Oscar De La Hoya Oscar De La Hoya ( , ; born on February 4, 1973) is an American boxing promoter and former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2008. His accolades include winning 11 world titles in six weight classes, including the lineal championshi ...

vs. Félix Trinidad, billed as ''The Fight of the Millennium'', was a

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match held at the

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on the

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on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and

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welterweight championships.

Background

Planned by promoters

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and

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, it pitted WBC world champion

, a Mexican American, Los Angeles native, versus Puerto Rican IBF world champion Félix Trinidad. It was the last of the so-called ''superfights'' of the 20th century.

The fight

After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared the winner by a majority decision. 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 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 Mayweather-Pacquiao in 2015 with the record of 4.4 million buys.

Aftermath

In 2014, both boxers were inducted into the

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References

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Background

The fight

Aftermath

See also

References