Oscar De La Hoya vs Felix Trinidad

Agreed.

But same old same old---when exactly did the DKP fighter get screwed? And that has been the history of the sport. Unfortunately.

 

I think the fight was a draw. Sure, De La Hoya did more of his fight and Tito was underwhelming but I gave him rounds 4, 9-12 clearly so one more round gets him a draw.

I do think, even though Trinidad didn’t have much success had some effect on De La Hoya not wanting to even try to box the last four rounds. Maybe it was when he landed one or two punches, but Oscar didn’t like the way that fight was going. Trinidad would have KO’d him with 15 rounds and maybe without the weight drain (Tito was boiling down to 147 by then), perhaps at 154 he starts faster. Tito became a good big fight fighter after that first PPV mega event. There’s a reason De La Hoya wouldn’t even negotiate for a re-match and then only when Tito retired was Oscar wanting that re-match. When Trinidad announced he’s coming back, De La Hoya was quick to wrap up the Hopkins deal. Obviously a harder fight, but one he’d be more excused if losing.

 

While i had Oscar winning, the likes of Lewis-Hollyfield I, Whitaker-Chavez and Fenench-Nelson I were worse because the robbed fighters there didn´t give the judges a reason to take it away from them like Oscar did.

 

A draw would have been the right result. I actually had Tito up by one point at the end and like you, he swept the last 3 rounds on my card.

Anyone posting a DLH robbery needs to watch the way he didn't close the show and then reconsider. It was a very close fight.

 

Both fighters underwhelmed in this one. We were hoping for the second coming of Leonard-Hearns and just got an early preview of the Lewis-Holyfield rematch instead. It was an anticlimactic end to the decade that was for sure.