez and I have big fights coming up this weekend,” said De La Hoya in the statement. “His is the ring and mine in treatment.”<\/p>\n
De La Hoya didn’t detail in his statement what he was checking in for, but he did say that he will not be attending the Floyd Mayweather-Saul “Canelo” Alvarez fight this weekend in Las Vegas. De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions represents Alvarez.<\/p>\n
“I will not be at the fight this Saturday to cheer Canelo to victory since I have voluntarily admitted myself into a treatment facility,” he added.<\/p>\n
“I explained this to Canelo and he understood that my health and longterm recovery from my disease must come first.”<\/p>\n
De La Hoya has battled drug and alcohol problems in the past.<\/p>\n
“Thank you for your understanding. I ask for your support and privacy during this difficult time for me and my family,” De La Hoya concluded.<\/p>\n
De La Hoya, a 10-time champion in six different weight classes, was 39-6-0 with 30 of the wins coming by knockout in his career. He won titles in the super featherweight, lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight divisions.<\/p>\n
Among his many accomplishments, De La Hoya claimed the only U.S. gold medal in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics after beating Marco Rudolph by a 7-2 decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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