 In the spring of 1999 Don King and Oscar De la Hoya's promoter, Bob Arum, agreed to co-promote a mega-fight for the Lineal, WBC and IBF welterweight championships on September 18, 1999, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.Early in the fight De la Hoya employed boxing to connect combinations while avoiding Trinidad's attacks.The second round began with both boxers trading punches but De la Hoya quickly returned to his previous tactic, which he employed in the third round.