Barcelona 1992 Olympic champion and former professional world champion in six weight categories 48-year-old Oscar De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) said he was raped as a child. "When I was 13 years old I was raped by a woman much older than me. I lost my virginity as a result of being raped. I was in Hawaii at some tournament," De La Hoya told the LA Times. According to De La Hoya, she was over 35 years old.
De La Hoya will return to the ring on Sept. 11 in Los Angeles after a 13-year hiatus to fight former UFC champion Vitor Belfort (1-0, 1 KO).
“You suppress everything,” said De La Hoya. “You’re living this life, the Golden Boy, but, oh sh!t, wait, that’s still there. Like I never, like, thought about it, I never processed it, I never really thought how my feelings are…until one day it just comes out, and you don’t know how to deal with it.”Â
