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Oscar de Hoya he broke the silence. As if it were a cure for the soul, the boxer confessed strong passages of his life in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. The golden boy revealed that suffer from sexual abuse when he was 13 years old.
And is that today CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, Explained that this experience that happened with an elderly woman, it was corcando with the passage of the years because it was something that was kept inside.
“I was raped at age 13 by a woman, an elderly woman. At 13 I lost my virginity to being raped, basically. He was 13 and was in Hawaii on a tournament, She was an old woman, like 35 years old.
“You delete everything. You are living this life, the ‘Golden Boy’, but suddenly this is still here. I never thought about it, never process it, I never thought what my feelings would be like until one day it comes up alone and you don’t know how to deal with it, “the boxer confessed to the American newspaper.
De la Hoya explained that this episode in his life the edge to drinking excess alcohol, Because here he found a way to vent, until he realized that “he was going to throw his life in the trash … Drowning in alcohol“Trying to forget or trying to connect … It was very traumatic,” he added.
He will return to the ring
Óscar de la Foia will have a boxing show fight next September 11, when he faces the UFC fighter Vitor Belfort. This fight would mean Golden Boy’s return to a ring, After he retired 12 years ago.