Oscar De La Hoya vs Felix Sturm Full fight 2004 WBO middleweight championship De la Hoya challenged Felix Sturm (20--0) for the WBO middleweight title on June 5, 2004. De La Hoya was awarded a unanimous decision, becoming the first boxer in history to win world titles in six different weight divisions. All three judges scored the bout 115--113 in favor of De La Hoya. The decision was controversial, far more so than his decision wins over Pernell Whitaker or Ike Quartey: Whereas the Whitaker & Quartey fights were considered close decisions that could've gone either way, the feeling from most is that De La Hoya flat-out lost to Sturm. Compubox counted Sturm as landing 234 of 541 punches, while counting De La Hoya as landing 188 of 792. There had been some rumblings throughout the boxing community that the decision was made to insure De La Hoya's mega-dollar fight with Bernard Hopkins, the undisputed middleweight world champion at that time. According to Sky Sports' commentator Iain Darke, "That looks like a tailor made decision to set up De La Hoya versus Hopkins. (De La Hoya) got the benefit of high charity." Sturm & his promotional team, Universum Box-Promotion, filed a protest with the Nevada State Athletic Commission over the decision, but it was to no avail.

• published: 31 Dec 2013
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