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Round 3The third round began much like the first two, with nothing happening in the first 30 seconds. Both fighters were being extremely cautious. Trinidad got in a hook. Trinidad also appeared to be bleeding from the nose, obviously caused by jabs.The crowd was just waiting for something to happen at mid-round, when De La Hoya got in two stiff jabs. He then got in another jab. He kept getting in jabs, which were more effective than Trinidad's at this point. Then De La Hoya got in three good jabs and a right uppercut. He kept hitting Trinidad with the jab. He missed a hook, but got in two jabs, then missed a right. Near the end of the round, De La Hoya got in two more jabs, then a left and right to the head. De La Hoya's Round.
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