The proud father, Oscar De La Hoya, grabbed his phone to display a vacation video of his 19-month-old daughter standing atop swimming pool tile in Puerto Rico.
"You've gotta see this," De La Hoya said.
Victoria De La Hoya, smiling widely, bent her knees, let out a shout and jumped into the water with no floaters. She began swimming, smiling the whole time.
Her dad can relate.
More than a year removed from the throes of alcoholism and a bitter split with Richard Schaefer, longtime chief executive of De La Hoya's Golden Boy Promotions, the former six-division world-champion fighter has taken daily control of his boxing company.