Golden Boy: The Fame, Money and Mystery of Oscar de la Hoya - Tim Kawakami - Paperback

He's the hottest star in boxing today. An Olympic gold-medal winner. A child who grew up dirt poor and last year made millions. A charming man with a conflicted, complex personality who's just 26 years old. Like Muhammed Ali before him, de la Hoya is as much celebrity as he is boxer. 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 fortune and fame.Los Angeles Times writer Tim Kawakami presents a balanced portrait culled from 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.Kawakami, Tim is the author of 'Golden Boy: The Fame, Money and Mystery of Oscar de la Hoya - Tim Kawakami - Paperback' with ISBN 9780740705809 and ISBN 0740705806.