Oscar De La Hoya vs Pernell Whitaker - WBC World Welterweight Championship

Oscar De La Hoya moves up in weight to challenge Pernell Whitaker for the WBC World Welterweight title. Whitaker had established himself as a boxing legend, De La Hoya however was making a name for himself as the legend killer. More info below... Pernell Whitaker was 41-1 coming into this fight. He had won the WBC World Welterweight title in 1993 from James McGirt and had successfully defended the title 8 times against good fighters with a combined record of 262-15-5. He gave undefeated fighters Diosb
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