Those facts alone make Oscar de la Hoya one of the most fascinating athletes in the world today. Throw in looks that make him one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People, a spicy and risque love life, and a never-ending revolving door of managers, trainers, and publicists, and it's easy to see why de la Hoya is one of the most popular -- and controversial -- athletes of all time.
Like Muhammad Ali before him, de la Hoya is as much celebrity as he is boxer. Now there is a book that offers the world an inside look at a man that has long since shut most observers out. Golden Boy is the stirring biography of a lonely, motherless adolescent whose once-in-a-generation talent has thrust him into the glaring spotlight of fame and fortune.
Allowed unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to this usually private mega-star, Los Angeles Times writer Tim Kawakami recounts de la Hoya's compelling story of family politics, reckless romances, and creeping paranoia. Though Golden Boy is technically unauthorized, Kawakami conducted several prolonged, revealing interviews with de la Hoya. Golden Boy also offers a look at this intriguing boxer through the eyes of his brother, father, long-time girlfriend, close camp associates -- and a litany of managers, trainers, and fellow boxers past and present.
A celebrity in the Latin community every bit as important as Selena or Pele, de la Hoya's popularity transcends boxing. And, now, for the first time ever, a book reveals the fame, money, andmystery surrounding America's Golden Boy.
