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 13th February 1999 at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 116-113, 116-112, 114-115 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 loses 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 & Ike Quartey fought out of an orthodox stance.

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

Hoya vs Quartey form

Hoya had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Pernell Whitaker on 12th April 1997 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight championship fight at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States.

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

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

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

He had beat Ricardo Mayorga on 6th May 2006 by technical knockout in the 6th round 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 7 years, 2 months and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 50 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 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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