Editing Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad

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{{Infobox boxing match
| Fight Name   = The Fight of the Millennium
| image        = [[File:Fight of the Millennium.jpg|220px]]
| caption      = 
| fight date   = September 18, 1999
| location     = [[Mandalay Bay Events Center]], [[Paradise, Nevada]], U.S.
| titles       = [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] and [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] welterweight titles
| fighter1     = [[Oscar De La Hoya]]
| nickname1    = "The Golden Boy"
| hometown1    = [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| purse1       = $21,000,000
| record1      = 31–0 (25 KO)
| age1         = {{age in years and months |February 4, 1973 |September 18, 1999}}
| height1      = 5 ft 10+1/2 in
| weight1      = 147 lb
| style1       = [[Orthodox stance|Orthodox]]
| recognition1 = [[World Boxing Council|WBC]]<br>Welterweight Champion<br>[[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']] [[Pound for pound|pound-for-pound]] No. 1 ranked fighter<br>[[Quadruple champion|4-division world champion]]
| fighter2     = [[Félix Trinidad]]
| nickname2    = "Tito"
| hometown2    = [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|Cupey Alto, San Juan]], [[Puerto Rico]]
| purse2       = $8,500,000
| record2      = 35–0 (30 KO)
| age2         = {{age in years and months |January 10, 1973 |September 18, 1999}}
| height2      = 5 ft 11 in
| weight2      = 147 lb
| style2       = Orthodox
| recognition2 = [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]]<br>Welterweight Champion<br>[[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']] [[Pound for pound|pound-for-pound]] No. 4 ranked fighter
| result       = '''Trinidad''' wins via 12–round '''[[majority decision]]''' (114–114, 115–114, 115–113)
}}
'''[[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 [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] and [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] welterweight championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar De La Hoya |url=https://boxrec.com/wiki/index.php/Felix_Trinidad_vs._Oscar_De_La_Hoya |website=boxrec.com |publisher=BoxRec |access-date=28 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=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'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|author=Steve Springer|date=September 23, 1999|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-sep-23-sp-13234-story.html|access-date=2019-02-24}}</ref>

After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision.<ref name=NYT>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Timothy W. |date=1999-09-19 |title=BOXING; Trinidad Scores Stunning Upset In a Decision Vs. De La Hoya |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/19/sports/boxing-trinidad-scores-stunning-upset-in-a-decision-vs-de-la-hoya.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Background==
Planned by promoters [[Bob Arum]] and [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]], it pitted WBC world champion [[Oscar De La Hoya]], a Mexican American, Los Angeles native, versus [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] IBF world champion [[Félix Trinidad]]. It was the last of the so-called ''superfights'' of the 20th century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-18 |title=20 years later: Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar De La Hoya |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/27645890/20-years-later-felix-trinidad-vs-oscar-de-la-hoya |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> 

==The fight==
After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision.<ref name=NYT/>

De La Hoya and Trinidad were content to box from the outside most of the fight, with De La Hoya using his boxing skills and Trinidad looking for openings in De La Hoya's guard. De La Hoya injured one of Trinidad's eyes along the process, and he built a lead that he apparently felt, after nine rounds, secured him the win on points. In fact, at the time, he was leading, but only by 87–84 and 86–85 on two score cards while the third card was tied at 86–86. 

De La Hoya boxed in circles from rounds ten to twelve, while Trinidad upped his offensive output. This became a crucial matter because while De La Hoya backpedalled, Trinidad accumulated points on the scorecards and De La Hoya was given only one round by one of the three scoring judges the rest of the way. Trinidad out-punched De la Hoya by a margin of 64 to 33 during those three remaining rounds. 

Trinidad was afterwards declared winner by margins of 115–113 on one card and 115–114 on the second, the third one being a 114–114 draw, thus Trinidad winning by a 12 rounds majority decision.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/27645890/20-years-later-felix-trinidad-vs-oscar-de-la-hoya|title=20 years later: Felix Trinidad vs. Oscar De La Hoya|date=September 18, 2019|website=ESPN.com}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
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 [[Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.|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 [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao|Mayweather-Pacquiao]] in 2015 with the record of 4.4 million buys.

In 2014, both boxers were inducted into the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-06-04 |title=Oscar De La Hoya honored to be in the Hall of Fame |url=https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/11033368/oscar-de-la-hoya-honored-the-hall-fame |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Undercard==
Confirmed bouts:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/event/8818|title=BoxRec - event|publisher=}}</ref>

==Broadcasting==
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| {{flag|United States}} || [[HBO]]
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|{{flag|Thailand}}||[[BBTV Channel 7|Channel 7]]
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==See also==
*[[Errol Spence Jr. vs. Shawn Porter]]

==References==
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