de la hoya won the chavez de la hoya fight.
de la hoya won the chavez de la hoya fight.
who won the chavez de la hoya fight?
de la hoya
de la hoya and chavez had previously fought each other over two years earlier on june 7, 1996 for chavez's wbc super lightweight title. in a highly–anticipated matchup, de la hoya dominated the aging champion, winning the first three rounds on all three judge's scorecards before the fight was stopped in the fourth round due to a large gash chavez had received over his eye after a de la hoya right hand. in spite of de la hoya's dominating victory, chavez remained defiant, giving de la hoya little credit, stating that his punches had not hurt him and solely blaming the loss on his lack of vision due to the gash. chavez demanded a rematch as a result, but an immediate rematch could not take place as de la hoya already had a mandatory defense lined up (which would prove to be against miguel ángel gonzález in january 1997) before facing pernell whitaker in a super fight for whitaker's welterweight title. de la hoya would defeat whitaker to capture the title and then go on to successfully defend it three times before a rematch with chavez was announced in april 1998. the bout was contingent on both de la hoya and chavez winning their tune–up fights against patrick charpentier and ken sigurani respectively, which both men did, officially putting their rematch on.
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