IT'S A CLOSE CALL FOR OSCAR; SPLIT DECISION TO DE LA HOYA.(SPORTS)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: February 14, 1999 | Copyright information

Byline: Robert Morales

Oscar De La Hoya wondered if Ike Quartey was good enough to stand up to a man who would stand up to him.

Quartey was able to stand up to De La Hoya on Saturday, but not enough to dethrone a man who now could be considered the best in the world, pound-for-pound, even by those who have refused to adorn him with that label.

In a thriller that indeed matched the Suqar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns welterweight title bout in 1981, De ...

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Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) ; ... world is? In a thriller that indeed matched the Sugar Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns welterweight title bout in 1981, Oscar De La Hoya retained his WBC welterweight title with a split decision over Ike Quartey of Ghana on Saturday at the Thomas & Mack Center. Quartey won on Larry O'Connell's ...