On May 6, 2006, Ricardo Mayorga (27-5-1, 22 KOs), the super-welterweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Oscar De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs).
Oscar De La Hoya is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 70% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round KO loss to Bernard Hopkins, 1 year, 7 months, and 18 days ago. Ricardo Mayorga is on a 1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Michele Piccirillo, 8 months and 23 days ago.
The winning odds are at 64.3-35.7 in favor of Ricardo Mayorga. Oscar De La Hoya also has a chance at winning but he will have to put up a really good fight to get the win.
Oscar De La Hoya stopped the champion via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC super-welterweight champion. De La Hoya improves his record to 38-4 (30 KOs), while Mayorga adds a loss to his record at 27-6-1.