Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad
Date | September 18, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBC and IBF welterweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trinidad wins via 12–round majority decision (114–114, 115–114, 115–113) |
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, billed as The Fight of the Millennium, was a boxing match held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF welterweight championships.[1]
After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision.[2]
In 2014, both boxers were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.[3][4]
Background[edit]
Planned by promoters Bob Arum and Don King, it pitted WBC world champion Oscar De La Hoya, a Mexican American, Los Angeles native, versus Puerto Rican IBF world champion Félix Trinidad. It was the last of the so-called superfights of the 20th century.[3]
The fight[edit]
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After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision.[2][clarification needed]
Aftermath[edit]
The bout set the pay-per-view record for a non-heavyweight fight with 1.4 million ($70 million) buys on HBO and $12.9 million in ticket sales, until it was broken by De La Hoya-Mayweather on May 5, 2007. It set the record 2.4 million buys, the most in boxing history until that was surpassed by Mayweather-Pacquiao in 2015 with the record of 4.4 million buys.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Steve Springer (September 23, 1999). "Four days after his controversial loss to Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya sits down and watches the fight with the Times and says: 'I demand a rematch'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
- ^ a b Smith, Timothy W. (1999-09-19). "BOXING; Trinidad Scores Stunning Upset In a Decision Vs. De La Hoya". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ a b "20 years later: Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar De La Hoya". ESPN.com. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
- ^ "Oscar De La Hoya honored to be in the Hall of Fame". ESPN.com. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2024-01-17.