AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas - In a bout for the WBC Youth super bantamweight world title, Diego De La Hoya (16-0, 9KOs) dominated Orlando Del Valle (22-3-1, 16KOs) over ten rounds to win a lopsided unanimous decision. The scores were 100-90, 99-91, 99-91.

Del Valle was a little tentative in the first round and allowed De La Hoya to get his work in and land shots. The second and third was a little more competitive, but De La Hoya still had the edge with workrate and punches landed. During the fourth, De La Hoya was landing very well and pushing Del Valle back. Del Valle landed flush hook on the chin, but De La Hoya took it and continued to push forward.

De La Hoya was accurate, used the distance well and tagging Del Valle during the fifth. Del Valle was shaken up, more than once, during the sixth as De La Hoya continued to land bigger shots. As they entered the seventh round, there was significant swelling building up under the right eye of Del Valle. At this point, he wasn't able to figure out the style of De La Hoya or deal with his power.

De La Hoya switched things up in the eight, using movement and picking his shots more selectively. De La Hoya continued to dominate the action in the ninth and Del Valle had no answers for him. De La Hoya told his corner prior to the tenth that he injured his right hand. His corner was pleading with him to use his left hand instead. De La Hoya's corner was asking him to go for the knockout.

The tenth round was more of the same, with De La Hoya tagging Del Valle with some big punches. He was blocking most of Del Valle's punches and using a sharp jab to keep him at a distance and land counters. In the final ten seconds, Del Valle appeared to be in trouble as De La Hoya was landing punches and trying to drop him.

“We knew this fight was going to be difficult we knew we were going up against an opponent who had a flood of experience,” said Diego De La Hoya. “There were moments where the fight was complicated, but I was able to hurt him consistently with shots to the head. My most effective shot was the uppercut, and once I found that out, I consistently used it. I'm glad for the victory to bring this fight for all the Mexican fans tonight in front of such a venue has been a dream come true for me,” De La Hoya said.