How did you score Whitaker-De La Hoya?

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  1. boxerca

    boxerca Guest

    This was a tough fight to score.

    You had to deduct one point from Whitaker, because of the WBC rules back then. If you caused an accidental headbutt, one point was deducted from you. Stupid rules but that's how it went.

    I scored it 113-113 a draw. Without the point deduction from Whitaker, I'd have him winning by a score of 114-113.

    How did you score it?
     
    boxerca, Dec 21, 2009
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  2. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar de la Hoya: Whitaker 114-113
    De la Hoya: 2,3 ( 10-8 ) 4,8 and 12.
    Whitaker: 1,5,6,9 ( 10-8 ) ,10 and 11.
    [FONT=&quot]Round 7 even.

    In the grand scheme of things though, I don't think anyone really 'won' this fight. You have to be kind of petty to pick a winner.
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    sweet_scientist, Dec 21, 2009
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  3. Bill Butcher

    Bill Butcher Erik`El Terrible`Morales Full Member

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    50/50 fight, too many hard to call rds TBH.

    DLH didnt land enough clean & Whitaker never attacked enough, no superiority was shown overall.

    A draw is the fairest result.
     
    Bill Butcher, Dec 21, 2009
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  4. Robbi

    Robbi Marvelous Full Member

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    7 rounds to 5 for De La Hoya. Very close fight.


    No robbery.
     
    Robbi, Dec 21, 2009
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  5. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    with pen and paper.
     
    Seamus, Dec 21, 2009
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  6. KOTF

    KOTF Bingooo Full Member

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    By watching it on television.

    113-113 the last time I watched it
     
    KOTF, Dec 21, 2009
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  7. GregDempsey

    GregDempsey Guest

    I dont remember the score..but i remember that I did feel that sweet pea took it. That was a example of speed and defense being desceptive. I remember Oscar threw a huge flurry...fast hands...with Pernall moving all over....rolling and slipping..but it looked like he was being hit with at least half the punches thrown. Then they go between rounds..and they show it again, with Jim saying something like "watch this great work Oscar got off here" and they show it and slow motion, and you see NOT A SINGLE OSCAR punch lands....and the HBO team doesnt say a damn word...I was just a kid at that point..but I thought "interesting..."
     
    GregDempsey, Dec 21, 2009
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  8. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    During the fight I thought Oscar was not doing good because I thought he would have been winning by a larger margin but I thought Oscar edged it...Hard to look good against fighters like Sweet Pea, Calzage,Hopkins,Saol Mamby,JJWalcott,
     
    Bummy Davis, Dec 21, 2009
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  9. divac

    divac Loyal Member Full Member

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    Through most of those flurries by DLH, Whitaker did'nt even attemp to counter the misses........he did'nt punch, he stuck out his right hand to touch DLH.......

    Maybe if we score this fight the amatuer way, ineffective touches, a case can be made for Pernell Whitaker.

    Neither fighter was very effective, and in such cases I score such fights for the aggressor.
    I had DLH winning along the lines that the official judges had it.....Wide!
     
    divac, Dec 22, 2009
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  10. horst

    horst Guest

    This sentence kind of sums up the feeling of apathy I get whenever I see a fight like Whitaker-De La Hoya. SS, do you feel the same about Hopkins-Calzaghe and Hopkins-Winky? That's the way I feel about those two fights. I just don't think either man did enough to deserve to win either fight. The fights were so dull that neither man emerged with much credit, and there really isn't any way of having a strong conviction over who won. Thoughts?
     
    horst, Dec 22, 2009
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  11. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Totally agree mate. You can throw in fights like Hopkins-Taylor I & II in there as well. How the hell could anyone deserve to 'win' those 'fights'?
     
    sweet_scientist, Dec 22, 2009
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  12. round15

    round15 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Baaaahhh! Humbug!!!

    Seamus, are you "Scrooged Approved," just playing with the words, or you simply can't stand it when someone posts a question that's questionable to you in terms of diction and syntax?

    What was your score in the Whitaker vs Delahoya fight?
     
    round15, Dec 22, 2009
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  13. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    8-4. Admirable effort by Whitaker but I thought he was outgunned and out-efforted. I did not see it as close as others did. However, I was not a big fan of Whitaker's style in certain fights.
     
    Seamus, Dec 22, 2009
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  14. Rubber Warrior

    Rubber Warrior Resident ESB Soothsayer Full Member

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    Pea's disposition and in the ring clowning cost him against the popular, marketable good guy - Golden Boy. The momentum of the moment seemed to slip between Pernell's fingers based on all of this. Had the tables been turned Oscar still would have won.
     
    Rubber Warrior, Dec 22, 2009
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  15. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not as close as the Sweet Peat nuthuggers cry about.


    Ive seen this fight numerous times and the closest i can come up with is 115-113 Delahoya. Usually i have it 116-112 Delahoya.
     
    anarci, Jul 16, 2010
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