This Tito-DLH argument could rage on from here to eternity. Both sides have valid points. I, of course, think Tito would win a rematch at 154 (or higher) convincingly. DLH fans think Oscar would win. Only an actual fight would settle that score. But, that being said.....

Tito doesn't NEED a De La Hoya fight. He already got the "W". From non-Puerto Rican judges, and in Oscar's backyard. So whether you think it was a good decision or a bad decision, Tito walked away with the win, and it is Oscar that seeks redemption, not Tito. Tito pressed the action throughout the fight, especially in the later rounds, when Oscar chose to play "Olympic sprinter" and ran all over the ring. Would he have won the fight had he fought all 12 rounds? Maybe.... maybe not. Tito had the edge in stamina, and he's obviously always had KO power well into the end of fights.

And while I'm at it, I don't get where people question Tito's chin. His only KO loss came at the hands of Hopkins, and that was after a thorough beating through 11 rounds. Hopkins was always the naturally bigger man, a natural middleweight, one of the best in history. There is no shame in a natural welterweight going up in weight and losing to a future HOF'er at middleweight. De La Hoya fared a lot worse.