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| Date | March 5, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBO Junior Lightweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| De La Hoya wins via 10th-round corner retirement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmi Bredahl vs. Oscar De La Hoyawas a professional boxing match contested on March 5, 1994 for the WBO super featherweight title.
Background
[edit]Just prior to his ninth professional victory over Renaldo Carter on August 14, 1993, Oscar De La Hoya, then just over a year into his career, announced his intent for his next bout to be his first championship fight tentatively scheduled for later in the year on December 30. Fighting in the super featherweight/junior lightweight division, De La Hoya and his team engaged in talks with then-champions Genaro Hernández (WBA), John John Molina (IBF and Jimmi Bredahl (WBO), with Bredahl being picked as his opponent, though the bout was pushed back to early March the following year instead of late December.[1] De La Hoya was scheduled to have a tune-up fight against Jose Vidal Concepcion in what was supposed to be his Madison Square Garden debut before his title fight against Bredahl, but he pulled out of the fight only three days before it was to take place with his promoter Bob Arum citing "undisclosed personal reasons."[2] The reasons for his cancelation were soon revealed to be due to a rift between De La Hoya and his managers Bob Mittleman and Steve Nelson. Dissatisfied with having to give Mittleman and Nelson a 33% cut of his purses and them having almost complete control over his boxing career, De La Hoya chose to sit out the Concepcion fight in order to distance himself from his managers, who had set up the fight. De La Hoya would then ask a Los Angeles superior court for a restraining order against them, leading to Mittleman and Nelson to file a $10 million lawsuit against De La Hoya in turn.[3]
As a result of his withdrawal from the Concepcion fight, De La Hoya risked a 90-day suspension from the New York State Athletic Commission, which would put his still-scheduled title fight against Bredahl in jeopardy. However, NYSAC chairman Randy Gordon stated that the commission would not take action against De La Hoya and that matter was a breach of contract and "in the hands of the promoter." Arum, the promoter in question, declined to to pursue legal action against De La Hoya, instead stating his intent was to have De La Hoya eventually agree to return to New York to make up his cancelled fight.[4] Following this, De La Hoya held a press conference in which he publicly fired Mittleman and Nelson and declared that he would be self-managed from then on, though he would proceed with the March 5 fight against Bredahl as well as $7 million deal with HBO that would see the network exclusively air his fights, both of which his now-former managers had helped put together.[5]
The Fight
[edit]De La Hoya served as the aggressor from the opening round on, as he would win in extremely lopsided fashion. De La Hoya threw 810 punches, landing 253 of them, which was over 100 more than Forbes, who landed only 152. De La Hoya constantly pressed the action, stalking Forbes and landing consistent combinations to Forbes body and head. Though De La Hoya bloodied Forbes' nose, he was unable to score a knockdown and the fight went the full 12-round distance, though De La Hoya would nearly complete a sweep of Forbes on all three scorecards, winning all 12 rounds on one (120–108) and all but one round on the other two (119–107). The victory would prove to be the final one of De La Hoya's professional career.[6]
Fight card
[edit]Confirmed bouts:[7]
| Weight Class | Weight | vs. | Method | Round | Notes | ||
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| Junior Lightweight | 130 lbs. | Oscar De La Hoya | def. | Jimmi Bredahl | RTD | 10/12 | note 1 |
| Super Middleweight | 168 lbs. | James Toney | def. | Tim Littles | TKO | 4/12 | note 2 |
| Super Welterweight | 154 lbs. | Bronco McKart | def. | Skipper Kelp | TKO | 6/8 | |
| Heavyweight | 200+ lbs. | Mikael Lindblad | def. | Arturo Lopez | KO | 1/6 | |
| Heavyweight | 200+ lbs. | Brian Nielsen | def. | Ross Puritty | PTS | 4/4 |
^Note 1 For WBO Junior Lightweight title
^Note 2 For IBF Super Middleweight title
Broadcasting
[edit]| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 United States |
HBO |
References
[edit]- ^ De La Hoya Has a Choice for Initial Title, L.A. Times article, 1993-08-14, Retrieved on 2024-11-25
- ^ De La Hoya pulls out of bout, UPI article, 1993-12-07, Retrieved on 2024-11-25
- ^ Ring Around De La Hoya, All Fall Down, N.Y. Times article, 1993-12-07, Retrieved on 2024-11-25
- ^ No Action Is Planned Against De La Hoya, N.Y. Times article, 1993-12-08, Retrieved on 2024-11-25
- ^ De La Hoya Puts Managers On the Unemployment Line, N.Y. Times article, 1993-12-11, Retrieved on 2024-11-25
- ^ Offensive Oscar dominates Forbes in unanimous decision, ESPN Times article, 2008-05-03 Retrieved on 2024-11-23
- ^ "BoxRec - event".