I have always scored that fight a draw. DLH showed up running from the opening bell, jabbing and throwing an occasional flurry, He takes no chances and is moving nonstop for twelve rounds, pecking a jab playing keep away. He gives Tito so much respect you would've thought George Foreman was the opponent DLH grew so tired form all the movement that halfway through the fight all he has the energy to do is run and throw an occasional jab...... the last 1/3 of the fight all he can do is run and play keep away. 6-5-1 Merchant 6-6 Lederhman but the announcing is very biased and colors a picture of DLH ripping shots which tends to make it seem like DLH is doing more than he actualy is, Tito for his part didn't do much either, The fight was a letdown but the responsibility for that rests with DLH who is booed several times during the fight for running
"The Oscar DeLaHoya - Felix Trinidad decision is controversial among the fans and sportswriters who witnessed it. Can any big fight be without controversy anymore? It's almost ridiculous. I thought DeLaHoya won the fight with a beautiful display of boxing skills. In fact this was the best DLH ever! He landed the most damaging punches, and clearly landed the "clean and hard punches" until the last few rounds. He landed the crisper punches, the hardest body shots, and the best combinations. Trinidad didn't know what the word "combination" meant in this fight. He was throwing one punch at a time. It turned out to be a boxer (DLH) out- boxing a slugger (Trinidad). Only the better boxer was robbed of a deserved decision. The Associated Press had it 7-5 in rounds for DeLaHoya. An informal poll of newspapers at ringside had DeLahoya winning 12 of 17. Oscar won the "newspaper decision". Most of Trinidads punches were blocked, hit DLH's gloves, and just plain missed. DeLaHoya boxed a beautiful fight. He landed nice body shots, he made Trinidad miss and he made him pay. A nice exhibition of boxing. I guess most modern fans don't understand what defense is. Many are not use to seeing fighters tuck their chin, block punches with their gloves, and counter-punch effectively. Aggression means nothing. There is no scoring category for aggression, only "effective aggression". Defense, ring generalship, and clean and hard punching are the other categories. DeLahoya was clearly the better defensive fighter and ring general, fighting his fight, making Trinidad miss- badly at times, and reducing him to a one punch at a time stalker. DeLahoya certainly landed the cleaner shots, while landing his share of the harder punches including buckling Trinidad on a couple of occasions. He gave away the last few rounds which was unpopular with many fans and the judges but he still won the fight."
you know what a lot of nonfighting s called defense and an unwilligness to engage ring generalship. Forcing the fight means nothing and shoeshine flurries and hauling ass is called boxing by many. Fighting negative and playing keep away is applauded as scientific boxing. Yet the Klits do this **** and its boring and they are robots, why is that.
I gave Tito rounds 4, 9, 10, 11, 12. Had it 7-5 Oscar. I don't really see Tito doing enough to win rounds 1 or 5 but they were close so if I was the kinda guy that scored even rounds I might have it 5-5-2 but no way can I come up with a Tito card.
