Legendary boxing champion Oscar "Golden Boy" de la Hoya, who now lives in Las Vegas, recalls his first trip to Las Vegas, when he sat on the late billionaire Kirk Corcorian's private jet and looked out over the whole of Las Vegas.
At the time, Hoya was only 18 years old and living in East Los Angeles, and after winning the gold medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, he was spotted by casino tycoon Corcorian, who was one of Hoya's "guides" in his life and the founder of the famous MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.
Sitting on Cocorian's private jet, Cocorian said to Hoya:"Kid, this is where you're going to fight, I'm building the MGM Grand (annual business). ”
Unlike Floyd Mayweather, who has deep pockets and a habit of showing off, although Hoya also has a net worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, he did not set up mansions all over the United States like Mayweather, and lived in California until 2023, when Hoya moved to Las Vegas.
As president of Golden Boy Promotions, Hoya moved from California to Las Vegas, meaning a new chapter in his life.
On Why Move to Las Vegas? Huo Ya admitted that this is more conducive to the development of the career, he said"Las Vegas has always been the epicenter of professional boxing, boxing has given me everything, and all I can do is give it back. ”
Hoya moved to Las Vegas very simply, people familiar with the matter revealed that in addition to the preliminary design and decoration, he and his girlfriend Holly Sanders only took the "family member" small French bulldog Vida to go, and carried very little luggage.
Hoya's Las Vegas mansion occupies an area of 607 acres, the usable area is more than 800 square meters - 836 square meters, the outside world jokingly called it "** house".
Located in the foothills of the McCullough Mountains, which is a wealthy area, Hoya's mansion is about 16 kilometers from the famous Las Vegas Strip, making it easy to get around.
It is understood that Hoya discovered the mansion in February 2022, when it had just been completed, and finally Hoya bought it for $14.6 million**, and then spent millions of dollars on renovations.
Hoya's mansion is not the same as imagined, most of the mansions are two- and three-story villas, but Hoya's mansion has only one floor, and it is precisely because of this that the house covers a huge area, except for a slightly higher rooftop, the mansion overlooking Hoya on a nearby hill is more like a secret base.
In the interior of the mansion, in addition to the living room, bedroom, and dining room, Hoya also designed a relaxation room for his girlfriend Holly, which has a washstand, pedicure chair, and so on.
One of the living rooms extends to the outside, and the four sides, including the roof, are made of glass, where sunbathing is definitely a pleasant thing, and the glass curtain wall looks gray from the outside, with silver metal trim, which looks luxurious and modern.
Hoya used one of his two huge garages for another purpose, and Hoya spent $500,000 to turn it into an indoor miniature golf course, often playing a round with his girlfriend Holly, which Hoya dubbed a "man's hole" because it was all part of his design philosophy.
In addition to the golf course, there is also a black marble bar counter, which is placed with all kinds of drinks, and the wall is made of artificial crocodile skin, presenting the atmosphere of Las Vegas***, because this is what Hoya likes, and on the side of the "human hole", there is also an arcade machine, which stores about 110,000 games, know that Hoya is an arcade game lover.
Hoya's "human hole" has a secret door that leads to his office, which Hoya jokes about as an effective cover. Entering Hoya's office, the most striking thing is that an entire wall displays bookshelves containing books by Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali, both of whom are Hoya's idols.
According to the staff who decorate the mansion, Hoya participated in almost every detail of the design of the mansion, so the personal elements are very obvious, and most of the living rooms and bedrooms of the mansion are hung with decorative paintings, and the style of decorative paintings comes from the 80s and 90s of the last century, and it seems that Hoya is somewhat nostalgic.
It is worth mentioning that Hoya also set up an exhibition hall in the mansion, which he called the "tribute room", which placed a customized 3 meters 3 meters small boxing ring, and one side of the display cabinet was full of medals, trophies, gold belts and other items, and what was even more amazing was that there were 16 mannequins in the "tribute room", which were wearing Hoya's competition jerseys, many of which have been worn since the 1992 Olympic Games. Hoya said"It's something that no one has thought or done, it's the most beautiful thing for me, it's a daily reminder of who I am and what I've created? ”
Finally, Hoya said that as a 10-time world champion in six different categories, his main career now is promotion, and he will continue to do it. Hoya said"I grew up in East Los Angeles, my father was Mexican and a fighter, my grandfather was also a fighter, I love the sport, it's exciting to produce young champions, I'm glad I won't get hit again, but I'm still going to fight in this field. ”