I'll never understand how anybody scored a fight like that for Tito. They were worried it was gonna' be a shutout so they gave him rounds earlier they shouldn't have, and that ended up costing Oscar the fight. That result will always piss me off.
Just scored it again as I have been all of De La Hoya's close/controversial battles this month. I had it 115-111 for Oscar.
Oscar stole a close round or two based on more effective punching. Whitaker spent this whole fight going backwards and clowning, which is something you do when you don't like getting hit. He obviously was.
In the past, I used to accept scorecards that had it a draw, but watching it again the judges were actually pretty spot on. One had the same score as me while the other two each gave Oscar an extra round. They were slightly too wide but nothing unbelievable. I would love for a Whitaker fan to explain to me how he won this fight. Really, if a Whitaker fan can show me 6 rounds he won, I would love to hear why.
So thus far I have scored the fights
Whitaker-De La Hoya: 115-111 De La Hoya
De La Hoya-Quartey: 114-111 Quartey
De La Hoya-Trinidad: 117-111 De La Hoya
De La Hoya-Mosley I: 115-113 Mosley
Whitaker did not deserve to win i know that cause of the way he fought
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