LAS VEGAS Campas is the toy De La Hoya thought he would be
Now, De La Hoya has some unfinished business with Shane Mosley.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Oscar De La Hoya got some work in, added millions to his already fat bank account, and gave his fans and Shane Mosley a good show.
It wasn't surprising, since De La Hoya scripted the night to go just that way.
Now if only his Sept. 13 rematch with Mosley can go that well. It didn't the first time they fought, with Mosley beating De La Hoya in a 12-round decision.
"I need revenge," De La Hoya said. "I need it, and I want it."
Mosley was at ringside Saturday night to watch De La Hoya in what was little more than a glorified sparring session against a plodding Yory Boy Campas.
De La Hoya was a 25-1 favorite, and he showed why, battering Campas around the ring before the challenger's cornerman finally decided he'd had enough and quit with six seconds remaining in the seventh round.
Campas was hand-picked to give De La Hoya some work, and he played the role of punching bag with flair.
Mosley isn't likely to be nearly as accommodating.
"Shane Mosley has got skill, got speed, got power," De La Hoya said. "There's a certain respect I have for him that I won't lose."
Keeps 154 title
De La Hoya kept his 154-pound title by beating a game but faded Campas, but the title doesn't mean as much to De La Hoya as does a chance to take care of some unfinished business in the final years of his career.
Ideally, that would mean rematches against Mosley and Felix Trinidad, the only fighters to beat him. But Trinidad says he's retired, leaving De La Hoya to focus on Mosley.
"I will not stop until I get revenge on those two guys who beat me," De La Hoya said. "It's a matter of personal pride to prove to myself and to prove to the world that I will win."
De La Hoya dominated from the opening bell, hurting Campas to the body and then peppering him with combinations to the head. About the only time Campas escaped damage was when his mouthpiece popped out, which it did six times in the fight.
The fans who came to watch De La Hoya put on a show were happy, though Mosley wasn't all that impressed.
"It was a nice sparring session, I would say," Mosley said.
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