Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley

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The Return of the Golden Boy
De La Hoya vs Coley.jpg
DateFebruary 26, 2000
Venue Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineIBA welterweight title / WBC welterweight title eliminator
Tale of the tape
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya Derrell Coley
Nickname The Golden Boy Too Sweet
Hometown East Los Angeles, California, U.S. Washington, D.C., U.S.
Purse $4,000,000 $1,000,000
Pre-fight record 31–1 (25 KO) 34–1–2 (24 KO)
Age 27 years 29 years, 9 months
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg) 147 lb (67 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition WBC/WBA
No. 1 Ranked Welterweight [1]
The Ring
No. 2 Ranked Welterweight
The Ring No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
4-division world champion 		WBC
No. 2 Ranked Welterweight
Result
De La Hoya wins via 7th-round knockout

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley, billed as The Return of the Golden Boy, was a professional boxing match contested on February 26, 2000, for the IBA welterweight title. [2] The fight was also WBC welterweight title "eliminator" with the winner becoming the number-one contender for the title.

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Background

In his previous fight, former WBC welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya had suffered his first professional loss to IBF champion Félix Trinidad on September 19, 1999, by a close majority decision. [3] Given the close result of their fight, De La Hoya and Trinidad engaged in talks about a rematch, but could not agree to terms as Trinidad and his promoter Don King insisted on Trinidad making more money and preferred to stage the fight one weight class higher in the super welterweight division, which De La Hoya did not immediately agree to. Rather than continue to negotiate with De La Hoya, Trinidad and King instead signed on to face David Reid for Reid's WBA super welterweight title the following March. [4] Forced to pivot, De La Hoya announced in December 1999 that he would return to the ring in February 2000 at Madison Square Garden. Though no opponent was named at the time, the two most likely opponent were though to be either Derrell Coley, who had been WBC's number-one ranked welterweight contender [5] or Akhmed Kotiev, the WBO welterweight champion. [6] Just a week later, it was announced that Coley would be De La Hoya's next opponent, having agreed to a $1,000,000 deal with De La Hoya's promoter Bob Arum. There was some minor controversy as Coley's promoter Dan Goossen claimed that Arum had made the deal without involving him in the negotiations, leading to Goossen to file a lawsuit against Arum and HBO in an attempt to stop the fight, though Goossen and Arum did eventually come to terms. [7] Cooley, as the WBC's number-one ranked welterweight contender and thus Trinidad's mandatory challenger, had originally sought to face Trinidad, briefly leading to the Trinidad–Reid fight being postponed as Trinidad did not want to relinquish his welterweight title while Coley refused to accept Trinidad's offer of $250,000 to step aside and let him first pursue the Reid fight. [8] However, Coley dropped his protest after agreeing to face De La Hoya, paving the way for the Trinidad–Reid fight.

The fight was officially for the lightly regarded IBA welterweight title and was classified as an "eliminator" bout with the winner to become next-in-line for a shot at the WBC welterweight title then still held by Trinidad. However, as Trinidad had already decided to not return to the welterweight division following his fight against Reid and thus vacate his welterweight titles, the winner of the De La Hoya–Coley fight would become the WBC welterweight champion. [9] [10] Coley entered the fight as a 14–1 underdog. [11]

The Fight

De La Hoya controlled the fight from the start. Coley started the fight off tentatively and had trouble landing punches throughout as De La Hoya landed both combinations and punches to Coley's body. Coley was able to stagger De La Hoya in the fourth round with a straight right, but De La Hoya rebounded with a left uppercut that wobbled Coley and then landed an unanswered barrage though Coley survived the round. With 15 seconds left in the seventh round, De La Hoya landed a big left hand to Coley's body that sent him down on his knees. Coley made little effort to answer the referee's 10-count and was counted out as the round ended, giving De La Hoya the victory by knockout. [12]

Fight card

Confirmed bouts: [13]

Weight ClassWeightvs.MethodRoundNotes
Welterweight147 lbs. Oscar De La Hoya def.Derrell ColeyKO7/12 Note 1
Welterweight147 lbs. Arturo Gatti def. Joey Gamache KO2/10
Middleweight160 lbs.Tony Marshalldef.Ray DomengeUD10/10
Heavyweight200+ lbs. Lamon Brewster def.Richard MasonUD10/10
Super Featherweight130 lbs. Mia St. John def.Kristin AllenMD4/4

^Note 1 For IBA Welterweight title

Broadcasting

CountryBroadcaster
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References

  1. ↑ "FightNews.com World Boxing Rankings". fightnews.com. FightNews. 17 January 2000. Archived from the original on 3 March 2000. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Oscar De La Hoya vs. Derrell Coley". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Trinidad Scores Stunning Upset In a Decision Vs. De La Hoya, N.Y. Times article, 1999-09-19, Retrieved on 2024-11-06
  4. ↑ Trinidad, De La Hoya Fight Over Rematch, L.A. Times article, 1999-12-19, Retrieved on 2024-11-06
  5. ↑ Ed Schuyler Jr. (17 February 2000). "Coley doubts Golden Boy will put fists where his mouth is". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  6. ↑ De La Hoya Opponent a Mystery, N.Y. Times article, 1999-12-08, Retrieved on 2024-11-06
  7. ↑ De La Hoya and Coley Star in the Latest Soap Opera, N.Y. Times article, 1999-12-15, Retrieved on 2024-11-06
  8. ↑ Trinidad-Reid Bout Is Postponed, NY Times article, 1999-11-25 Retrieved on 2024-10-20
  9. ↑ Ready for His CLOSE-UP, L.A. Times article, 2000-02-25 Retrieved on 2024-10-20
  10. ↑ Trinidad says welterweight reign will stop, The Standard-Times article, 2000-03-05 Retrieved on 2024-10-20
  11. ↑ De La Hoya Knocks Out Game Coley, Washington Post article, 2000-02-27 Retrieved on 2024-11-06
  12. ↑ De La Hoya Drops Coley In the 7th, N.Y. Times article, 2000-02-27 Retrieved on 2024-11-07
  13. ↑ "BoxRec - event".
Preceded by Oscar De La Hoya's bouts
26 February 2000		Succeeded by
Preceded by
vs. Ivan Ledon
 Derrell Coley's bouts
26 February 2000		Succeeded by
vs. Otilio Villarreal
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