Oscar de la Hoya was named Fighter of the Year in the UFC.
 De La Hoya ====De la Hoya next challenged Felix Sturm (200) for the WBO middleweight title, on June 5, 2004, with the winner also getting a shot at the undisputed world middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins
On May 3, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, De La Hoya fought Steve Forbes (335) in a tuneup for a possible rematch with Mayweather

