On Feb. 13, 1999, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, De La Hoya retained his welterweight world title by a heavily disputed split decision against Quartey, who had given up his version of the 147-pound crown to facilitate the bout, in a well-received HBO PPV fight.
Both men got knocked down in the memorable sixth round and De La Hoya, seemingly in need of a big 12th round, delivered with another knockdown and wound up winning 116-112 and 116-113 on two scorecards while Quartey won 115-114 on the third scorecard. There was a split among other ringside observers as well with the Associated Press, for example, scoring the bout 116-112 for De La Hoya and the late unofficial HBO judge Harold Lederman having it 114-113 for Quartey.
MAIN EVENT:
Oscar De La Hoya vs. Ike Quartey 
(WBC Welterweight Championship)
UNDERCARD:
Erik Morales vs. Angel Chacon
Frankie Randall vs. Oba Carr
Eric Esch vs. Patrick Graham
Mia St. John vs. Amanda Skelton