DE LA HOYA vs. TRINIDAD / ROUND BY ROUND

Blow-by-blow account of the De La Hoya-Trinidad bout. Comments by the Associated PRess. Scoring by Steve Springer (115-113 De La Hoya) and Tim Kawakami (115-113 De La Hoya) of The Times, AP (115-113 De La Hoya) and the judges, Glen Hamada (114-114), Jerry Roth (115-113 Trinidad) and Bob Logist (115-114 Trinidad).

ROUND 1: Little happened in the first 30 seconds as both men circled. De La Hoya got in a stiff left jab just before one minute.

De La Hoya got in a left-right combination at mid-round. But he missed a big left hook that had the crowd oohing and aahing. They continued to circle, with little action.

Trinidad was short with his jab for most of the round. He got one in with 40 seconds left, but De La Hoya came back with a left-right to the head and Trinidad got in a left to the head.

The crowd started chanting “Oscar, Oscar” near the end of the round.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Judge Hamada 10 9 Judge Roth 9 10 Judge Logist 10 10 Springer 10 9 Kawakami 10 9 AP 10 9

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ROUND 2: Trinidad missed a right-hand lead to open the round and then landed a short hook. There was more posing than punching in the first minute. De La Hoya got in a late jab and Trinidad answered with a jab. De La Hoya got in a fairly hard jab. Trinidad answered with a jab at mid-round and the crowd began chanting for Trinidad.

De La Hoya threw a flurry that missed, and then landed a right-hand lead near two minutes. Trinidad was short with a right lead and then got in a hook to the head with 40 seconds left.

Trinidad had a left hook blocked and then missed with another. Trinidad got in a right to the head before De La Hoya got in two jabs, a right and hook to the body, then a right hand lead at the bell.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 9 10 Roth 9 10 Logist 9 10 Springer 10 9 Kawakami 9 10 AP 9 10

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ROUND 3: Nothing happened in the first 30 seconds. Both fighters were being extremely cautious. Trinidad got in a hook. Trinidad also appeared to be bleeding from the nose, obviously caused by jabs.

The crowd was just waiting for something to happen at mid-round, when De La Hoya got in two stiff jabs. He kept getting in jabs, which were more effective than Trinidad’s at this point.

Then De La Hoya got in three good jabs and a right uppercut. He kept hitting Trinidad with the jab. He missed a hook, but got in two jabs, then missed a right.

Near the end of the round, De La Hoya got in two more jabs, then a left and right to the head.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 10 9 Roth 10 9 Logist 10 9 Springer 10 9 Kawakami 10 9 AP 10 9

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ROUND 4: Trinidad missed with a right, but landed a hook. De La Hoya came back with a stiff jab. Both fighters remained cautious.

De La Hoya landed a right lead and a stiff jab at one minute. Trinidad landed a good right just past one minute.

De La Hoya went back to circling, then got in two jabs at 1:40. De La Hoya got in a good left to the body and Trinidad landed a right to the head. But De La Hoya came back with two more jabs.

Action slowed again. De La Hoya landed another jab and circled away as Trinidad stalked but was unable to get close. Trinidad landed a right to the head with 10 seconds left.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 9 10 Roth 9 10 Logist 9 10 Springer 9 10 Kawakami 9 10 AP 10 9

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ROUND 5: Trinidad got in a left hook to the head that was partially blocked and landed a right lead. De La Hoya landed a counter right at 30 seconds and got in another right to the head.

De La Hoya got in a short left to the face. The action was very slow in the first half of the round.

De La Hoya got in a left jab. Trinidad got in a right to the face as De La Hoya backed away. De La Hoya missed a right and left hook, but then shook Trinidad at 2:10 with a combination. De La Hoya came back with a jab. He was not letting Trinidad get set and landed two more jabs before Trinidad landed a left. De La Hoya got in a right and left to the head with five seconds left.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 10 9 Roth 10 9 Logist 10 9 Springer 10 9 Kawakami 10 9 AP 10 9

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ROUND 6: Trinidad’s left eye was swollen and seemed to be closing. De La Hoya got in a left, a right, and a left at about 30 seconds.

De La Hoya continued to circle, then would stop to throw punches.

Trinidad got in a right at mid-round and another right seconds later.

Then De La Hoya answered with a jab and two strong rights.

