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Article: IT'S A CLOSE CALL FOR OSCAR; SPLIT DECISION TO DE LA HOYA.(SPORTS)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- February 14, 1999
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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 La Hoya retained his WBC welterweight title with a split decision over Quartey of Ghana at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Quartey won on Larry O'Connell's scorecard 115-114 but De La Hoya took ...