Oscar_De_La_Hoya_vs._Félix_Trinidad

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad

Boxing competition (September 1999)

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]

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Background

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.[2]

The fight

After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision.[3]

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.

Aftermath

In 2014, both boxers were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.[2][4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    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.
  2. [2]
    "20 years later: Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar De La Hoya". ESPN.com. 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  3. [3]
    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.
  4. [4]
    "Oscar De La Hoya honored to be in the Hall of Fame". ESPN.com. 2014-06-04. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
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