Then it was back to circling and stalking for a long stretch. De La Hoya landed a left to the body with 20 seconds left, Trinidad got in two punches to the head. De La Hoya got in a right to the head, then two more rights.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 10 9 Roth 10 9 Logist 10 9 Springer 10 9 Kawakami 10 9 AP 10 9

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ROUND 7: Trinidad had a cut at the edge of the left eye at the beginning of the round.

De La Hoya got in a couple of jabs and Trinidad hit a left to the body. De La Hoya answered with two more jabs and a short right.

The action slowed and there were some boos. De La Hoya got in two more jabs, then another two at the minute mark. De La Hoya got in a right lead and Trinidad got in a hard hook at mid-round.

De La Hoya got in another jab, then circled away at 2 minutes.

Trinidad got in a right hand. De La Hoya landed a left and right and then a good right counter, but Trinidad came back with a right, then got warned for throwing a punch after the bell.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 10 9 Roth 10 9 Logist 9 10 Springer 9 10 Kawakami 10 9 AP 9 10

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ROUND 8: De La Hoya got in two jabs at 30 seconds. Trinidad got in a hard right to the face and De La Hoya came back with a hard right to the head. A left jab and right hand rocked Trinidad at 1:10. De La Hoya landed a right and left to the body and was warned to keep his punches up.

De La Hoya landed a right-left-right to the head coming off the ropes, then landed a right lead and a jab.

Trinidad appeared frustrated.

De La Hoya got in a jab and blocked one. De La Hoya got in a hook to the side of the head with 30 seconds left. Trinidad got in a left to the head with 15 seconds left.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 9 10 Roth 10 9 Logist 10 9 Springer 10 9 Kawakami 10 9 AP 10 9

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ROUND 9: Trinidad got in a short right to begin the ninth round and De La Hoya circled away, landing a late jab. Trinidad got in a left to the body but De La Hoya came back with a jab. De La Hoya got in two punches to the body, a left to the head and three more punches to the body. Then a right to the body by De La Hoya connected.

De La Hoya got in two more jabs. Then he landed a right lead and two light jabs at mid-round. De La Hoya missed with two punches, and Trinidad hit him with a right to the jaw. Trinidad got in a right to the head and missed with a hook.

De La Hoya got in a 1-2 with 30 seconds left and landed a counter-hook.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 10 9 Roth 9 10 Logist 9 10 Springer 10 9 Kawakami 10 9 AP 10 9

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ROUND 10: Trinidad landed a couple of jabs in the first 30 seconds. He simply could not get set in time to nail the constantly moving De La Hoya, who got in a left-right to the head.

Trinidad was wild with a big left hand. Trinidad got in a left hook and then a short right. De La Hoya got in a good hook to the body.

De La Hoya got in a couple of jabs, but missed to the body. He kept landing the jab. Trinidad came back with a right, but his left was blocked. Trinidad got in a left to the body. De La Hoya got in a jab, but Trinidad came back with two big rights to the head. De La Hoya landed three punches at the bell and they went at it toe-to-toe at the bell.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 9 10 Roth 9 10 Logist 9 10 Springer 9 10 Kawakami 9 10 AP 9 10

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ROUND 11: Trinidad opened with a jab and then missed two punches. De La Hoya was backpedaling and the crowd booed. Trinidad got in two left hands to the head, then missed two big punches. De La Hoya got in a light left lead.

De La Hoya got in a jab at mid-round as Trinidad missed with one. De La Hoya got in two jabs, but Trinidad got in a hook to the body, followed by two hard jabs by De La Hoya. Trinidad landed a hook high on the head, but missed a right hand.

Trinidad got in a right to the head and De La Hoya looked tired, but he came back with a flurry to the body and the head. He got in a good left hook to Trinidad’s head as the crowd was screaming.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 9 10 Roth 9 10 Logist 9 10 Springer 9 10 Kawakami 9 10 AP 9 10

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ROUND 12: De La Hoya got his feet tangled and stumbled at 30 seconds, bringing a roar from the crowd. Trinidad did not take advantage as the crowd shouted “Tito, Tito.”

Trinidad got in two good right hands, then another at 1 minute. Action slowed.

De La Hoya was doing little punching, but then landed two stiff jabs. De La Hoya got in a short right to the head, then another. De La Hoya got in two more jabs. Trinidad got in a right hand and De La Hoya went backward with 50 seconds left. De La Hoya appeared to be out of gas, but stayed out of danger.

De La Hoya got in two punches, then they exchanged punches.

THE SCORING

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Oscar Felix Hamada 9 10 Roth 9 10 Logist 10 9 Springer 9 10 Kawakami 9 10 AP 9 10

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