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I just re-watched DLH/Whitaker again, and I was curious how other fans had scored it. When I watched it live, I had Oscar winning. This time, I had Pernell winning 114-113.
All three judges scored it for Oscar: 115-111, 116-110, 116-110.
I think Pernell's clowning in some rounds cost him that fight in the eyes of many. When I re-watched it, I paid closer attention to what Whitaker was doing and ignored his antics.
What say you readers?

i agree about pernells clowning, i though de la hoya did enough despite getting knocked down.

ive scored it 3 times


114-113 de la hoya
114-113 de la hoya
115-113 de la hoya

I had it 114-113 Oscar de la Hoya. A closer look at the post-fight punch stats in that fight showed that "The Golden Boy" was pretty elusive himself that night.

Another hard to score Oscar de la Hoya bout was the Ike Quartey fight. The only time I re-watched it was in 1999 and I had it 114-113 Quartey.

naw de laa hoyas last round clinched it for him IMO against quartey

114-113 de la hoya i had it 105-104 ike but the de la hoyas 12th round knockdown wa a 10-8 mking it 114-113 oscar


- oscar should have stopped him in the 12th, it was seconds away from being stopped

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:naw de laa hoyas last round clinched it for him IMO against quartey

114-113 de la hoya i had it 105-104 ike but the de la hoyas 12th round knockdown wa a 10-8 mking it 114-113 oscar


- oscar should have stopped him in the 12th, it was seconds away from being stopped

Agreed, he definitely should have been able to stop him. Quartey was tough as hell, though. Give him credit.

Whitaker beat DLH - I had it 116-113 -

I think ESPN had it 118-112 Whitaker - (something around those lines).

Whitaker ended up winning on my card too. Haven't seen the fight for a while, but scored it a fair few times with Whitaker coming out on top around about 115-113 every time. I also had Quartey winning a close decision over Oscar too.

meade95 wrote:Whitaker beat DLH - I had it 116-113 -

I think ESPN had it 118-112 Whitaker - (something around those lines).

Do you mean Harold Lederman? I think he had it closer than that - I'll have to check again.
Also, why was there no re-match? I know Oscar had a habit of not re-matching fighters he beat until Chavez, Mosley. Maybe it was because he knew he'd been handed a gift on this one?

wlvrne wrote:Also, why was there no re-match? I know Oscar had a habit of not re-matching fighters he beat until Chavez, Mosley. Maybe it was because he knew he'd been handed a gift on this one?

Yep, that sounds right. I had Sweat Pea winning a pretty comfortable nod, and I think DLH knew he'd be in for another tough matchup so he saw no reason to risk another bad showing. That, plus I think he knew he could make easier money in other matchups.