‘The Fight of the Millennium’ took place in Las Vegas in September 1999 between Felix Trinidad and which other boxer?
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad Oscar De La Hoya vs. Félix Trinidad, billed as The Fight of the Millennium, was a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 18, 1999, to unify the WBC and IBF's world Welterweight championships. After twelve tensely fought rounds, Trinidad was declared winner by a majority decision. Planned by promoters Bob Arum and Don King, it pitted WBC world champion Oscar de la Hoya, a 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 opening 4
Felix Trinidad Sr. Some weeks later, when Trinidad Jr. was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, he dedicated the induction to his father Trinidad Sr. Felix Trinidad Sr. Felix Trinidad Sr. is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and prominent boxing trainer. Mostly remembered for training his son, International Boxing Hall of Fame member Felix Trinidad, Felix Trinidad Sr. nevertheless was a Featherweight boxer during the middle and late 1970s and the early 1980s, who fought the likes of Salvador Sanchez and Enrique Solis. Trinidad Sr. began his professional boxer career by taking on 9-1 Nick Ortiz on March 31, 1975