Oscar De La Hoya spots in NYC

Eli Navarro

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De La Hoya's back in the news feuding with Dana White (something about Vince McMahon, Ronda Rousey's WWE debut, and bad will-call tickets, the whole thing's a mess, go read it over a beer), so naturally I spiraled into Golden Boy's actual NYC footprint instead. Turns out the guy only fought twice at the Garden his whole career but this city's still littered with the trail, from the ring to the dive bars that'll show you the tape. Here's my running list, updating as I keep digging.

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Oscar De La Hoya spots in NYC — 4 items
Name	Spot	Tie to Oscar	Address	City	My take
1Madison Square Garden	The Garden	NYC debut KO of Jesse James Leija, Dec 1995, then the Trinidad decision loss, Feb 2000	4 Pennsylvania Plaza	New York	Only fought here twice his whole career (wild for a guy this famous), but both nights are etched into Garden boxing lore, worth the subway ride just to stand under the marquee on a fight night
2Gleason's Gym	The Gym	Oldest active boxing gym in the country, the kind of cathedral every champ of De La Hoya's era trained through or visited	130 Water St	Brooklyn	Walked in once during lunch break expecting a museum, got yelled at by a trainer for standing too close to the ring, 10/10 experience, go on a weekday morning
3Jimmy's Corner	The Bar	Boxing dive run by the family of trainer Jimmy Glenn, walls covered floor to ceiling with memorabilia from De La Hoya's whole era	140 W 44th St	New York	My go-to when I want a fight on the TV and don't want to pay Midtown prices, cheap beer, old boxing posters everywhere, feels like a time capsule off Times Square chaos
4The Theater at Madison Square Garden	The Theater	Originally booked here for his planned NYC debut in 1993 before that fight fell through	4 Pennsylvania Plaza	New York	Smaller room, same building, people forget this almost happened here two years before the Leija fight actually went down next door