De La Hoya has Mosley in his sights

Oscar De La Hoya delivered a chilling message to Sugar Shane Mosley ahead of their September 13 rematch when he stopped Mexican Yory Boy Campas in seven rounds to retain his WBC/WBA light-middleweight titles at the Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas.

De La Hoya, who goes by the name ‘The Golden Boy’ following his gold medal victory at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, was quickly into his stride with his jab, as Campas walked forward and De La Hoya picked him off at ease.

He caught the judges’ eye with eye-popping combinations, especially in the fifth round when he rocked the head of Campas on a few occasions.

De La Hoya had been out of the ring for seven months since beating Fernando Vargas to unify the light-middleweight division with an 11th-round stoppage, but showed no signs of ring rust and was always in control.

Campas was deducted a point in the fifth for constantly losing his gum-shield due to the velocity of De La Hoya’s punches.

It was Campas’ corner who finally called a halt to the fight midway through the seventh.

After the fight De La Hoya rated his performance as seven out of 10 as he could not throw his left hand very much due to hurting it early in the fight.

Now De La Hoya, cheered on by his fans throughout the fight, will look to avenge one of his two professional defeats against Mosley, who outboxed De La Hoya in June 2000.