On March 24, 2001, Oscar De La Hoya (32-2, 26 KOs) and Arturo Gatti (33-4, 27 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round bout.
Oscar De La Hoya is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 76% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision loss to Shane Mosley, 9 months and 7 days ago. Arturo Gatti is on a 4-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Joe Hutchinson, 6 months and 16 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Oscar De La Hoya at 99-1 winning odds. Arturo Gatti really doesn't have much to present against De La Hoya.
Oscar De La Hoya stopped Arturo Gatti via TKO in the 5th round. De La Hoya improves his record to 33-2 (27 KOs), while Gatti adds a loss to his record at 33-5.