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Oscar De La Hoya figures that as long as he’s coming clean about drug abuse and cheating on his wife, he may as well tell all about this. Yes, says Golden Boy in an interview Tuesday on Univision, it was him dressed in drag in those infamous photos first shown in the New York Post in 2007. De La Hoya was photographed posing with stripper Milana Dravel, and the Post today reported that the boxer paid Dravnel $20 million to keep quiet about the pictures.

Boxing's 36-year-old 'Golden Boy,' the sport's biggest star for more than a decade, will continue as a promoter.

Oscar De La Hoya, boxing's "Golden Boy" who capitalized on a stirring Olympic gold-medal performance in 1992 and then in his pro career captured the attention of millions with his rags-to-riches rise from East Los Angeles, announced his retirement today.