Pernell Whitaker vs Oscar De La Hoya

[mynameismyname]

who won this fight? i saw sweet pea by close.

[OctoberRed]

who won this fight? i saw sweet pea by close.

Whitaker made it too close. Allowed De La Hoya to steal the fight.

[ShoulderRoll]

In my opinion:

Pernell got off to a good start but then didn't punch enough in the second half of the fight. Oscar's greater volume allowed him to edge it because even though he was missing a lot he still managed to be the one landing more clean punches down the stretch.

[yngwie]

It was a really close fight, but no problem with Oscar winning, Whitaker put himself in shape after a series of not so good performances and gave his last hurrah vs the biggest star in the sport and one of the most talented fighters in boxing.

[Acerbitas]

Pernell Whitaker won.

[ShoulderRoll]

The entire fight is on YouTube but this a good, succinct highlight video of each round:

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Oscar won that fight. I have always thought that, watching live or rewatching.. I never understood why this fight was considered debatable.

It was a competitive fight, but a clear Oscar win. Not sure if it sways opinion, but this was the first time Oscar really was in a tough competitive fight, so a lot of people at the time, (maybe presently) feel like Oscar was exposed and gave the nod to pernell.

Pernell did a nice job of neutralizing oscar's attacks, but pernell really didn't have a high activity rate to outscore oscar. Pernell gave away too many rounds, a lot of rounds was Oscar throwing a lot, missing a lot, and pernell not following up.. similar to Hopkins vs Taylor/calzaghe.. neutralize the attack, but not really have an attack of your own and lose to the guy who is pressing the fight

[IronDanHamza]

I had Whitaker winning but like others mentioned Whitaker gave the fight away. Top much posing not enough punching.

[Shaolin Sword]

Clear Oscar win, 8-4. Landed the effective damaging blows. Whitaker's goofing around certainly didn't help him.

[Shaolin Sword]

Oscar won that fight. I have always thought that, watching live or rewatching.. I never understood why this fight was considered debatable.

It was a competitive fight, but a clear Oscar win. Not sure if it sways opinion, but this was the first time Oscar really was in a tough competitive fight, so a lot of people at the time, (maybe presently) feel like Oscar was exposed and gave the nod to pernell.

Pernell did a nice job of neutralizing oscar's attacks, but pernell really didn't have a high activity rate to outscore oscar. Pernell gave away too many rounds, a lot of rounds was Oscar throwing a lot, missing a lot, and pernell not following up.. similar to Hopkins vs Taylor/calzaghe.. neutralize the attack, but not really have an attack of your own and lose to the guy who is pressing the fight