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JIM: COMPUBOX NUMBERS IN ROUND
NUMBER 12, A VALIANT OSCAR DE
LA HOYA LANDED 41-69, INCLUDING
THAT LEFT HOOK IN THE OPENING
SECONDS OF THE ROUND THAT PUT
QUARTEY DOWN.
SECOND KNOCKDOWN OF THE FIGHT
FOR DE LA HOYA.
LARRY: I'LL ADD THIS --
THIS IS THE KIND OF FIGHT THAT
HELPS OSCAR DE LA HOYA, EVEN IF
HE SHOULD LOSE IT.
SHOWING THE KIND OF COURAGE HE
DID TO COME BACK.
JIM: HERE'S THE FLURRY, DURING
WHICH MITCH HALPERN WATCHED,
BUT NEVER DECIDED TO WATCH THE
FIGHT.
LARRY: AND HE WAS RIGHT,
BECAUSE QUARTEY IS RETURNING
FIRE.
HE'S STAYING IN THE FIGHT.
HE IS -- HE HAS EARNED THE
RIGHT TO GO ON.
HE IS NOT OUT ON HIS FEET.
AND IN ANOTHER FEW SECONDS, DE
LA HOYA WILL HAVE PUNCHED
HIMSELF OUT.
GEORGE: YEAH, BUT YOU DON'T
WANT TO GET PUNCHED OUT BY
TAKING THAT MANY SHOTS, BY
QUARTEY.
JIM: WHAT A NIGHT.
SO HOW WILL THE JUDGES
PUNCTUATE THE DRAMA?
HERE'S A PREVIEW, HAROLD
LEDERMAN'S SCORECARD.
HAROLD: JIM, 114-113, IKE
QUARTEY, SEVEN ROUNDS TO FIVE.
JIM, I THOUGHT OSCAR NEEDED
THREE POINTS TO EVEN IT OUT.
I WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM TWO.
GREAT JOB BY MITCH HALPERN NOT
STOPPING IT.
IT WAS A HECK OF A FIGHT.
VERY CLOSE.
I JUST THOUGHT IKE QUARTEY HAD
TOO BIG A LEAD GOING INTO THE
LAST ROUND AND I JUST DON'T
THINK OSCAR DID ENOUGH TO PULL
IT OUT.
GEORGE: AND MICHAEL BUFFER HAS
THE OFFICIAL DECISION.
LET'S GO.
MICHAEL BUFFER: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, BEFORE WE GO TO THE
BUDWEISER SCORECARDS, HOW ABOUT
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE
BEST WELTERWEIGHT FIGHT SEEN IN
LAS VEGAS SINCE HEARNS AND
LEONARD.
WE NOW GO TO THE BUDWEISER
SCORECARDS.
LARRY O'CONNELL SCORES THE BOUT
115-114.
HE SCORES IT FOR QUARTEY.
JOHN KEANE SCORES THE BOUT 116
-113.
HE HAS IT FOR DE LA HOYA.
KEN MORITA SCORES THE BOUT
116-112 FOR THE WINNER BY SPLIT
DECISION AND STILL THE
UNDEFEATED WBC WELTERWEIGHT
CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, THE
GOLDEN BOY, OSCAR DE LA HOYA!
THIS FIGHT TONIGHT.