There’s nothing like fighting a so-so opponent at home to get going in the right direction.
Junior featherweight contender Diego De La Hoya, coming off the first loss of his career, easily outpointed Renson Robles in a 10-round bout Saturday in Mexicali, Mexico, De La Hoya’s hometown.
And he apparently did it with one hand.
“It was a difficult fight because I hurt my left hand in the second round,” De La Hoya said. “I had to fight the entire fight with one hand. Still, I came to fight, and I never gave up.”
The scores were 97-94, 99-89 and 99-89.
Ronny Rios stopped De La Hoya (21-1, 10 KOs) in six rounds on the Rey Vargas-Tomoki Kameda card in July at Dignity Health Sports Park.
Robles (16-6, 9 KOs), from Venezuela, is now 4-5 in his last nine fights.
In the co-feature, Venezuelan Roger Gutierrez (24-3-1, 19 KOs) defeated Andres Tapia (16-8-3, 9 KOs) of Mexico by a unanimous decision in a 10-round junior lightweight fight.
And unbeaten Mexican William Zepeda (20-0, 18 KOs) stopped Jampier Oses (15-6-1, 12 KOs) of Venezuela at 2:32 of the third round of a scheduled 10-round lightweight bout.