Who do you think would have won if these two would have fought? This fight could have happened, Floyd wanted it bad. I think it would be a scorecard finale, Floyd is slick enough not to get knocked out. Floyd hasn't got the power to stop Oscar but Oscar has the power to seriously hurt Floyd. It would have been very interesting to see. I cannot decide who would win this fight because at the lower weights these are both kings.
DLH would knock the fuck out of pbf. Is a way smarter fighter than pbf and one shot will knock his phony gangsta ass out, DLH is too big and too strong for him. Sure he's quick but like Jermain Taylor said "He cant slip em all".
it seems like DLH has other things in his mind now. I agree with you, he doesn't seem the same. Perhaps its the fact that he's aging...
Aging?? He is only 32!
i think some of you guys are'nt giving dlh enough credit. just because he's a promoter does'nt mean he's not a world class fighter. floyd- oscar at 147 would be a great fight, oscar would have a big chance to win at 147, he's bigger, stronger, has the bigger punch and oscar is no slouch when it comes to speed either. i would want floyd to win but it could easily go either way
You know what DeLaHoya said in a interview before the Hopkins fight?
He said, "I'm such a machine right now!"
LOL!
That was the gayest quote I've ever heard someone say....
I'm a big fan of DLH, but right now, Oscar's mind is all over the place. Being a world class boxer, you should be in that mental state like Hopkins, Tszyu, etc and DLH has lost that hunger in him a long time ago.
Up until his fight with Vargas DLH was unstoppable. Right now he is not the same warrior he once was.
He looked so lazy against Strum and the way he looked for the Hopkins fight, he already lost it before he even stepped a foot in the ring.
it seems like DLH has other things in his mind now. I agree with you, he doesn't seem the same. Perhaps its the fact that he's aging...
I'm a big fan of DLH, but right now, Oscar's mind is all over the place. Being a world class boxer, you should be in that mental state like Hopkins, Tszyu, etc and DLH has lost that hunger in him a long time ago.
Up until his fight with Vargas DLH was unstoppable. Right now he is not the same warrior he once was.
He looked so lazy against Strum and the way he looked for the Hopkins fight, he already lost it before he even stepped a foot in the ring.
c'mon wez...we all know dlh took a dive against b-hop. he could have gotten up at any time. i thought it was very poor acting. i thought dlh knew that he couldn't act. his acting career went nowhere. i didn't buy his dive in that fight either.
This is a pretty old thread.
I'm going to give another opinion about this fight after I see Arturo Gatti vs. Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya's comeback fight at 147lbs.
Mayweather beats De La Hoya at 147...
This is a pretty old thread.
I'm going to give another opinion about this fight after I see Arturo Gatti vs. Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya's comeback fight at 147lbs.
Leonard was on the money in his analysis before the DLH-BH fight.
He was also saying that DLH does not belong in his league, specially the ability to move up to middleweight.Leonard started his career as a welterweight, two divisions lower than middle; Oscar's pro debut was at Jr. Light after his Olympic stint at feather.
What exactly did Leonard say?
Basically that he took the Hagler fight cause he saw that Marvin was being outboxed by John Mugabi and he then thought he could do it too.
He said he thought that he was stronger than De La Hoya, and that Hopkins was not as limited as Marvin was. He said Marvin had problems with boxers and that he was able to win their fight by boxing.
I had it for Marvin by a point, but I'm the most biased Hagler fan going...
Leonard was on the money in his analysis before the DLH-BH fight.
He was also saying that DLH does not belong in his league, specially the ability to move up to middleweight.
What exactly did Leonard say?
Leonard was on the money in his analysis before the DLH-BH fight.
He was also saying that DLH does not belong in his league, specially the ability to move up to middleweight.
Leonard was a very unique fighter, he took some good shots off Hagler. Their were several times in their fight where Leonard looked like he was finished and then he would come back with flurries. :D Very crafty. Leonard had a long layoff too before his fight against Hagler.
Oscar gets my ultimate respect for taking the fight, i still think if it would have gone to the cards that Oscar would have won. I think that thought pissed him off too, he knew that if he survived he stood a good chance of winning. His combination punching would catch the judges eye and the fact he was coming forward alot.
De La Hoya has a glass body... :D
Leonard was on the money in his analysis before the DLH-BH fight.
He was also saying that DLH does not belong in his league, specially the ability to move up to middleweight.