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Topics: Floyd Mayweather Jr. Taffet: It was a very difficult juxtaposition of the great Mexican-born legend and the great Mexican American who was leading the demographic change in the United States. Yxta Maya Murray, novelist and law professor: It was old guard versus new guard.
It also seemed to be wrapped up in some sort of anti-capitalist critique, because De La Hoya was marketing himself as a made commodity. I love boxing, but I hate fighting. To me, that is a stinky style. It was weird. It was different. It was confusing. But for us, we were happy that he got his opportunity. Oscar wanted to prove he belonged. It was basically Mexican American — Chicanos — against Mexico.
Aguilera: I was in the middle for this fight. I kind of knew he was going to win. Gomez: Boxing is a solitary sport. Tapia: We were in camp with Oscar, training up in Big Bear with him. Oscar did a lot for Johnny. But I knew Oscar on a personal level. We were seeing Oscar every single day. Oscar was always very careful and had his stuff together. Johnny would show up with a broken finger, or a cut leg, or stitches on his face. You could tell that it just never crossed his mind, which, in my mind, made this a very dangerous fight.
Because someone like that can die in the ring. Cortez: This is not a game. You play baseball, basketball, soccer. Boxing is the hurt business. Gomez: Oscar did everything perfect and by the book. For boxers — day in and day out, the training, the dieting, the sparring, the road work — just going to camp is tough. You got to rest the body. But for this fight, Oscar did everything textbook. It was laser focus. Rodriguez: Here was the Mexican American against the Mexican.
And Mexicans always have a certain nostalgia for their country. They can never erase it. The truth is, we die here and get buried here. But we have an affinity to Mexico. Instead, the fight got broadcast on closed-circuit television at designated theaters, convention centers, casinos, fairgrounds, arenas and stadiums across the United States and Mexico.
Taffet: I worked during the entire promotion with Bob Arum. I spent a lot of time trying to convince him to put the fight on pay-per-view. But I also felt that at the end of the day, the revenue in closed-circuit would never approach the revenue on pay-per-view. And I knew that in pay-per-view, we needed time to market and promote the event properly and to get all the information to the cable and satellite systems so they could make their customers aware.
It became a real battle, and a nerve-racking one, as it got closer and closer to the event. Even as close as a week before the fight, I was still negotiating with the pay-per-view industry to try to enhance the terms.
But in the end, Bob stood his ground and made a point. It was the last time that a big pay-per-view fight was ever on closed-circuit. Perez: I saw it at the Rose Bowl. I got those tickets, that same morning, from an oldies radio station. Gomez: I watched at East L. They opened the auditorium and showed it there. Taffet: It was one of the most electric nights ever in boxing.
I felt it. And I think that psyched him up even more. De La Hoya knew the crowd — and this is even before fight night — at Caesars. Cortez: I believe it was 98 degrees ringside.
It was hot. Homansky: It was hotter than normal. What people forget is beside the desert heat, the lights in the ring — the television lights — are hot themselves. This was a hotter-than-normal night. You combine that with the heat of the ring, and it was pretty brutal. Taffet: The events were done to maximize revenues, not to maximize the comfort of the attendees.
We knew going in it was going to be a very, very hot Las Vegas night. As one-sided as an electric chair. Tapia: It was very hot. Johnny actually fainted after his fight, and some fans had to help me carry him back to the dressing room. De La Hoya understood the cultural impact. He was a little on edge. Oscar was very quiet, had soft music, and it was dark. I had to keep my composure. I had to keep cool. Cortez: Being inside that ring, listening to the national anthems, watching these fighters moving around, looking at them, I could see everybody was tense as they waited for the first bell to sound.
Gomez: Fight starts. Chavez Finally Shows His Age. Boxing: Challenger, 36, puts up strong fight against De La Hoya before quitting in his corner after eighth round. Homansky: I was focused on the cut and his eye. But obviously, the physical effects of the cut had to be watched. Cortez: De La Hoya, when he saw blood, he went after it. I got him.
He went for the kill. Paramo: Three weeks before, I went to see Julio when he was training up in Reno. He had a great camp, one of the best ever. He throws his head back and cuts Julio in the brow.
The day of the fight, I was about a foot and a half away from his face. They said they put makeup on the cut, but I honestly could swear to God that I did not see anything out of the ordinary. I just was not able to see. Rodolfo Batta. Tijuana , Baja California , Mexico. Kenny Vice. Roger Mayweather. Jose Luis Ramirez. Vernon Buchanan. Rafael Limon. Retained WBA Lightweight title. Nicky Perez. Won WBA Lightweight title. Rocky Lockridge.
Refugio Rojas. Faustino Martires Barrios. Jeff Bumpus. Dwight Pratchett. Ruben Castillo. Forum, Inglewood , California , United States. Manuel Hernandez. Mario Martinez. Delfino Mendoza. Ramon Avitia. Armando Flores. Adriano Arreola. Benny Abarca. Romero Sandoval. Ernesto Herrera. Othoniel Lopez. Ensenada , Baja California , Mexico. Jerry Lewis. Jose Resendez. Santos Rodriguez. Gustavo Salgado. Juan Carlos Alvarado. Johnny Jensen. Carlos Bryant. Ramon Peraza.
Guamuchil , Sinaloa , Mexico. Ramon Luque. Manuel Vasquez. Jose Angel Medina. Jorge Ramirez. Daniel Felizardo. Jesus Cuate Lara. Daniel Martinez. Bobby Fernandez. Fidel Navarro. Victor Gamez. Eduardo Lalo Acosta. Miguel Ruiz. Fight result originally a first round disqualification loss for Chavez. Julio Gaxiola. Roberto Flores.
Andres Felix. Jesus Martinez. Miguel Cebrero. Tito Geraldo. Roberto Garcia. Guaymas , Sonora , Mexico. Ramon Flores. Navojoa , Sonora , Mexico. Fidencio Cebreros. Vacant Title next held by Azumah Nelson. Preceded by Edwin Rosario. Vacant Title next held by Edwin Rosario.
Vacant Title next held by Pernell Whitaker. Preceded by Roger Mayweather. Succeeded by Frankie Randall.
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