I watched back to back last evening the battle between both Hopkins / Tito and Hopkins / DLH. Who do you guys think by comparing these two fights performed better against B. Hopkins? Oscar or Felix?
Trinidad performed better.
Oscar won some rounds because Hopkins was tentative. And that argument that being aggressive will play to DLH's favor? Hell NO!!!
The moment Hopkins concluded that DLH has nothing in him to be cautious of, Hopkins became aggressive and put up the pressure.
What happened?
Dela Hoya folded like a butterfly stung by a bee.
lol
Why do you all hate so much on both of these fighters? It's just a matter of style. Oscar uses his head, and should not be dissed for it.
Tito uses grit, and that's fine too.
I personally would say Oscar did better because at least with his brain and footwork he was able to look good at times. However, I can respect someone's opinion who disagrees. I cannot respect someone's opinion who totally disses either fighter, saying things like "Tito got raped" or "DLH fought like a bitch".
Ridiculous.
Oscar
I watched back to back last evening the battle between both Hopkins / Tito and Hopkins / DLH. Who do you guys think by comparing these two fights performed better against B. Hopkins? Oscar or Felix?
i really dont like Oscar
i doubted his heart untill i saw him
fight B-Hop
he really fought like a man
and well we all know how the Tito Fight went
The only thing worthy of comparison is
Trinidad was KOed in the 12th round after an accumulation of punches
De La Hoya was beaten by a shot to the arm and he went down in tears
Trinidad remains the better fighter
oscar is the second fighter that has won more than 3 rounds against Hopkins since Hopkins lost his last fight.
I dont know if Hopkins let oscar win to give him confidence or not but Oscar did alright up until he got hit with the body shot.
The trinidad fight wasnt even a fight, it was a jail rape.
oscar made a better fight
against trinidad, hopkins never trailed the whole fight. from round 1 to the last it was tito who played catch-up. tito, on his part, threw hard punches, but hopkins seemed ready for them. he was not stunned and he countered with heavier punches. and hopkins was more accurate against trinidad than he (hopkins) was against oscar.
like trinidad, dela hoya went toe-to-toe against hopkins. i even believe that prior to that round where he (oscar) was knocked out, he was ahead of points (against hopkins) and BH had a sense of urgency. hopkins was rather unprepared for dela hoya than he was against tito. it was dela hoya who controlled the fight.
but of course, hopkins emerged as the better fighter in the end.
I'd say that Tito had the better fight against Oscar.....one of the main reasons being that Tito wasn't dropped until the final round, and wasn't hurt until...what was it the 10th or 11th when he was stumbling right before the bell? Oscar had no chance of hurting Bernard, his punching power that night was.....eh, not anything to be concerned with. Besides that, when Bernard started feelin more comfortable in the fight Oscar started was starting to get roughed up. Tito took some ill shots from Bernard and kept tryin to bring it. Oscar took some good shots and started backin up instead of tryin to follow like he was doin at first.
De La Hoya performed better than Tito. He at least was able to fight on even terms with Hop for 4 or 5 rounds. He won some rounds. Although his punches didn`t carry the power Tito`s did, at least he landed a few ( did Tito land any?? ).
If Oscar had been at middleweight for 2 or 3 years he may have been able to last the distance, even make things interesting on the scorecards. As for Tito, he was Hopkins bitch in that fight.
Robert Allen did better in his fight with Hop, Echols did better too!
Oscar took a body shot, & went down....after rounds of tedium between the two.
Explain how this is better than a man who kept coming, with KO power in his hands, until he was DRIVEN into the ground ?
Oscar didn't DO a damn thing against Hopkins. Nothing.
If you guys were impressed with that early stuff......damn.
i really don't give a shit, and i wasn't impressed. i said dlh looked better in getting his ass whooped. dlh was suckered into gainning confidence and then was ko'd.. tito was beat every round and looked confused,and embarassed, until he was stopped and daddy came to the rescue........so chata!!!
u fuckin ignorant bitches that say dlh sucks
have u forgot about his wins against PERNELL WHITAKER, ike quartey, arturo gatti, fernando vargas,julio caesar chavez, jesse james leija, hector camacho, miguel angel gonzalez,Rafael Ruelas, ETC.
We have not forgot, or are saying DLH sucks because obviously he may be the greatest figher in this era. But this is about his fight with big bad Bernard.
And tell me, what did DLH do in the Hopkins fight that impressed you?
what
u fuckin ignorant bitches that say dlh sucks
have u forgot about his wins against PERNELL WHITAKER, ike quartey, arturo gatti, fernando vargas,julio caesar chavez, jesse james leija, hector camacho, miguel angel gonzalez,Rafael Ruelas, ETC.
No, he said more than that. Check it again.
I can't believe that just-O.K. punch left an in-shape, world class fighter in that much pain.
When Gatti BLASTED Dorin, did Dorin roll around, writhing in pain ?
It was more than just an OK punch. The punch landed good. He didn't turn the punch over completely but it was far from a slap or whatever else people want to call it. It doesn't matter how good of shape a fighter is in if they get hit to the body good especially to the liver they can go down. When Oscar got hit he went down holding his side and when he tried to get up he fell back down and rolled over to his side. It's not like Kenny Bayless reached the ten count and he sprung up he was down for awhile. A lot of the older fighters have always said that a shot to the liver is the worst punch to get hit with.