Devoid of Drama, De La Hoya Defeats Forbes

Regardless of what was the real purpose of Saturday?s 12-round event, Oscar de la Hoya managed the 39th win of his Hall-of-Fame career with a business-like performance over former Contender finalist Steve Forbes in the HBO-televised main event at the Home Depot Soccer Stadium in Carson, California. HBO pulled out all of the stops in helping kick off the Oscar de la Hoya retirement tour. A whopping 40 minutes from the start of the telecast to the opening bell, not one but two National Anthems tel…