Quote Originally Posted by spekterscript
Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
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Whitaker | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 114
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Oscar | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 112

Of all the fights I've tried to score over the last couple years, I think this fight is the toughest. There are just so many close rounds where neither guy lands any major punches. I change my mind all the time about the 4th and 10th rounds. You could score them both for Oscar, split them, or have them both for Whitaker. I've watched this fight several times over the years, and sometimes I think Whitaker won, and sometimes I have it a draw.

I don't think it's a robbery that De La Hoya won. I think the problem I have, like most people, is that there's no way the fight was the way the judges scored it. There's no way a judge could watch that fight and score it 9 rounds to 3, which is how two of the judges had it. That's a really bad scorecard. If DLH had won by one point on a split decision, I don't think there would have been as much controversy. But because the scores were so lopsided, you wonder if the judges were even paying attention.
Also, I think a lot of the controversy had to do with the fact that people who scored it for Whitaker thought that this was the THIRD time in his career that he got robbed in a title fight. If Whitaker hadn't gotten robbed against Ramirez and Chavez, I doubt there would have been as much complaining. But since he got robbed those two times, losing a close fight to DLH stung even more.
Well said. Agreed. The same can be said for the first 2 losses of ODLH. The saddest irony is the ODLH fight against Tito looked very similar to the SweetPea and ODLH fight. I suppose judges in Vegas give rounds to the aggressor...whether he/she is an effective aggressor or not. Anyways CC for the insight and profound words.
That would be a good fight to do in the future ODLH -vs.- Trinidad

Oscar lost those last rounds vs. Tito because he was backing up and doing nada ! simply running.. ( anyone that goes out intentionally gives the last few rounds away in a championship bout is in big troubles) ! its makes a horrible impression.. I believe that was the worst advise I ever heard coming from Gil Clancy ( Oscar’s trainer at that time ) .