A day like today, Oscar De la Hoya became WBC welterweight Champion

April 11th
1997

Oscar De la Hoya became WBC welterweight Champion after defeating Pernell Whitaker by unanimous decison. The fight was at the Thomas & Mack Center of Las Vegas, and it was criticized by some, as not being sufficiently attractive and exciting. The Referee was Mills Lane. The Judges were Dalby Shirley, Chuck Giampa and Jerry Roth.