Hoya vs Quartey

Who won Hoya vs Quartey?

Oscar De La Hoya beat Ike Quartey by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, February 13th, 1999, at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 116-113, 116-112, 115-114 in favor of winner Oscar De La Hoya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

This contest was for the WBC welterweight championship of the world.

Hoya vs Quartey stats

Back in February 1999, Oscar De La Hoya stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 29 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Ike Quartey made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 34 wins and 1 draw.

Oscar De La Hoya was the older man by 51 years, at 26 years old.

Hoya had a height advantage of 3 inches over Quartey. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Oscar De La Hoya and Ike Quartey fought out of an orthodox stance.

Hoya was arguably the less experienced fighter, having had 6 fewer fights, and made his debut in 1992, 3 years and 11 months later than Quartey, whose first professional fight was in 1988. He had fought 89 more professional rounds, totaling 308 compared to Quartey's 219.

Hoya vs Quartey form

Oscar De La Hoya had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Hector Camacho on September 13, 1997, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had defeated Pernell Whitaker on April 12, 1997, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Manny Pacquiao on December 6, 2008, by unanimous decision in the 8th round at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.

Before that, he had beaten Steve Forbes on May 3, 2008, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Home Depot Center, California.

He had lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr on May 5, 2007, by split decision in their WBC World Super Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Nevada.

Activity check

Hoya's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 2 months and 20 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 7 months and 22 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

What time did Hoya vs Quartey start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 PM EST / 8:00 PM PST at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Hoya vs Quartey?

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