what would Oscar need to do to get back to the top 5 p4p list?? also what would need to happen for him to make it to #1??
(and im not asking if its possible or not im asking what would need to happened for it to occur)
I dont think anyone can beat Oscar at 147. His is smarter than all those fighters in the ring..might not be the quickest but he is quick enough..and still has that nasty left hook that he launches from all different angles..Mosely gave him alot of trouble but I beleive Oscar won the 2nd fight between them and if there were a 3rd I think Oscar would win by dec..
Vernon Forrest wasn't a good pro huh? Last time I checked he only lost to one person. Mayorga was a major threat to everyone at 147 when he was hungry and in shape.
Where is vernon Forest now? He must have been another one who fell into a well.
Vernon Forrest wasn't a good pro huh? Last time I checked he only lost to one person. Mayorga was a major threat to everyone at 147 when he was hungry and in shape.
I have only recently started following P4P rankings so heres a qus. Has Oscar ever been ranked #1 p4p in his carreer. And if not around what place was he ranked?
I think oscar can come back and beat Zab to take his titles, then a fight with margarito take his title and fnish his career with a fight against Kostya or Tito
The whole P4P thing is totally overrated. Look who was pound for pound number #1 last year Corey fricken Spinks. For doing what wining a majority descision over Ricardo Mayorga.
Mayorga probably was even ranked high in the P4P rating at one time since he dropped the prolific amatuere boxer Vernon Forest Twice. The guys that are rated high pound for pound are guys that are amateure superstars, amateure superstars like Vernon Forest dont always make good pro's. In alot of cases they do like for instance Kostya, De La Hoya, Holyfield, Foreman,Golota, Jones, Klistchko but in equal amount of cases amateure superstars dont amount to nothing in the pro's.
in order to make it back to the top ten he needs to fight and beat any of the following: cory spinks, zab judah and antonio margarito. i think dlh can beat spinks but it will be tough for him to beat margarito or judah.imo he will never be back at number 1 p4p.
Ever since Oscar fought at middleweight which was the worse weight class for him
all of a sudden everyone thinks he lost all his skills...
He will be 10 times better at 147...
With all that extra weight, He was slower, weaker, and fought big guys, that just messed everything up...
147-he will own judah,mosley, and margarito
and I am a guy that don't really like DeLaHoya
ok let me re-word the question? Which opponents would need to lose and which opponents would oscar need to beat to me P4Plevel
You dont ranked higher in pound for pound just for beating opponents. Its the style you fight in and how you win that gets you ranked high in the P4P. If you totally dominate say Trinidad then maybe you climb in the P4P rankings. Or if you totally outbox Hopkins then maybe you climb the P4P rankings.
He would just have to work harder and train harder than he ever has at any point in his career. If he wants to get back to the level he was at P4P wise when he was a little younger in the late 90's he is going to have to work harder in the gym to accomplish it, he has probably lost since then some natural ability even though he is only 32 his body is probably kind of worn out from boxing and training everyday since he was 13 or 14 or whatever. Plus making relatively major fluctuatons in weight seems to take alot out of boxers and De La Hoya has done a little bit too much of that lately. He needs to be at welterweight and stay there for a long period of time, I think that would help alot. I think fighters like De La Hoya and Jones that rely alot on footspeed and extreme quickness age faster from their prime than other types of fighters like Toney, who are not so reliant on ring movement and extreme quickness. Most importantly he just needs to get the dedication and motivation for boxing back he once had. Alot of it is probably psychological with him as it is physical.