{{Infobox boxing match | fight date = June 17, 2000 | Fight Name = Destiny | location = Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, US | image = | fighter1 = Oscar De La Hoya | nickname1 = The Golden Boy | purse1 = $15,000,000 | record1 = 32–1 (26 KO) | height1 = 5 ft 10 in | weight1 = 146+1/2 lb | style1 = Orthodox | hometown1 = East Los Angeles, California, US | recognition1 = WBC and IBA welterweight champion[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]] No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter4-division world champion | fighter2 = Shane Mosley | nickname2 = Sugar | purse2 = $4,500,000 | record2 = 34–0 (32 KO) | hometown2 = Pomona, California, US | height2 = 5 ft 9 in | weight2 = 147 lb | style2 = Orthodox | recognition2 = The Ring No. 5 ranked pound-for-pound fighterFormer lightweight world champion | titles = WBC and IBA welterweight titles |result=Mosley wins via 12–round split decision (116–112, 113–115, 115–113) }} Oscar De La Hoya vs. Shane Mosley, billed as Destiny'', was a professional boxing match contested on June 17, 2000 for De La Hoya's WBC and IBA welterweight titles. Background The previous year, De La Hoya had lost the WBC welterweight title to Félix Trinidad. De La Hoya's first loss as a professional was met with controversy, as De La Hoya seemed to be in control for most of the fight's first eight rounds. However, at the urging of his corner, De La Hoya took a more defensive approach in the later rounds, leading to Trinidad taking all of the final four rounds on the scorecards and a majority decision victory. De La Hoya demanded a rematch, but an agreement was never reached Instead, De La Hoya took an "eliminator" bout with Derrell Coley, who was the number one ranked welterweight fighter by the WBC. The winner was originally set to become the mandatory challenger to Trinidad, but the winner was all but guaranteed to become the new WBC welterweight champion as Trinidad was on the verge of vacating the title in order to move up to the middleweight division and challenge David Reid. De La Hoya would defeat Coley by seventh round knockout to capture the lightly regarded IBA welterweight title, and shortly after, was once again named the WBC welterweight champion. With De La Hoya and Trinidad not able to come to terms on