Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas

Bad Blood

Date	September 14, 2002
Venue	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	WBC, WBA, IBA and vacant The Ring light middleweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Oscar De La Hoya Fernando Vargas Nickname The Golden Boy Ferocious Hometown East Los Angeles, California, U.S. Oxnard, California, U.S. Purse $15,000,000 $6,000,000 Pre-fight record 34–2 (27 KO) 22–1 (20 KO) Age 29 years, 7 months 24 years, 9 months Height 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm) 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Weight 154 lb (70 kg) 154 lb (70 kg) Style Orthodox Orthodox Recognition WBC Light Middleweight Champion The Ring No. 7 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 4-division world champion WBA and IBA Light Middleweight Champion
Result
De La Hoya wins via 11th-round TKO

Oscar De La Hoya vs. Fernando Vargas, billed as Bad Blood, was a professional boxing match contested on September 14, 2002, for the WBC, WBA and the vacant The Ring light middleweight championship.^[1]