15 years later: Who really won Dela Hoya V Trinidad fight?

McGrain · Oct 17, 2014

JAB5239 said: ↑

I agree. You might have able to sqeeze another round in there for Tito somewhere, but over all i thought Oscar schooled him.
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4 and 9 are up for debate, but I think those are the only rounds that are up for debate.

JAB5239 · Oct 17, 2014

McGrain said: ↑

4 and 9 are up for debate, but I think those are the only rounds that are up for debate.
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I havent seen the fight in a bit, but im probably thinking round 4.

Just Rik · Oct 17, 2014

This fight sucked.

smooveonthe88 · Oct 17, 2014

Shouldn't have ran...he regrets it to this day. Oscar was winning...clearly. But he lost. And that is why. And he knows it.

detamour · Oct 17, 2014

History section fools, **** off with these retired guys!!

Tancred · Oct 17, 2014

The golden boy won he nearly ****ed it up by doing some extra roadwork over the last 3 rounds but he got home by a few rounds .

ayala · Oct 17, 2014

rayrobinson said: ↑

Watch the fight , its 12 rounds remember , Oscar outboxed and confused Felix easily for at least 8 rounds. Also just because he kept coming forward doesn't mean shite if you don't hit anything.

On a really tough day its 7 - 5 Oscar. In reality it was 9 - 3.
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But how effective was De la Hoya when he was moving and when he would stop to unleash his pitty pats he would hit the air or gloves. Don't get me wrong I had the fight dead even 6 rounds a piece and if anyone landed the most effective punches it was Tito

lefthandlead · Oct 17, 2014

Jesus said: ↑

Who do you think won this fight?

I thought Dela Hoya won it.
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Trinidad won the fight, De La Hoya won the event.

elchivito · Oct 17, 2014

ayala said: ↑

But how effective was De la Hoya when he was moving and when he would stop to unleash his pitty pats he would hit the air or gloves. Don't get me wrong I had the fight dead even 6 rounds a piece and if anyone landed the most effective punches it was Tito
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Na, those pitty pats were enough to leave Tito's trunks bloody. Tito had also sucker punched Oscar after the bell had rung, I forgot which round, Tito didn't even make him flinch. I knew Oscar had stamina problems and Tito the opposite, grew stronger as the fight goes on, and to me, that's exactly what happened. But despite Oscar's chicken dance, he still built to big of a lead to lose. Championship rounds be damned. Those are the only rounds Tito won. 3, 4 rounds

markq · Oct 17, 2014

Dlh

puncherschance · Oct 17, 2014

22 puerto ricans in the house!!

divac · Oct 17, 2014

Marquez doing a number on Pacquiao is boxing, DLH did'nt box Tito, he ran from him.

Imperial1 · Oct 17, 2014

I love how everyone who says that Oscar didn't deserve to win because he ran can't come up with any other reason as to why Tito actually deserved the W

lufcrazy · Oct 18, 2014

Thought it was a draw tbh.

No problem with Tito getting it though.

Rumsfeld · Oct 18, 2014

McGrain said: ↑

Felix Trinidad MD12 Oscar De La Hoya

OSCAR: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
TITO: 10,11,12

It felt like a robbery to me, it felt like Oscar won it pretty big and that's the way I see it when I actually put pen to paper over it. To be honest, I can't really see how anyone comes up with this fight for Trinidad. The above scorecard doesn't make me comfortable, I hate scoring round after round for one guy, but that's the way I saw it, and if I was to watch it again with "benefit of the doubt" type eyes I think I could only hack up 4 and 9 for Tito. I admit these could be scored either way. That gives me a card of 7-5, at best for Trinidad and I can't see how I could see it any other way.

I thought Oscar's punching was consistently brilliant when he went on the attack, and I think the variety of leads was great to see. He flushes a one-two off a lead left uppercut at one point, leads with hooks to the body, jabs, right hands, you name, every punch really. He doesn't do a lot of punching, but he certainly lands mare than Trinidad by a ways up until he quits fighting. He outlanded him in round 9, which I know is a big one on Tito fan's cards. I think you could give 9 to Tito, but Oscar starts very strong with varied attacks, goes on his bike, but finishes up pretty strong in the last ten seconds with flurries and combos. You can't ignore them as though it were some cheap parlour trick, they are scoring punches, and for me they shadow the round for De La Hoya.

Round 4 is the crucial round to me, as Oscar gets hit hard here twice just standing around and waiting. After that, he never really stops moving, which dominates the flavour of the fight. It works for him though, and Trinidad often looks set in stone, missing punches by literally a foot on a couple of occasions late on. It's such a high energy style though, and I think that gets underplayed a bit. Look how many steps Oscar has to take to keep ahead of Tito in these middle rounds, a ratio of four to one wouldn't surprise me. It's basically an aerobic workout in the middle of a boxing match. There wasn't any decision by Oscar to move those last three rounds, he just didn't have the energy to fight. The best camp he'd ever had couldn't supply him with that kind of energy against a high pressure style. He doesn't get beaten up though, apart from in the twelfth, because Trinidad is knackered also. In fact...they start to look a little like Cotto-Margarito I

I'm honestly not denigrating them though, in spite of Oscars sometimes stiff-shined galloping style and Trinidad's muted, thumping pursuit, this is just about Oscar's best display. I thought he won handily and deserved the decision. I think Trinidad got exposed a bit here, finally, but showed good discipline and another facet to his game. He perhaps would have done better had he boxed with a bit less discipline, sometimes though?
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