Oscar De La Hoya vs Pernell Whitaker 12.4.1997 - WBC World Welterweight Championship
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Oscar De La Hoya moves up in weight to challenge Pernell Whitaker for the WBC World Welterweight title. Whitaker had established himself as a boxing legend, De La Hoya however was making a name for himself as the legend killer. More info below...
Pernell Whitaker was 41-1 coming into this fight. He had won the WBC World Welterweight title in 1993 from James McGirt and had successfully defended the title 8 times against good fighters with a combined record of 262-15-5. He gave undefeated fighters Diosbelys Hurtado and Wilfredo Rivera their first losses and fought Julio Cesar Chavez to a disputed draw during this period. In 1995 he even moved up in weight to capture the WBA World Super Welterweight title from Julio Cesar Vasquez but relinquished the belt so he could concentrate on defending his WBC Welterweight title. Whitaker was also a former undisputed World Lightweight Champion having held the WBC, WBA and IBF versions of the belt. He also held the IBF World Super Lightweight title briefly before making the shift to a permanent welterweight. Whitaker's biggest achievement however, was his 1984 Olympic Gold Medal. He was already considered by most as one of the top 5 light weight boxers of all time.
Oscar De La Hoya was undefeated at 23-0 with 20 KO's. He had moved up through the weights very quickly and was already a former WBO World Super Featherweight, WBO and IBF World Lightweight and WBC World Super Lightweight champion all within a 5 year period! Since winning his first world title in 1994 Oscar De La Hoya had fought nothing but world class competition, downing names like Jorge Paez, Rafael Ruelas, Genaro Hernandez, Jesse James Leija, Miguel Angel Gonzalez and the biggest name of them all, Julio Cesar Chavez by 4th round TKO.
Pernell Whitaker had just come off back to back wins over other undefeated fighters but they didn't have the same level of competition that Oscar De Lay Hoya had. In the third round, De La Hoya suffered a cut under his right eye from an accidental headbutt. As a result, Whitaker had a point deducted in conjunction with WBC rules of the time. The fight was very close and hard to score at times as both men were aggressive at various points. Whitaker was making better use of his jab and landed more punches overall but De La Hoya was landing arguably the bigger punches. In round 9 De La Hoya buckled from a couple sloppy looking left hooks with his knee and glove touching the canvas for a mere second but enough for the ref to call it a knock down. At the end of 12 rounds, De La Hoya had won a controversial unanimous decision. It was not the best performance of De Lay Hoya's career but the judges felt he did enough win although a majority of writers ring side covering the fighter gave it to Whitaker.
De La Hoya would remain undefeated for another 2 years before finally losing a decision to Felix Trinidad in an IBF/WBC Welterweight unification bout. De La Hoya would go on to win world titles in the super welterweight and middleweight divisions before finally retiring in 2008 with a 39-6 record.
Whitaker was adamant he won but his career would never recover from this loss. In his very next fight he won a WBA welterweight elimination match however the result was changed to a ND following a post fight drug test as Whitaker tested positive for cocaine. Following 2 more losses to Felix Trinidad and unheralded Carlos Bojorquez, Whitaker retired with a 40-4-1 record with 1 No Decision.
Pernell Whitaker was 41-1 coming into this fight. He had won the WBC World Welterweight title in 1993 from James McGirt and had successfully defended the title 8 times against good fighters with a combined record of 262-15-5. He gave undefeated fighters Diosbelys Hurtado and Wilfredo Rivera their first losses and fought Julio Cesar Chavez to a disputed draw during this period. In 1995 he even moved up in weight to capture the WBA World Super Welterweight title from Julio Cesar Vasquez but relinquished the belt so he could concentrate on defending his WBC Welterweight title. Whitaker was also a former undisputed World Lightweight Champion having held the WBC, WBA and IBF versions of the belt. He also held the IBF World Super Lightweight title briefly before making the shift to a permanent welterweight. Whitaker's biggest achievement however, was his 1984 Olympic Gold Medal. He was already considered by most as one of the top 5 light weight boxers of all time.
Oscar De La Hoya was undefeated at 23-0 with 20 KO's. He had moved up through the weights very quickly and was already a former WBO World Super Featherweight, WBO and IBF World Lightweight and WBC World Super Lightweight champion all within a 5 year period! Since winning his first world title in 1994 Oscar De La Hoya had fought nothing but world class competition, downing names like Jorge Paez, Rafael Ruelas, Genaro Hernandez, Jesse James Leija, Miguel Angel Gonzalez and the biggest name of them all, Julio Cesar Chavez by 4th round TKO.
Pernell Whitaker had just come off back to back wins over other undefeated fighters but they didn't have the same level of competition that Oscar De Lay Hoya had. In the third round, De La Hoya suffered a cut under his right eye from an accidental headbutt. As a result, Whitaker had a point deducted in conjunction with WBC rules of the time. The fight was very close and hard to score at times as both men were aggressive at various points. Whitaker was making better use of his jab and landed more punches overall but De La Hoya was landing arguably the bigger punches. In round 9 De La Hoya buckled from a couple sloppy looking left hooks with his knee and glove touching the canvas for a mere second but enough for the ref to call it a knock down. At the end of 12 rounds, De La Hoya had won a controversial unanimous decision. It was not the best performance of De Lay Hoya's career but the judges felt he did enough win although a majority of writers ring side covering the fighter gave it to Whitaker.
De La Hoya would remain undefeated for another 2 years before finally losing a decision to Felix Trinidad in an IBF/WBC Welterweight unification bout. De La Hoya would go on to win world titles in the super welterweight and middleweight divisions before finally retiring in 2008 with a 39-6 record.
Whitaker was adamant he won but his career would never recover from this loss. In his very next fight he won a WBA welterweight elimination match however the result was changed to a ND following a post fight drug test as Whitaker tested positive for cocaine. Following 2 more losses to Felix Trinidad and unheralded Carlos Bojorquez, Whitaker retired with a 40-4-1 record with 1 No Decision.
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