Who won, Whitaker or De La Hoya?

Whitaker won. Oscar missed all night, got outlanded, and got knocked down.

 

De La Hoya.

 

Oscar missed all night, Whitaker barely through anything and when he did it was a little slap or thump.

Oscar's agression and power punches that did land won him the fight.

 

He didn't land ****! He mssed and his fans cheered that **** on. Oscar gave the air a beating. If Whitaker lost that fight he should have lost a few others as well. Oscar did nothing special that night. Missing, getting outlanded, and getting knocked down does not win you a fight.

 

whitaker for me

 

Pea won that fight...Quartey beat Oscar too...Tito didnt beat Oscar...Shane didnt beat Oscar the second time....Strum did beat Oscar.

 

Whitaker barely threw anything? Oddly enough he both threw more and landed more at a higher percentage than De La Hoya. Not to mention that Whitaker clearly dictated the pace, all of Oscar's flurries came up air, and he was dropped.

I had Whitaker by 2 points.

 

I had Whittaker by 2 aswell if I remember correctly.

You've gotta feel for Sweet Pea, won all 12 rounds against Ramirez and dropped a decision, should of got the nod against JCC aswell and then lost to Bojorquez after he broke his clavicle. You could say his only legit loss was to a future HOF who was around his peak and this was when Pernell was past his best.

 

A faded Pea landed more clowned more and even dropped a prime Oscar he won that fight period. A prime Pea would have humiliated Oscar. Oscar even promised a rematch but failed to deliver he wanted no more of pea.

 

I don't think Oscar was at his prime yet, but a faded Whitaker should have gotten the nod. No doubt! And a prime Whitaker would have humilated any version of DLH

 

Comes back to argument of ineffective aggression vs defense.

Ineffective aggression wins more votes than defense.

 

I disagree. Oscar was just coming into his prime years he was 24 or 25 when he fought Pea.

 

IMO 27 -30 is prime. 24 is quite young to me. I'm guessing you think Oscar wasn't active enough between fighting Tito and fighting Vargas:think

 

You're right. Prime is closer to 26-32 peak is somewhere in between.