There were no poems from Floyd Mayweather Sr. The million-dollar smile was largely absent from Oscar De La Hoya's face.
De La Hoya got what he wanted Saturday, but hardly in the way he desired.
De La Hoya scored a unanimous decision over unheralded Felix Sturm before 13,041 at the MGM Grand to win the WBO middleweight title and set up a rich
Sept. 18 bout against Bernard Hopkins.
That fight, which promoter Bob Arum predicts will be the richest non-heavyweight bout in history, will be for the WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF belts.
Hopkins routed Robert Allen to retain his WBA, WBC and IBF belts to set up the match for all four championships, the first time all four have been on
the line in the same bout.